For Paul, the gospel—this “word of the cross”—was no cold theological formula. Paul lived a cross centered life because the cross had saved and transformed his own life. Paul never forgot what he once had been, or the mercy and grace God showed him. This remained at the forefront of his mind. As he wrote on another occasion to Timothy, “Though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent … I received mercy … and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. (1 Tim 1:13-14)” (p 26)
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