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St. Francis of Assisi is remembered to have said,

preach the gospel at all times, use words if necessary.

Today we will be speaking with Professor Michael J. Gorman about his excellent new book,

Becoming the Gospel.

We will have to find out in due course what Mike thinks about St. Francis is saying.

This is Matt Bates, and I'll be your host for this episode.

Welcome to the podcast, Mike.

Many thanks for joining us.

Thank you, Matt.

It's a pleasure to be here.

I appreciate the opportunity very much.

Michael Gorman is a professor at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland. In fact, Mike holds a prestigious

endowed chair at St. Mary's, the Raymond E. Brown Chair in Biblical Studies and Theology.

Mike is the author of a whole pile of books, too many to list, but some of the more well-known titles include Apostle of the Crucified Lord, which is about to enter its second edition with Erdman's, cruciformity, inhabiting the cruciform God, and reading Revelation responsibly.

Today, however, we will be discussing Mike's new book, Becoming the Gospel, Paul, Participation and Mission, released in 2015 with Erdman's.

It's an outstanding new contribution.

As always, we have a link to the book on our website, www.onscript.study.

Now, I last visited with you, Mike, at the Society of Biblical Literature Conference in

November. It was wonderful to see you there and to ponder Matters Trinitarian with you. What have

you been up to in the meantime? Well, you know, the life of an academic is never on hold, hopefully.

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