Category Archives: I Clement

Abraham’s Justification, My Justification, God as Father

Posted on January 12, 2009 by jamesbradfordpate

1. Devorah Dimant, “Use and Interpretation of the Mikra in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha,” Mikra: Text, Translation, Reading and Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity, ed. Martin Jan Mulder (Peabody: Hendrickson, 2004) 394. “Abraham–‘found faithful … Continue reading →

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Aram and Edom, Levitical Ministers, What’s God Want?

Posted on January 6, 2009 by jamesbradfordpate

1. Benjamin Kedar, “The Latin Translations,” Mikra: Text, Translation, Reading and Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity, ed. Martin Jan Mulder (Peabody: Hendrickson, 2004) 309. “First one may mention those blunders of the translators that … Continue reading →

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Clement, Dispensationalism, and Salvation

Posted on November 22, 2008 by jamesbradfordpate

For my daily quiet time, I’ve been reading early Christian writings, such as Shepherd of Hermas, Barnabas, and I-II Clement. Their Christianity seems to differ from dispensationalism, particularly the brand I encounter when I read Bullinger and Scofield. According to … Continue reading →

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Knowing Good, Doing Good?

Posted on November 17, 2008 by jamesbradfordpate

Source: John Sellars, Stoicism (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006) 53. “When one of his students interrupts and says that studying logic is a waste of time because it will not help him improve his character, Epictetus replies by saying … Continue reading →

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Humility, Contribution

Posted on November 15, 2008 by jamesbradfordpate

Have you ever had a situation in which you hear all sorts of things about a particular topic in a short period of time, and you wonder if God is trying to get your attention? That has happened to me … Continue reading →

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