Audio Series: 1 Clement

The Epistle of Clement preserves otherwise lost, authentic, apostolic teachings about the Torah rooted in forgotten teachings of Yeshua. As Irenaeus, the second-century Bishop of Lyons puts it, "Clement had seen the blessed apostles and conversed with them, their teaching was still ringing in his ears." This lesson looks at how the apostles taught the stories of Enoch, Abraham, Lot, and Rahab.

Clement makes an appeal to nature and the natural order of creation to argue for the resurrection of the dead and the order of authoirty in the assembly of Messiah. Listen in on this class on 1 Clement 20-27. 

Is unstructured worship more spiritual than formal types of worship? Many Christian teachers eschew formalism, protocol, and distinction in favor of universalism and homogenization which eliminates distinction, diversity, and protocol in the service of God. In this lesson from 1 Clement, Peter's number-one disciple weighs in on the discussion with an argument for maintaining boundaries within the body of Messiah. Here's where Clement stands on the debtate between One Law Theology and Distinction Theology. 

We have a commandment to love God and a commandment to love others. In his epistle to the Corinthians, Clement appeals to the authority of Yeshua's mandates about love to pose an argument against the ursurpers in Corinth. Listen in on this Green Room Class from 2013 on 1 Clement 47-52. Download a pdf of the original handout below. 

What did the liturgy and prayers of the early disciples of Yeshua sound like? Clement's epistle to the Corinthians concludes with a majestic prayer with strong parallels to Jewish liturgy. This lesson and the contents of the prayer include material pertinent to the modern political divide as Clement teaches us how to pray for government officials. Download the oriignal class handout in the PDF attachment below.