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Themelios is an international evangelical theological journal that expounds and defends the historic Christian faith. Its primary audience is theological students and pastors, though scholars read it as well. It was formerly a print journal operated by RTSF/UCCF in the United Kingdom, and it became a digital journal operated by The Gospel Coalition in 2008. The new editorial team, led by D.A....

Why, though, is he willing to die? First, Ignatius is certain that his martyrdom will please God. As he declares with confidence about his desire to die for Christ: ‘I am not writing now as a mere man, but I am voicing the mind of God.’46 The use of genitives in his description of himself as ‘His [i.e. God’s] wheat’ and ‘the purest bread for Christ’47 reveals Ignatius’ awareness that ‘God is the author of martyrdom’. Consequently he must be pleased with those
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