Robbins, John W.,

Slavery and Christianity : Paul's Letter to Philemon / [print] John W. Robbins. - Unicoi, Tennessee: Trinity Foundation, (c)2007. - 67 pages ; 22 cm.

Introduction -- Impediments to preaching the Gospel -- Paul's signature and salutation -- Race and Christianity -- A prisoner of Christ Jesus -- Fellow workers for the Gospel -- Prayer and praise for Philemon -- The appeal to Philemon -- State and church -- Paul the old man -- Onesimus the fugitive slave -- The importance of consent -- The plan of God -- Do even more than I say -- The superstition of royalty -- Substitution and imputation -- Farewell -- Scripture index -- Index -- The crisis of our time -- Intellectual ammunition.

Paul's letter to Philemon is a masterpiece of divinely inspired political philosophy. It provides the basis for the non-violent abolition of the slavery wherever the Gospel of Jesus Christ is preached and believed.



9781891777172


Bible.--Philemon--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Slavery--Biblical teaching.
Slavery and the church.

BS2765.R634.S538 2007