Paul wrote this letter to Philemon, a believer in Colossae who, along with others, was a slave owner. One of his slaves, Onesimus, had apparently stolen from him and then run away, which under Roman law was punishable by death. But Onesimus met Paul...

In this letter to his Christian co-worker, Philemon, Paul reminds us that the church is called to be a loving and forgiving community of faith. Paul encourages Philemon and the church that gathers in his house to accept a runaway slave and embrace him...

Where do you place your security, safety and satisfaction in life? How that question is answered determines everything - your decisions, your choices and your responses in everything that life may present to you.

Paul refers to the “sword of the Spirit,” which is “the word of God,” and urges his readers to take hold of it as a tool to use when fighting the dark evil of this world. We will look more closely at how this fighting will occur, but this raises the...