Philemon: The Quiet Thunderclap That Ended Slavery

In the New Testament, one of the most overlooked but profoundly revolutionary texts is the Epistle to Philemon. Pronounced “Fih-LAY-muhn”. At first glance, it seems like a brief personal letter, a mere twenty-five verses written by the apostle Paul from prison to a wealthy Christian named Philemon regarding a runaway slave named Onesimus, pronounced (oh-NEE-suh-mus). […]

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