Introductory Remarks The Apostle Paul has gone all the way to this part of the letter before he writes about the runaway slave, Onesimus (v. 10). One can imagine what Philemon and family and the church that met in his house thought when they heard that word. What kind of emotions would be going through […]
Christians need to be a people who are continually working, watching, and waiting for the return of the Blessed Hope, the Lord Jesus Christ! Let’s always be seeking to serve Him in all that we say and do. As the hymn writer admonishes us: “In all that I say, in all that I do, throughout […]
One of the many “pictures” of the Church in the New Testament is that of a “soldier.” The writers of the New Testament, especially the Apostle Paul, used that terminology. Paul and his readers were very familiar with the military concept in their lives. There were various degrees of military occupation in the provinces of […]