Philemon Archive

A Peace Seeking Community

Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required, yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus  (Philemon 1:8-9) We are still in the letter to Philemon. And if you remember our previous series so far, we spoke about Philemon as a Letter of …

A Loving Community

We continue our series through Philemon. Last week we looked at A Praying Community based on verse 4 of the text: “I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers.”  We identified the text as a prayer. And we examined the various aspects of prayer in the text. Of the things we spoke about, the most pertinent is that we must pray …

A Praying Community

  I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers (Philemon 1:4) Last week we started a series through Philemon, with our first sermon: “A Letter of reconciliation.” We examined two forms of reconciliation: Reconciliation to God and Reconciliation to one another. I also showed that when God reconciles us to himself, he places us in a church community. Next in the …