Learning from Paul’s Letter to Philemon: a call to forgiveness
The section we’re focusing on today in Paul’s letter to Philemon could be seen as a study in how to get someone to do the right thing! We saw yesterday how Paul is sending...
Author: Helen Redfern
Learning from Paul’s Letter to Philemon: the right thing is not often the easy thing
In this personal letter to Philemon, Paul is writing with one clear purpose: to prepare the way for Onesimus to return to Philemon. Everyone involved would have known the back story and known exactly...
Learning from Paul’s Letter to Philemon: useful vs useless
Today, we come to the main purpose of Paul’s letter to Philemon: Onesimus. Therefore, although in Christ I could be bold and order you to do what you ought to do, yet I prefer...
Learning from Paul’s Letter to Philemon: thanksgiving and prayer
Hey there, sorry to have left you hanging! The events of my life overtook me! So a while back, I introduced you to Paul’s letter to Philemon. In that blog, I said we had...
Learning from Paul’s Letter to Philemon: all in this together
Unlike his other letters included in the Bible, Paul wrote this short letter to an individual rather than to a group of believers. This was a personal request from one follower of Jesus to...
Joining Titus for a study in GOOD #6
So here we are, arriving already at the end of this short journey of discovery with Titus. I’ve learnt plenty and I hope you have too. It seems like this whole adventure in doing...
Joining Titus for a study in GOOD #5
There’s a defining moment in the whole of history where everything changes. God’s relationship with human beings is changed forever. It’s a pivotal point. Nothing will ever be the same again. At the moment...
Joining Titus for a study in GOOD #4
Chapter 2 of the Book of Titus is the extract of Paul’s letter devoted to Titus himself. In it, Paul lists all the ways in which Titus should be teaching and encouraging the Christian...
Joining Titus for a study in GOOD #3
Ready for some hard-hitting truths? Paul definitely is holding nothing back here! Yesterday, we looked at what it was to do GOOD and be GOOD in the world – to be the people human...
Joining Titus for a study in GOOD #2
So here’s the first mention of the word GOOD, the word we are studying alongside Titus this month. Paul explains he’s left Titus in Crete to appoint elders to oversee God’s work, men who...
