Philemon — Book Overview
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About this episode
We come now to the book of Philemon, a postcard in the canon, a letter so short you could read it while standing on one foot. This is not a trivial piece of personal correspondence that somehow slipped into the inspired Scriptures. The book of Philemon is a compact stick of theological dynamite. It is short enough to be overlooked, but potent enough to level empires. We live in an age that loves to separate theology from life. We want our doctrines neat and tidy, kept in the clean room of the seminary, while we conduct our business, our politics, and our relationships out in the muddy real world, governed by pragmatism and worldly wisdom. We often read the Bible as though it were a collection of disconnected stories and abstract doctrines. We treat it like a spiritual reference manual, looking up a verse for this problem and a chapter for that one.
This overview explores the whole book. Read the explanations sampled in this summary: