Part 1: A Slave Society
Does the New Testament “endorse slavery”? In this series, we are taking a closer look at what the NT says about slavery and attempting to answer this common question. In this week’s episode, we begin by examining the origins of the practice and how the first century came to be a slave society.
Part 2: A Slave’s Life
In this episode, we explore the ways in which slavery featured in everyday life of the ancient world.
Part 3: Rethinking Slavery
In this episode, we focus on the key passage in Ephesians 6:5 that seems to be endorsing it.
Part 4: The Case of Philemon
As we have seen so far in the series, the only way to change the situation of a slave was to change the master. In this final episode, we see how Paul attempted to do this with his friend Philemon.
The New Testament Story 