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Philemon's Problem - A Theology of Grace (Paperback, Jubilee ed)
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Philemon's Problem - A Theology of Grace (Paperback, Jubilee ed)
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Philemon was a wealthy Christian whose slave Onesimus went off in
search of freedom, met and listened to Paul, and joined the church.
But instead of being given a new life of his own, Onesimus was sent
back by Paul to an aggrieved master with no protection but his
mentor's brief Letter to Philemon. Paul never asked Philemon to
free his slave. Instead, he admonished him to take Onesimus back -
only now as his brother in Christ. This left both master and
bondsman with a problem: how could one man own another and both be
brothers in Christ? In this unique work James Tunstead Burtchaell
uses the ancient story of Philemon and Onesimus as a compelling
entry into modern theological reflection on the unbelievable reach
of the grace and forgiveness of the Father whose Son died without
disciples, rose to reconcile and transform them, and then scattered
them around the world as men and women who were now also able to
love those who loved them not - and transform them too. According
to Burtchaell, in order for the faith of Philemon and Onesimus to
cope with Paul's imperative, they required an inspired imagination
to take in the notion that the Father loves sinners (i.e., all of
us), and he neither would nor could do otherwise. For Philemon and
Onesimus to undertake such a relentless love themselves would
require frighteningly new convictions, new commitments, and new
celebrations.
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