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Part 9: Household

Bridgetown Audio Podcast

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Is the Bible the Most Dignifying Document in History When It Comes to Human Slavery?

The bible is the most progressively dignifying document in history when it comes to human slavery. The biblical references to slavery that you find here in ephesians si and then one other intitus to they weren't used to justify the inhumane treatment of slaves. In exodus, god begins redemption by revealing himself as a deliverer who frees slaves. Deuteronomy instructs israel to welcome runaway slaves as brothers and sisters equals. And then when god shows up in our world in the form of jesus,. He frames his ministry through isaiah 61, which explicitly includes that very freedom. Finally, a number of new testament letters then apply jesus teachings to communities,

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