Onesimus had done something right before the book of Philemon starts. He was a slave who ran away from his master, Philemon. Paul asks Philemon to forgive Onesimus and to see him as an equal. Today, ...

During the 1721 smallpox outbreak in Boston, a slave named Onesimus taught his master an early version of inoculation — and saved hundreds of people. In the Bible, Onesimus was the name of a Byzantine ...

There are two stories that people tell about Onesimus, the enslaved African who helped save hundreds of Bostonians from smallpox in 1721. The first is a simple one. When Onesimus is asked by his owner ...

The gospel calls Philemon to respond to his runaway slave with grace and love. Paul urges Philemon to receive Onesimus as a fellow Christian. Importantly, Paul isn’t talking about simply forgiving ...

Onesimus; if interested, ponder one passage a day, jot down some reflective thoughts, and ask Bd. Onesimus to pray for your needs during the five days. Day 1) Colossians 4:7–9 Day 2) Philemon 7–12 ...

Nearly everything concrete we know about Onesimus comes from Cotton Mather’s diary, with a few potential glimpses in later church and civic records. We can say for certain that he was an ...

The very person you would rather not deal with may be the very person God is asking you to receive in His Name. 3. Philemon learned that Onesimus is a child of God, just like him Because of the unity ...