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Feb 12, 2018 · The simple fact that the enslaved were able to “hold on” to Jesus, as it were, is in our day a story of the power of the Resurrection. Emerson Powery and Rodney Sadler Jr. shared in their book ...
May 6, 2019 · Then Africans made it their path to freedom. The Bible was used to justify slavery. Then Africans made it their path to freedom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) An exhibit discussing slavery and the ...
Here, the KJV uses “servant” instead of “slave.” Of the hundreds of times the word ‘ebed appears in the Hebrew Bible, the KJV translates it as “slave” only once, in Jer 2:14. In the New Testament, the KJV never translates the word doulos as “slave.” Only the plural, “slaves,” [sōmatōn] appears once in Rev 18:14.
Feb 21, 2014 · The Great Awakening, then, planted the seed of a more experiential type of Christianity that blossomed suddenly late in the eighteenth century. Black Methodism in the U. S. grew from 3,800 in 1786 ...
May 16, 2008 · In the context of a theocracy that was legitimate and right for God to do, even though the people themselves may have been sinful in the execution. And it was similar with things like slavery, God saying, in essence, "You're my people. Those people I have a right to judge. You may own them," and so on. Now here comes Jesus, and he undoes much ...
May 5, 2009 · That friendship is not for privilege but for service. While it is possible to be a servant without being a friend, it is impossible to be a true friend and not be a servant. Christ gave us a new command: to love each other as he loved us. As the Father has loved us, so we will love. As the Father sent Jesus, so he sends us as servant-friends to ...
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Charitable and Evangelistic Reasons. • Slavery removes people from a culture that “worshipped the devil, practiced witchcraft, and sorcery” and other evils. • Slavery brings heathens to a ...
