The living room ebook
Exit Full Screen The Living Room Contents A- A+ Read in Full Screen The Living Room A Study in Philemon ◆ Open the Book Contents Introduction: The Smallest Room The shortest letter Paul wrote that we still have is a single page. It has twenty-five verses, a few names, a small request, and a goodbye. It's easy to read in five minutes and move on. But a whole household is inside it. Paul addresses "Philemon our beloved friend and fellow laborer, to the beloved Apphia, Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house" (vv. 1-2). That last phrase changes how we read it. This isn't a private note tucked into an envelope. It's a letter meant to be read aloud, in a living room, to people sitting together. Everyone in the room will hear what is asked of Philemon, and Philemon will hear it with them. And someone is about to walk in. His name is Onesimus. He is connected to this household as a slave, and he has been with Pau...
