Today were going to start a new series covering slavery in the Bible. I intend on covering every angle of this topic before were done and give you Christians more answers to tough questions. This is a major point of contention to the secular world and we want to be able to make a good defense of the Christian faith. Questions we will answer in this series include • What does the Bible say about slavery? • Does the Bible condone slavery? • Is biblical slavery oppressive? • Why doesn't the Bible explicitly condemn or forbid slavery? • Does the Bible support raping slaves? • Does the Bible condone holding slaves as property? • Is it ok to beat your slave as long as he doesn't die for a few days? Exodus 21:20-21 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. (21) Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money. • Does the Bible say it's ok to beat your servants? • Does the Bible suggest slave owners keep a slave's family hostage in order to force the slave to stay forever? Exodus 21:4-5 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. (5) And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free. What kind of family values are these?
Christians give some crumby answers concerning slavery and the Bible. Here are a few answers you may hear Christians giving on this topic. • The Bible does don't explicitly support or condone slavery. • That's just an Old Testament thing. • Th
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