Epistles, Part 1

In this God in Many Voices sermon, Dominic Jackson explores the epistolary genre through the New Testament letter to Philemon. He examines how Paul’s appeal on behalf of Onesimus—a formerly enslaved man now considered a brother in Christ—disrupts prevailing social norms and offers a vision of community shaped by grace rather than hierarchy. By contrasting modern assumptions about authorship and authority with the ancient practice of letter-writing, Dominic invites us to read the epistles as human documents through which God speaks. This sermon sets the stage for a deeper engagement with the moral imagination of the early church and the subversive logic of the kingdom of God.