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Is The Bible From God
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If the Bible is from God, why did it tolerate the institution of slavery?
The slavery tolerated by the Scriptures must be understood in its historical context. Old Testament laws regulating slavery are
troublesome by modern standards, but in their historical context they provided a degree of social ....
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....lossians 3:11). (2)
The gospel first had the practical effect of outmoding slavery within the community of the Church, (3) and carried within it the
seeds of the eventual complete abolition of slavery in the Western world.
The fact that the Bible never expressly condemned the institution of slavery has been wrongfully used as a rationale for its
continuance. In the American South prior to the Civil War, many nominal Christians wrongly interpreted the Bible's approach to
slavery and us.... |
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