Teens · About 15 minutes

Family Bible Time: Slavery and Scripture

In about 15 minutes, read Exodus 21:1-11; Philemon; 1 Timothy 1:8-11 and explore this big idea: Biblical slavery texts span different institutions and trajectories and must not be used to sanitise modern racial chattel slavery.

Connect
Read
Understand
Play
Respond

Step 1 of 5 · about 2 minutes

Connect

Recall where Slavery and Scripture fits in the Bible story.

The 15-minute flow

2 min
Connect
Recall where Slavery and Scripture fits in the Bible story.
5 min
Read
Read or retell Exodus 21:1-11; Philemon; 1 Timothy 1:8-11 and notice two details.
3 min
Understand
Ask what the passage directly says and what meaning follows from it.
3 min
Play
Use the Slavery and Scripture Claim Audit orally or on paper.
2 min
Respond
Choose one voluntary response and pray together.

Talk about it

What happened or what was taught?
What does this show us about God, Jesus, or faithful life?
What is one response we can practise?

This week

Action: Choose one concrete response connected to this lesson and practise it this week.

Prayer: Thank God for what is clear in the passage; ask for wisdom to respond faithfully without claiming more than the text supports.

Note for parents: Questions are welcome. Do not force disclosure, certainty, public prayer, baptism, or another public religious decision.

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