The Bible and Slavery

In preaching on Titus 2:1-10 yesterday, I mentioned that I did not have time to dig into the use of the word "slaves," in verse 10, which is oftentimes troubling for readers of the Bible.  It seems as though Paul is "ok" with the practice of slavery, in that he just instructs the slaves about how to carry out their work in a God-glorifying way. 

Though I didn't have time to explore that matter in the sermon yesterday, I said I would write something for the blog, in case anyone wanted to study a bit more on that subject.  Rather than reinvent the wheel, I thought instead I would just link to another article that I have found helpful.  So here it is, written by Geoff Ashley, one of the pastors of the Village Church, in the Dallas area.