Based on the backstory of a tiny letter in the Bible [Philemon], this real-life story is fleshed out with creative care. Onesimus was in grave trouble. He was, after all, a thief and runaway slave. A worthless piece of "street trash" as far as anyone thought. He was wanted by the law and anyone who helped him risked trouble for themselves. One of the [literally] one-million anonymous faces in the ancient city of Rome. There was a small but remarkable group of people also in Rome. They hung out at a rented house that was kept under guard by Roman soldiers. Their leader was under house arrest, awaiting trial as an enemy of the state. Large numbers of assorted people went in and out of the house day and night. They didn't come for gambling or drugs or booze. They came to hear the transforming message these people were freely passing on to all. There is no way in the world that the one lonely fellow could ever meet up with those remarkable people in that house. Only a Divine Being could arrange such a thing, and what Divine Being would ever care about the self-inflicted loser, Onesimus. Wait a minute . . . Never underestimate the good things our Lord wants to do. We do know that Onesimus did indeed end up at that house. He heard the transforming message and experienced the truth himself. This wonderful occasion created a problem that the little letter to Philemon (Onesimus' master) intends to fix. Catch the beauty, tender care, and precision in that beautiful letter when put in its historical context and the occasion/mission for which it was drafted. This eBook includes photographs and information about ancient Rome and Colossae.
