2014-06-13T15:25:47-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/slave/ http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/12437 2014-06-13T15:25:47-05:00 Belle is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle (played by Gugu Mbatha-Raw), the illegitimate mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral. Culturewatch ministry offer these valuable discussion helps for small groups. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/11966 2014-01-13T18:25:37-05:00 This powerful and dramatic film by British director Steve McQueen is based on the amazing true story of one man's fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War USA, Solomon Northup (played by Londoner Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty (personified by a malevolent slave owner, portrayed by Michael Fassbender) as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. Damaris offers free downloadable video and text study resources for Christian groups. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%206:6&version=NIV 2009-09-27T20:20:53-05:00 A person with a true servant's heart does not just obey God's law because he or she has been ordered to, but because they earnestly desire to please God and do His will. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%208:34-35&version=NIV 2009-09-27T20:18:10-05:00 Jesus taught that we are all slaves to sin by nature. But what he offers to us is not a life of slavery or service, but membership in the family of God. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philemon%201:10-21&version=NIV 2009-09-27T19:19:42-05:00 Onesimus was a slave and a Christian. Here Paul writes to his master, asking him to treat Onesimus with the same respect that he would give to Paul.