Word of Salvation – Vol. 35 No. 26 – July 1990   Dealing With Grace   Sermon by Rev. L. Douma on Philemon 17-21 Reading: Matthew 18:21-35; Philemon 1-25   Brothers and sisters; (boys and girls) in our Lord Jesus Christ, There was a problem in the congregation.  A young man had 'shot through'.  Absconded!  People in the congregation had bent over backwards to help him.  They had provided him with a place to live.  Someone had taken him on and given him some work to help him out. And now... now the ungrateful young man had got up and left...

Word of Salvation - Vol.48 No.33 - September 2003   Forgiveness Shapes Our Character Sermon by Rev A Quak on Philemon 4-7   Scripture Readings: Luke 17:1-10; Philemon 1-25 Suggested Hymns: BoW 57a; 357; 424; Rej 306   Congregation of the Lord Jesus Christ. We live in a society which is pushing us more and more to be an unforgiving people. In the past, conciliation was seen as the way to resolve disputes. The commonplace response now is retaliation. Take the recent insurance crises among doctors as an example. Why is there a problem? Because those who are committed to saving...