When you study the life of the apostle Paul, you will invariably hear about something called his 'prison epistles', which are the four books of the New Testament he wrote while under house arrest in Rome around the year 62 AD. These four books are Philippians, Ephesians, Colossians and Philemon. Tonight we will study Paul's letter to his dearly beloved Philemon. On this episode of Rightly Dividing, we look at some of the most salient writings of the apostle Paul written to Christians living in the Church Age, and in doing so discover the 'beating heart' of what Paul calls 'my gospel'. These four New Testament books contain practical and powerful doctrine for Christian living that we would do well to heed and follow. They become even more powerful when you realize that Paul abounded with joy in trying circumstances because he trusted in the Lord in every trial, great and small. Written from behind bars in prison, they sound like they come from a free man, because Paul was 'free indeed' through Jesus Christ. Join us as we spend some time with Philemon and pay a visit to our apostle Paul in prison!