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This paper seeks to investigate Paul’s response – based on his theological thoughts on love – on the conflicting relationship between Christian master and slave. With the aid of New Institutional Economics (NIE), two major characteristics of the relationship between a master and slave will be explained, namely objectifying and manipulating the relationship. Then, this paper will try to read Paul’s response to the conflicting relationship in the letter to Philemon – how he used different rhetoric to persuade Philemon to change his relationship with his slave in different levels, namely, theological perspective, core values and practical concern.

Several letters to the editor are presented on issues related to Internet broadcast and publishing, including one by a reader who objects to the stance of certain governments to prohibit certain Web sites in their country, another on problems a reader is facing with Windows XP operating system, and one on the warning that continuously appears when one starts a Youtube broadcast.