Liberals often say that the Bible is flawed because it tolerates slavery. Our Lord did not say one thing against involuntary servitude, but he did say a lot against the slavery of sin. The Apostles took the Gospel to every corner of the Roman Empire, but their message was never “free the slaves,” “end poverty.” After all the root cause of all this was the same hardness of heart that led the Judean leaders to hand him over to the Romans and the Romans cruely to execute him. Slavery and poverty, war and social injustice are but symptoms of what really troubles humanity: divided hearts , which made them lust after blood one moment and be moved to tears by a baby’s smile the next.