The Bible tells us that while Christ is not physically on earth, he makes his Spirit visible in the world through believers who exercise sacrificial love and hospitality, and through the preaching of the gospel and the administration of the sacraments.
This article provides ways in which you can share the love of God through hospitality, whether at home or at church.
This article introduces songs to be used in worship that focuses on hospitality, stewardship of creation, Ascension Day, and Pentecost.
Christians are called to be hospitable, since Christian hospitality has to do with our Lord. How? Here are ten things to help you see how hospitality is related to the gospel.
This article discusses the fundamental importance of hospitality in the church, and provides five ways to pursue it, with 1 Corinthians 16 as springboard.
This article reflects on how churches can extend hospitality to visitors in their midst.
This article testifies to the impact that hospitality makes in evangelism. It is a little taste of the final banquet that is to come in the kingdom of God.
This article explains that hospitality provides to a broken world an open window of God’s hospitality toward us. Very often people hear the gospel by seeing it in action in Christians, particularly in their homes. In the early church the home was a crucial place for the spread of the faith, and it remains an important setting for building relationships. The church in the Western world needs to rediscover the value of hospitality for the visualizing of the call of the gospel. The article provides some helpful hints for hosting neighbours.
This article shows how hospitality was a way of life in early Christian households. Hospitality is the gospel in action, a way of showing that God has received us in his grace. The article considers the various biblical commands to practice hospitality, pointing out that each command is set in the context of love. It goes on to focus on hospitality as an important qualification for the office of elder, and is of great value in shepherding the flock.
Why should Christians show hospitality? This article explores this question by showing that the story of the Bible is the story of God’s hospitality toward us. It speaks of a table of fellowship once given, lost, then restored, to God’s people. Food and the table are a unifying theme in Scripture, and this article gives a sense of how this is so, and its relevance for how we may show practical grace in hospitality.
The qualifications for being an elder should not be limited to them. They should be characteristics of all Christians. This article explains that in 1 Timothy 3:2 God calls Christians to show hospitality.
Why are Christians required to practice hospitality? Based on Hebrews 13:1-2 this article argues that hospitality is an expression of Christ's love to strangers, and a mark of genuine faith.
Looking at Hebrews 13:2-4, this article sheds light on how believers can apply the royal law of love (James 2:8)? The author highlights spiritual exercises such as hospitality, prison ministry, and sharing with those who are either suffering or rejoicing.
This article is about the place of women in the church. The relation of Jesus Christ and women, and the special function women have with regards to hospitality is also discussed.
This article is about loneliness and aloneness, the closeness and presence of God, and hospitality in the church.
Beginning with the biblical witness, Cathy Ross explores the character of hospitality. She shows how it can function as a powerful metaphor for mission. We are encouraged and enabled to reflect on the importance of shared meals and being at the margins, the need to see and respect the guest and stranger as other.
