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How Do You Do Hospitality?

Aug 10 2009 5:23 pm

“Show hospitality.” 1 Peter 4:9In addition to the what and the who, Scripture tells us how to practice hospitality. First off, we’re to show hospitality intentionally. To “show hospitality”... Read More ›

Friday Funnies

Aug 7 2009 3:31 pm

Today’s Friday Funny (and another Wedding Contest winner) is a funny story from Rachel: I think my in-laws have a pretty funny wedding story. The morning of their wedding,... Read More ›

Living Room Evangelism

Aug 6 2009 12:22 pm

At our church’s women’s meeting on hospitality a young woman shared a powerful testimony of her mom’s example of hospitality. It is a perfect illustration of John Piper’s quote... Read More ›

A Center for Evangelism

Aug 5 2009 2:29 pm

Hospitality is not only for the church. We should extend hospitality to those outside the church community as well—people who do not yet know Christ, and also to the... Read More ›

Hospitality Says

Aug 4 2009 3:48 pm

“Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. As each has received a gift, use it... Read More ›

A Wedding Story (6)

Aug 3 2009 2:54 pm

We’re busy unpacking from vacation today so we thought we’d give you another wedding story to enjoy. This is a funny one from Sara: It is somewhat of a... Read More ›

Friday Funnies

Jul 17 2009 1:52 pm

Today we’re all packing and cleaning and running errands to get ready for our annual family vacation (some more feverishly than others—can you guess who?). We leave on Sunday... Read More ›

Hospitality Demands

Jul 16 2009 3:26 pm

“When most Christians hear about their responsibility to practice hospitality, they can think up an amazing number of creative excuses to explain why they cannot be hospitable. Yet Christians... Read More ›

As Evening Shadows Advance

Jul 15 2009 3:21 pm

My friend Rita sent me this letter from John Newton to his wife, Mary. The author of Amazing Grace was sixty years old when he wrote these words. He... Read More ›