Hospitality

Christians are called to move far beyond mere friendliness and engage in active acts of intentional hospitality.

The Prodigal could find no hospitality until he returned home; his older brother could not bring himself to offer hospitality. Both missed the love and grace that was poured out by the extravagant hospitality of the father.

As human beings, we have all experienced loneliness and rejection when wonderfully friendly people are so engrossed with their friends that they do not notice the stranger in their midst.

As children of God, we know the extravagant hospitality of God’s love and grace.

As Christians, we are called to share the hospitality we have received.

Hospitality (July 12, 2009)

Love that Flourishes

 

“Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so.” The famous theologian and Christian Karl Bart once commented that this children’s song summed up the entire message of the Gospel. We explore how our lives reflect God’s love for us.

 

Paul opens this letter to the church at Phillipi by (a) proclaiming his own love for the people in this church, (b) noting and celebrating God’s love poured out upon this people, and (c) encouraging the followers of Jesus Christ to live their lives with the same kind of love.

Love that Flourishes (October 5, 2008)