A Preview of Things to Come…
Illustrated Manners and Customs of the Bible says, “Hospitality, kindness to strangers, and ‘especially unto them who are of the household of faith’ (Gal. 6:10), had roots in the Old Testament and...
View ArticleWon’t you come in?
My ninety-two-year-old mother is my living example of hospitality. She lives in a condo and manages to connect with all of her neighbors. A common query when we drop her off after an excursion of some...
View ArticleBy Way of Special Delivery
Note to readers: When Paul wrote, in Romans 16:1, “I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea, that you may receive her in the LORD in a manner worthy of the saints...
View ArticleGiven to Hospitality…or Not
Carry neither money bag, knapsack, nor sandals; and greet no one along the road. But whatever house you enter, first say, “Peace to this house.” And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on...
View ArticleA Hospitality of Believers
How would you like to host a church in your home? A number of women in the early years of the church opened their homes for prayer, study, and worship, even when it was not easy to follow Jesus...
View ArticleThe Story of Ruth: New Beginnings
But Ruth said: “Entreat me not to leave you, or to turn back from following after you; for wherever you go, I will go; and wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your...
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