New Testament Hospitality
Author | : John Koenig |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 173 |
Release | : 2001-12-03 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1579108245 |
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Author | : John Koenig |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 173 |
Release | : 2001-12-03 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1579108245 |
Author | : John Koenig |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 173 |
Release | : 2001-12-03 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1579108245 |
Author | : Alexander Strauch |
Publisher | : Lewis & Roth Publishers |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780936083094 |
Hospitality plays crucial roles in encouraging unity, evangelism, and many spiritual gifts in the local church. Strauch shows the Scripture's teaching along with practical hints that he and his wife have learned over the years.
Author | : Andrew E. Arterbury |
Publisher | : Sheffield Phoenix Press |
Total Pages | : 227 |
Release | : 2005-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781905048212 |
Hospitality in the ancient Mediterranean world was not a matter of entertaining one's neighbours to dinner. And among the early Christians it was not the same as table-fellowship either, though most modern works confuse that with hospitality. Hospitality was essentially the provision of food and protection for travellers; it could include also a bath, supplies for the traveller's onward journey, and an escort along the road toward to the traveller's next destination. Unlike other writers, Arterbury combs through a broad spectrum of Greek, Roman and Jewish texts-as well as early Christian texts outside the New Testament-for literary depictions of the custom of hospitality. As well, he brings into the picture the Greek novels, which provide us with vivid insights into ancient Mediterranean life. His book presents the most complete analysis of the terms used for hospitality. And he shows how important the practice of hospitality is in understanding the narrative of the conversion of the Gentile Cornelius in Acts 10-11: Luke is here suggesting that Christian communities should employ the traditional custom of hospitality as an effective means of bridging the cultural divide between Jews and Gentiles, evangelizing unbelievers, and forging bonds of friendship with strangers. This revealing and engaging example of what Arterbury describes as 'historical audience-oriented criticism' will be appreciated by scholars and students interested in the reality of life in New Testament times.
Author | : Joshua W. Jipp |
Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2017-08-21 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1467448737 |
Too few Christians today, says Joshua Jipp, understand hospitality to strangers and the marginalized as an essential part of the church's identity. In this book Jipp argues that God's relationship to his people is fundamentally an act of hospitality to strangers, and that divine and human hospitality together are thus at the very heart of Christian faith. Jipp first provides a thorough interpretation of the major biblical texts related to the practice of hospitality to strangers, considering especially how these texts portray Christ as the divine host who extends God's welcome to all people. Jipp then invites readers to consider how God's hospitality sets the pattern for human hospitality, offering suggestions on how the practice of welcoming strangers can guide the church in its engagement with current social challenges—immigration, incarceration, racism, and more.
Author | : Patty Pell |
Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 97 |
Release | : 2011-10-18 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0830862765 |
In this nine session LifeGuide® Bible Study by Patty Pell, you'll discover the Old Testament call to hospitality as the distinguishing feature of those who are in relationship with God, the outward-focused expression of the grace and provision that one has received from God. In the New Testament the extension of life, provision and protection is expanded as Jesus unpacks image after image of the kingdom of God in the language of host and guests.
Author | : Dustin Willis |
Publisher | : Moody Publishers |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2017-02-07 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0802495117 |
How to make disciples using hospitality Deep down, every Christian wants to make a difference. But for many of us, the years come and go and we never do. The good news is: change can be as simple as opening your front door. The Simplest Way to Change the World is about biblical hospitality and its power for the gospel. Since people will sooner enter a living room than a church, hospitality is a natural and effective way to build relationships for Christ. You’ll learn: How the home can be a hub for community How hospitality leads to joy, purpose, and belonging How it grows families to love the things of God How it’s not about being the perfect host How to be hospitable regardless of your living space Hospitality is a beautiful legacy of the church, and a great way to make disciples. As you open your life up to others, you share in the very character of God and experience His joy. And you get to witness lives change—including your own. Includes 20+ creative ideas for hospitality, plus questions for small groups
Author | : Carolyn Lacey |
Publisher | : The Good Book Company |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 2021-04-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1784985937 |
How to offer Christian hospitality without becoming exhausted and overburdened. Generous hospitality is a significant way in which God works through our lives to bring life to others, yet many of us feel ill-equipped and overwhelmed at the prospect, especially if we don’t have big houses and we are not wonderful cooks! Carolyn Lacey encourages us to focus on the goal of hospitality, which is to reflect God’s welcoming heart, and shows us how we can all do that, regardless of our bank balance or living situation. She explores seven ways in which we can reflect God’s character in the way we welcome others into our homes and into our lives, and so point people ultimately to Christ. This practical and realistic book explores how to make generous hospitality part of everyday life without becoming exhausted and overburdened.
Author | : Miroslav Volf |
Publisher | : Abingdon Press |
Total Pages | : 453 |
Release | : 2010-03-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1426712332 |
Life at the end of the twentieth century presents us with a disturbing reality. Otherness, the simple fact of being different in some way, has come to be defined as in and of itself evil. Miroslav Volf contends that if the healing word of the gospel is to be heard today, Christian theology must find ways of speaking that address the hatred of the other. Reaching back to the New Testament metaphor of salvation as reconciliation, Volf proposes the idea of embrace as a theological response to the problem of exclusion. Increasingly we see that exclusion has become the primary sin, skewing our perceptions of reality and causing us to react out of fear and anger to all those who are not within our (ever-narrowing) circle. In light of this, Christians must learn that salvation comes, not only as we are reconciled to God, and not only as we "learn to live with one another", but as we take the dangerous and costly step of opening ourselves to the other, of enfolding him or her in the same embrace with which we have been enfolded by God.
Author | : John Taylor |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2007-11-22 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 071563481X |
Looks at story-patterns and themes which Greek and Latin literature share with the Hebrew scriptures and the New Testament. This work considers the subject from the classical side: Homer, the Greek tragedians, Plato, and Virgil. It also focuses on the New Testament, and on the aspects of later reception.