The Gospel comes with a house key Practicing radically ordinary hospitality in our post-Christian world

Rosaria Champagne Butterfield, 1962-

Book - 2018

In order to draw Butterfield, a radical, committed unbeliever, to himself he used an invitation to dinner in a modest home, from a humble couple who lived out the gospel daily, simply, and authentically. Such hospitality sees our homes as not our own, but as God's tools for the furtherance of his kingdom as we welcome those who look, think, believe, and act differently from us into our everyday, sometimes messy lives-- helping them see what true Christian faith really looks like. -- adapted from jacket

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Published
Wheaton : Crossway 2018.
Language
English
Main Author
Rosaria Champagne Butterfield, 1962- (author)
Physical Description
240 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781433557866
  • Preface
  • 1. Priceless: The Merit of Hospitality
  • 2. The Jesus Paradox: The Vitality of Hospitality
  • 3. Our Post-Christian World: The Kindness of Hospitality
  • 4. God Never Gets the Address Wrong: The Providence of Hospitality
  • 5. The Gospel Comes with a House Key: The Seal of Hospitality
  • 6. Judas in the Church: The Borderland of Hospitality
  • 7. Giving up the Ghosts: The Lamentation of Hospitality
  • 8. The Daily Grind: The Basics of Hospitality
  • 9. Blessed Are the Merciful: The Hope of Hospitality
  • 10. Walking the Emmaus Road: The Future of Hospitality
  • Conclusion: Feeding the Five Thousand: The Nuts and Bolts and Beans and Rice
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Recommended Reading
  • General Index
  • Scripture Index
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Butterfield (The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert), author, pastor's wife, and homeschooling mother, encourages a "radical ordinary hospitality" in her fun and useful latest. Butterfield believes readers should use their "Christian home in a daily way that seeks to make strangers neighbors and neighbors family of God." The Bible calls Christians to welcome criminals and outcasts, she writes, not only like-minded friends. She shares anecdotes about and functional steps toward practicing hospitality, such as helping a reclusive neighbor find his lost pit bull (and writing letters to the same neighbor when he lands in prison for running a methamphetamine lab) and singing psalms to her dying mother. She details her prayers, what she cooks (rice and beans, a simple meal that can easily feed large groups that gather in her home on the fly), and her adventures in foster parenting. Well versed in theology, Butterfield speaks on sin, repentance, and sanctification, and applies these biblical concepts to hot topic issues such as gender inequality. Butterfield strikes the right balance of doctrine and personal narrative in this paean to the welcoming home. (Apr.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.