The Gospel Comes with a House Key

Posted on 21 February 2018 by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

The Gospel Comes with a House Key Practicing Radically Ordinary Hospitality in Our Post Christian WorldAbout The Gospel Comes with a House KeyThe word hospitality often invokes a scene of a gracious, impeccably fashioned host welcoming guests into a beautifully appointed home prepared with perfectly presented meals However, when the Bible calls Christians to be hospitable, it s calling them to much In this book, Rosaria Butterfield invites readers into her home and shows from her own life and experience how radically ordinary hospitality can be a bridge for bringing the gospel to lost friends and neighbors something that she experienced herself on her journey to Christ Such hospitality welcomes those who look, think, believe, and act differently than us into our own everyday, sometimes messy lives Christians will be inspired and equipped to use their homes and tables as a way of showing a skeptical, unbelieving world what love and authentic faith really look like.Table of ContentsPreface Radically Ordinary Hospitality1 Priceless The Merit of Hospitality2 The Jesus Paradox The Vitality of Hospitality3 Our Post Christian World The Kindness of Hospitality4 God Never Gets the Address Wrong The Providence of Hospitality5 The Gospel Comes with a House Key The Seal of Hospitality 6 Judas In the Church The Borderland of Hospitality7 Giving Up the Ghosts The Lamentation of Hospitality8 The Daily Grind The Basics of Hospitality9 Blessed are the Merciful The Hope of Hospitality 10 Walking the Emmaus Road The Future of Hospitality Conclusion Feeding the 5000 The Nuts and Bolts and Beans and Rice Read The Gospel Comes with a House Key – kino-fada.fr This is a hard review to write First, in college I was welcomed by the author into the very type of hospitality she describes in this book I know that she practices what she preaches, and practices it very well I was an unchurched Christian and she brought me, and many other college students, to church followed by lunch in her modest...I ve been dying to read this book since before it was even released the Gospel and hospitality two of my favorite subjects written by one of my favorite authors I couldn t wait.Now that I ve read it I think I m mostly disappointed While there were lots of good things about this book, for me it fell flat But, let me start with the good stuff Pros Her story about meeting her teenage son in a group home for the first time ripped my heart out and deepened my prayers for our hopeful future in I ve been dying to read this book since before it was even released the Gospel and hospitality two of my favorite subjects written by one of my favorite authors I couldn t wait.Now that I ve read it I think I m mostly disappointed While there were lots of good things about this book, for me it fell flat But, let me start with the good stuff Pros Her story about meeting her teenage son in a group home for the first time ripped my heart out and deepened my prayers for our hopeful future in fostering to adopt The last chapter was solid gold So helpful I wish the whole book had been like that Chapter 6, Judas in the Church, was also really good, though there were several times I wish she had been a littleclear I have several situations that are definitely in the borderlands of hospitality bu...This is a revised review At about 30% in I thought I couldn t take it any and called it quits, but I decided to tough it out and complete the book so this is my updated review on the whole thing It s pretty rare for me to consider quitting a book esp multiple times , but for reasons explained below this book had that effect on me.First, I had a really hard time getting through this book in the audio version The reader, who is the author, reads so slowly and with such overly dramatic emp This is a revised review At about 30% in I thought I couldn t take it any and called it quits, but I decided to tough it out and complete the book so this is my updated review on the whole thing It s pretty rare for me to consider quitting a book esp multiple times , but for...This book had some very good parts and some painfully bad I would love to discuss this book in a group And I would love having someone like Rosaria live in my neighborhood My best take away is a reminder that living Christianity should be costly I have to push myself I have to work hard I have to die to my self That s true with how I wife and how I mom And how I hospitality She made the point well that you should hospitality with sacrifice Also she gave good advice to just start anywhe This book ...I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via netgalley in exchange for an honest review I have been looking forward to reading this book first, because the author is one I ve admired from afar ever since I read her first book, Confessions of an Unlikely Convert second, because hospitality is a ministry dear to my heart I had high expectations for this book and sadly, it slightly disappoints Perhaps I m being nit picky and I apologize if I sound harsh, but I need to give my I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via netgalley in exchange for an honest review I have been looking forward to reading this book first, because the author is one I ve admired from afar ever since I read her first book, Confessions of an Unlikely Convert second, because hospitality is a ministry dear to my heart I had high expectations for this book and sadly, it slightly disappoints Perhaps I m being n...Read 5 myths about hospitality here Hospitality is a habit WORLD comments here.4 1 2 stars This book is thought stirring and a deeply challenging call on hospitality to the stranger and outcast She calls us to love our LGBT neighbors with hospitality and hope of the gospel, not fearing or despising them This book was hard for me to put down I will read it again someday.The type of hospitality that Mrs Butterfield holds out before us is indeed radical She gives many, many examples of this in her own life So many in fact that sometimes the book feltlike a memoir 4 1 2 stars This book is thought stirring and a deeply challenging call on hospitality to the str...This book floored me Rosaria Butterfield casts a beautiful image of Christian home as ministry through ordinary, daily hospitality She strikes the perfect balance between practical details and lovely well read writing This book will be affecting me for years to come.This was a bit of a love hate book for me I have the deepest respect for the work she is doing in her community I want to be muchwelcoming, andintentional about how Owen and I open our home to those around us My dissapointment in the book mostly stems from my initial excitement when I read she had been a professor of English and gender studies, as I too, hope to be a professor of English with an emphasis in gender studies Rather than finding a strong braiding together of rich cri This was a bit of a love hate book for me I have the deepest respect for the work she is doing in her community I want to be muchwelcoming, andintentional about how Owen and I open our home to those around us My dissapointment in the book mostly stems from my initial excitement when I r...audiobook It was quite good of course, as with all books, read in light of the Bible I don t think Rosaria wrote it to say, Everyone must do hospitality and do it exactly like me but I could see some people taking it that way So read for ideas, encouragement, inspiration guilt trip reminding haha Read to be reminded and moved to do something, to do , if you can Read to ask yourself, Could I be doing better But the exact examples arememoir like, as others...

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21 February 2018

Rosaria Champagne Butterfield