Biblical Hospitality: The Chain that Links Fellowship to Faith

By: allan rodney tilley

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

"I live in the loneliest city in America. I don't have a friend in this town." "I want to crawl into a hole and die." These sentiments and other statements like these are being said daily by friends and foes alike. There is such loneliness, such despair, such feelings of lack that is being expressed at this time due to the Covid-19 virus and additional factors as well. The church has an opportunity that should be expressed now to show care and compassion to reflect our concern. It can be our brightest hour. Biblical hospitality as reflected in the Bible and in early church tradition and governance is needed at this moment. Hospitality as practiced by the early church and by Middle Eastern cultures will be explored in this book. Additionally practical ways of implementing this hospitality will be taught so that we, as a church, can use the tool of hospitality to further the Kingdom of God. No one in the Community of Christ should ever feel alone. The church and those that go by the name of Christ need to relearn the earlier cultural norms that maintained the sanctity of the church for years. This book will look at the historical roots of hospitality that was manifested in the Greek, Roman, and Jewish cultures that later was to be the foundation for true "Christian" culture based on the gift and giving of hospitality. Come and learn what it means to be hospitable, kind, and compassionate according to the Old and New Testaments, to include the teachings of Jesus, the apostles, and the early church fathers. Hospitality is the link that binds that first handshake, that first smile into a firm fellowship of faith that is seen in the relationships with both God and man.