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Hospitality & God’s Abundance, Part 4

Posted on September 30, 2023 by Fred

Jesus spoke liberation to the “ptochos,” neighbors pressed down by poverty systems. (Lk. 6:20-23; 12:22-34). Jesus often brought attention to them when talking with others (Mk. 10:21; 12:41-44; Lk. 14:13-14; 16:19-31). His relentless commitment to extending God’s hospitality to them … Continue reading →

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Hospitality & God’s Abundance, Pt. 2

Posted on September 26, 2023 by Fred

The numerous images of God’s kingdom associated with God’s abundance and hospitality that Jesus used leads me to believe that Jesus and his followers were to be a kind of living parable of how people live together from God’s abundance. … Continue reading →

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Hospitality & God’s Abundance

Posted on September 26, 2023 by Fred

Yesterday morning as I surveyed Jesus’ teachings about the inbreaking presence of God’s kingdom, it becomes clearer to me how the images of God’s kingdom are associated with stories about provision of life’s necessities, generosity, neighborly and enemy love, controversial … Continue reading →

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Hospitality in Context, Part 2

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Fred

When our society speaks of hospitality today, we do not normally think of a kinship love for strangers, which is the meaning of philoxenia, the biblical Greek word usually translated as “hospitality.” We live in a culture of xenophobia—a fear … Continue reading →

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Hospitality in Context: Introduction

Posted on September 27, 2021 by Fred

A few years ago our Church eldership publicly denounced what was, at the time, the refusal to offer due process for asylum seekers. After listening to many in the WCC fam we registered with a few regional organizations to sponsor … Continue reading →

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