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Title: The Hospitality of God: Discovering and Living Kingdom Hospitality
Author: Caleb Camp
Narrator: Erin Meyer
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-21-17
Publisher: WestBowPress
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity
Publisher's Summary:
Hospitality has been practiced by the people of God dating back through the entire Old Testament (Consider Abraham and Lot). Today, many of those practices are still in place throughout much of the Middle East. God, however, has called the whole church to participate in Kingdom hospitality. In fact, it is an integral part of the culture of the Kingdom of God.
Kingdom hospitality encompasses much more than simply hosting people out of the kindness of our hearts. This book is a journey into the heart, attitude, and mindset of the hospitality of God and the beginning of a life of Kingdom hospitality.
Through an exploration of Scripture, culture, and calling, you'll discover the beauty of Kingdom hospitality and its importance in the expression of our Christian faith.
Members Reviews:
The Hospitality of God: It's So Much More Than You Think
Today I stumbled upon something that gave me great joy. While it may sound strange, I hope youâll understand.
I discovered the book that I would have written if I could have written it. Sound strange? Itâs true.
Caleb Campâs soon to be released book entitled, The Hospitality of God (published by Westbow Press) says virtually everything that, for the last fifteen years, Iâve either said or have wanted to say on the subject of biblical hospitality, which is by far the least dealt with theological topic in all of Scripture.
Yes, a former addict turned disciple of Christ who learned about hospitality in Turkey, says it all. Plus some.
As a bonus, he says it well. Camp writes, â...it could be argued that hospitality is a major theme of the Bible and the Gospel. Not only is it a theme, but it could also be argued that hospitality is an expected spiritual discipline of those who follow Christ.â
Thatâs right. Camp correctly labels hospitality as a spiritual discipline for all believers. Itâs more than just inviting a friend over for dinner. Itâs threaded into who we are as children of God.
Our western culture has increasingly closed the doors on outsiders. We have created bubbles of protection from people who are different from us. Our churches have become wholly homogenous and diversity has become a word that only those on the other side of the aisle use. Weâve built walls that God never wanted us to build and have begun to wage cultural wars that God never intended us to fight.
The Hospitality of God challenges that mindset by presenting a biblical case for proactively loving the needy and tossing off the chains of judgment and preconception. It examines a wide range of biblical texts through the lens of what the author properly calls, Kingdom Hospitality. Some, like Lot and Rahab the Harlot, you may have already considered in this light, but others, like John 3:16 and the Great Commission, with expert textual analysis may surprise you. Even better, they may convict you.
One of the most important distinctions that Camp makes between what I thought I knew about hospitality and the way that Jesus actually practiced it, is that He (Jesus) was most often the one invited rather than the one hosting the event. For God, being hospitable doesnât only mean hosting someone. It means looking for someone to care for, accept, and minister to.
By reading The Hospitality of God youâll learn simple things like the definitions and origins of the word itself.