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  • The Gospel Comes with a House Key

  • Practicing Radically Ordinary Hospitality in Our Post-Christian World
  • By: Rosaria Butterfield
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  • Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
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Summary

What did God use to draw a radical, committed unbeliever to himself? Did God take her to an evangelistic rally? Or, since she had her doctorate in literature, did he use something in print? No, God used an invitation to dinner in a modest home, from a humble couple who lived out the Gospel daily, simply, and authentically. 

With this story of her conversion as a backdrop, Rosaria Butterfield invites us into her home to show us how God can use this same “radical, ordinary hospitality” to bring the Gospel to our lost friends and neighbors. 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.

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Very challenging, ace narration by the author

Very challenging, ace narration by the author - makes it so real hearing the stories from the themselves

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Sets up an unrealistic, unattainable bar

I, like other readers, hoped for so much more from this book but instead felt it was dogmatic and lacked humility and I nearly abandoned it, feeling guilt- tripped that I could never attain the impossibly high level of hospitality promoted here.

And unfortunately, for all the good and heart warming stories contained in this book, ‘promoted’ summed up the emphasis here. Rosaria believes that ALL of us should be doing hospitality pretty much ALL the time ( ‘daily’ is repeated throughout the book). This is nowhere explicit in scripture and yet it was promoted as a non - negotiable! What would have been more edifying would have been to acknowledge how everyone is in a different situation with different gifts and some are more gifted than others at hospitality. Perhaps we could have had some simple, creative, attainable examples from other’s lives ( the single mum, the student, the retired etc) of how they seek to show hospitality.

Surely the biggest motivator for hospitality, aside from the command in scripture is the fact it models God’s grace toward us. His welcome. Because we have been welcomed, so we welcome others ( however that looks in the particular season of life we find ourselves in ). I do agree with Rosaria that we shouldn’t be constantly segregating our guests ( non Christian / Christian ) but rather make efforts to mix these two worlds together where possible.

Some of the things I do with hospitality, other believers would not do but that does not necessarily make them lazy or lacking in faith or ungenerous. They may need to be obedient in that area yes, but they may have legitimate reasons why they can’t do it often ( health issues, family crises etc ) and we have to be really careful we don’t look down our noses at those who seem to do very little hospitality. God knows their hearts, we do not. It seems wrong to write about what ‘we do’ as if it were the only acceptable way to do hospitality.

I think it’s wonderful that Rosaria can do so much. God has clearly gifted her for this role with incredible energy too! But that is Rosaria’s story and no one else’s. It is unique to God’s call on them as a family.
I am so grateful that we are not held up to that yardstick else we would all feel like failures.
We are to challenge one another to die to selfishness and live sacrificially, yes, but that will look different in different contexts, cultures and families and churches.

We live by grace alone and any out-working of that grace is not by compulsion but by love that the Spirit grows in us.

So sadly, I would not recommend this book to others, especially those who have a sensitive conscience and could easily feel overwhelmed by the legalistic standards promoted here.

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Excellent and Challenging

Narrated by Rosaria Butterfield the author invites us into her home, life and family and lays out what “Radical Christian Hospitality” should look like! I laughed cried and was challenged in this must listen/read book….thank you Rosaria…

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YES!!

Brilliant! Thanks Rosaria. God has used you to speak to my heart - now I need to get done other friends at church on board with this-and we are British and reserved and god has to change our British mindsets!!

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Try it, even if she’s got some different views to you

Rosaria Butterfield will inspire you to be a more radical Christian. To open your doors, and to love the people around you. She’s talking about essential Acts style Christianity. I’m from a different stream of Christianity and a different nation, so the language and beliefs can come across pretty hard hitting at moments - she doesn’t pull any punches - but whatever kind of Christian you are, I encourage you to read, enjoy and be inspired by this book.

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a wonderful and challenging book!

this is a challenging model of Christian hospitality and one that is written well. thanks to the author for writing it!

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encouraging and challenging

Rosaria challenged me to think carefully about hospitality. God can use my home for his glory and I'm inspired to rethink some things.

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Challenging and convicting

Rosaria really challenged me to think about hospitality in a different way. Really enjoyed this book

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The go-to book to learn about hospitality

Butterfield does a remarkable job persuading her readers of what she's so most convinced of which in this case is the practice of ordinary yet radical hospitality. And she does this with her usual use of rhetoric, language, and style that, at least for me, made me appreciate the English language even more. But much more importantly, her command of the language did convince me of her thesis -- the gospel comes with a house key.

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Some really radical but moving stories included which will make you reflect and consider how to apply hospitality and love other people well. An easy listen as Rosaria narrates her personal, intimate and honest events herself. Listened to this within a week. Really enjoyed.

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