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Clint Ware: Hospitality - Part 2 Jesus and the Church Podcast - iTunes -Subscribe Hospitality II: Hospitality, Jesus, and the Church I. Welcoming Friends vs. Welcoming Strangers ~ has the word welcome been worn out? ~ in Greek ~ philoxenia - Hospitality brother + stranger  (to treat the stranger as a brother or family) ~ ancient world viewed hospitality differently (they felt an obligation ) ~ American cultural understanding  has also changed - less and less personal and personable - less and less hospitable and welcoming ~ God commanded it of His people because it is an expression of His character(Duet 10:17-19)   II. Jesus and Hospitality ~ *New Testament Greek verb translated “showing hospitality”    - to show hospitality - xenodocheo  xeno - stranger  + docheo -  banquet  (to set a banquet for a stranger)  ~ Jesus taught that showing hospitality would be one of the main evidences that we       knew Him. Matthew 25 :33-40 ~ Jesus’ example - a contrast to the Pharisees and religious leaders Pharasees - shunned or rejected the children, woman, poor, sick, unclean, vs. unrighteous,  if you didn’t keep the mosaic law correctly (in their eyes)…  Jesus - who did he spend his time with, welcome, and  seek out? children , women, poor, sick, unclean, unrighteous,  sinners, (Mark 2:16-17 ) III. The Early Church  and Hospitality  ~ foundation teaching ( Rom 12:13-18) ~ based on an authentic representation of Jesus  II Cor5:18-20 - If we say we are a Christian, then we represent Jesus - When people look at us, they expect to see a people who  - are holy like Jesus… loving like Jesus …hospitable like Jesus IV. How Will We Respond? ~ What will we do in light of what we see here? ~ Will we take up the mantel of hospitality in the name of Jesus Christ? ~ Will we seek out more and more ways to integrate what the Bible says? 

Clint Ware: Hospitality - Part 1 The Hunt Podcast - iTunes -Subscribe Hospitality Part I: The Hunt Lets play a little Jeopardy! Once regarded as a virtue ,widely believed to be a mutual obligation of all people  to help one another,  especially the stranger What is Hospitality? The Hunt for Hospitality in History 1st Century Mediterranean  Understanding (the way everybody grew up) - a community responsibility - the honor of you community was at steak when travelers came  GREEK (main language of the day)  the word for hospitality  philoxenia brother + stranger -- to treat the stranger as a brother or family Our cultural understanding 80 years ago? Someone new moved into the area? Everyone knew their neighbors (a since of community) When friends or family came to town, everyone spent the night Today  (lets look at the trends of our culture) - full service restaurants - down  - Fast food  restaurants - up  - social evening with the neighbors - down  - having friends over to play cards - down  - Having friend over for dinner - down  Life has become less and less personal over time Face to face - over the phone - email - text messages  - our culture almost seems to push into an individualistic mindset - we don’t even mind the fact the nobody knows their neighbors - free time + me time TV - just me and my TV  (how many of us feel like we know the characters on our favorite shows better than we know most of the people in our life?) Online - a poor substitute for community since you don’t have to be you  IS THIS A PROBLEM? WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? -  WHERE DOES OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOSPITALITY COME FROM?  OUR CULTURE Lets look to some other possible sources of understanding Jewish understanding   TURN TO Genesis 18:1  The LORD appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day.  2  Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.  3  He said, "If I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, do not pass your servant by.  4  Let a little water be brought, and then you may all wash your feet and rest under this tree.  5  Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way--now that you have come to your servant."  "Very well," they answered, "do as you say."  6  So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. "Quick," he said, "get three seahs of fine flour and knead it and bake some bread."  7  Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.  8  He then brought some curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and set these before them. While they ate, he stood near them under a tree.   God commanded this of his people no less 24 times Deuteronomy 10:17  For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes.  18  He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing.  19  And you are to love those who are aliens, for you yourselves were aliens in Egypt.  Hospitality as an expression of  His character Next week we will explore how Jesus taught and modeled Ho0spitality and how that was incorporated into the early church Then we will look at the practice aspects of hospitality for us today and how we might incorporate what God says into our lives

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Dr. Bob Rambo: "Doubt - Video Sermon" -( April 15, 2007 View all podcast Podcast and subscribe Scripture John 20:19-29 19 That Sunday evening the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them! “Peace be with you,” he said. 20 As he spoke, he showed them the wounds in his hands and his side. They were filled with joy when they saw the Lord! 21 Again he said, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.” 22 Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.” 24 One of the twelve disciples, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin), was not with the others when Jesus came. 25 They told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “I won’t believe it unless I see the nail wounds in his hands, put my fingers into them, and place my hand into the wound in his side.” 26 Eight days later the disciples were together again, and this time Thomas was with them. The doors were locked; but suddenly, as before, Jesus was standing among them. “Peace be with you,” he said. 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and look at my hands. Put your hand into the wound in my side. Don’t be faithless any longer. Believe!” 28 “My Lord and my God!” Thomas exclaimed. 29 Then Jesus told him, “You believe because you have seen me. Blessed are those who believe without seeing me.”

Dr. Bob Rambo: "When He Comes" November 26, 2006