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September 2010

Intro­duc­tion

For many years the evan­gel­i­cal church in Canada has seen itself as pas­sion­ate about mis­sion. We have sent large sums of money over­seas to sup­port inter­na­tional mis­sions while at home the local church sel­dom moved out­side of its own … Read the full article

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June 2010

1 Peter 4.9 says sim­ply: “Be hos­pitable to one another … .” Hos­pi­tal­ity is a cru­cial Chris­t­ian prac­tice that man­i­fests the wel­come of God extended to human­ity through the death, res­ur­rec­tion and ascen­sion of his son, Jesus Christ. Through this … Read the full article

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April 2010

Hos­pi­tal­ity is a cru­cial Chris­t­ian prac­tice with a long bib­li­cal his­tory, start­ing in the Old Tes­ta­ment where Abra­ham is pic­tured as the ideal host (Gen 18:1–8) and cul­mi­nat­ing in the New Tes­ta­ment exhor­ta­tions to prac­tice hos­pi­tal­ity found in Romans 12:13 … Read the full article