Martin Luther’s visits to the congregations of his day revealed a great need for instruction in the foundational teachings of the Christian faith. The need eventually prompted him to write the Small Catechism with headings noting that it was for the heads of households to teach their families. The wider church soon found it to be useful in more places than just the home.
The Gospel Comes with a House Key
Radically ordinary hospitality. Does this term seem oxymoronic to you? The concept that something deemed “radical” could also be described as “ordinary” is difficult to comprehend. And, further, how could hospitality be considered “radical” in the first place? In The Gospel Comes with a House Key, Rosaria Butterfield’s entire thesis rests upon this concept—Christian hospitality, when lived out in accordance to examples set forth in Scripture, will look radical in our 2020 world, but should feel ordinary as well.
End of the Spear (DVD)
“End of the Spear” is the dramatized account of five missionary families that had a heart to go deep into the Amazon jungle of Ecuador in 1956, in search of the Waodani, a tribe of fierce warriors completely isolated from civilization. When the five missionaries come face to face with the warriors, tragedy strikes, as all five are murdered at the end of a spear. A couple of these missionaries are Nate Saint and Jim Elliot. With the death of these men, their families are left husbandless and fatherless, yet the wives and children stay to share the Gospel with the Waodani.