Rosaria Butterfield was an outspoken atheist and lesbian activist.

So when a local pastor and his wife invited her into their home, she had no idea what to expect.

He made it very clear I wasn't a project.

I was a neighbor and he was going to respectfully treat me like that.

This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of Heaven Rules.

For October 27th, 2022, I'm Danne Gresh.

Earlier this week, Nancy shared about a hospitable woman we find in Acts chapter 16.

Her name was Lydia. God opened her heart and she opened her home.

If you missed those episodes, you'll find them at Revive our hearts.com or on the Revive Our Hearts app.

You know, sometimes all it takes is a dinner

table and the spirit of God to change someone's life forever. That's what we'll hear about today

from our guest, Rosaria Butterfield. Not too long ago, Nancy had the wonderful opportunity to sit

down with Rosaria when they were both attending the Ligonier

Ministry National Conference. Let's listen. Well, it is such a joy today to welcome back to

revive our hearts, my sweet friend Rosaria Butterfield. She's sitting here smiling, smile as big as the

world. She is a warm-hearted, Christ-centered, gospel-loving sister in Christ, and I'm so thrilled for you to be able to hear her again today. Rosaria, welcome back to Reviver Hearts. Thank you so much. It is such an honor to be here today. And if people are hearing a little bit of hubbub in the background, it's because we're not in the Reviver Hearts studio. No, we're not. We're sitting in an alcove at a conference where you're going to be speaking in just a bit. And when I heard that and my husband and I were going to knew we were going to be here at the conference, we said, Rosario, could we catch you for a little bit of time here? And you have a book that is a subject that's been deep in your heart for a long time

and in mine as well. I'm holding it in my hand. It's called The Gospel Comes with a Housekey.

And here's a subtitle, Practicing Radically Ordinary Hospitality in our post-Christian world.

I had the chance to read this book on the flight on the way down here to Orlando,

and I love, love, love what you've done with this subject, but I mostly love, well, there are two things I love about it.

One is how biblically grounded it is in the ways of God and the gospel of Christ.

We're going to talk about that. But I also love how this is

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