Rosaria Butterfield has found that ordinary hospitality can produce radical heart change.

We've seen people come to Christ.

We have seen the gospel change, hearts and minds.

We have watched people have their lives turned around by Christ. And all we've done

is open the door to a pretty messy house. This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy

DeMas Walgamo.fi, author of Heaven Rules.

For October 28, 2022, I'm Dana Gresh.

As you listen to today's program, you may be sipping your coffee on your front porch

or maybe heading down the street, taking your dog for a walk.

And you may even see a neighbor or two before this program ends.

If you've never considered inviting them over for dinner, today's conversation may change your mind.

Nancy spoke with author Rosaria Butterfield

at the Ligonier Ministry National Conference. Today they're sharing more about the power of

genuine hospitality. Here's Nancy. Well, today we're continuing our conversation with

Rosaria Butterfield. And I wish you could each of you be sitting here with me around this table and what a sweet

conversation this is.

And Rosaria, I love how you take us into a world that so many of us have not been exposed to

in terms of those who, you know, I knew Jesus from in the cradle, in the womb and came to

faith as a four-year-old child and was nurtured

in the scripture and in the ways of God. And what a gift and a blessing that is.

Yes. But sometimes when you grow up in that world and not really knowing anything other than a

Christian worldview, it can be scary and daunting to think about interfacing with those who come out

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