Humility, hospitality, and love

ByBarry 2025/08/312025/08/31

The book of Hebrews is, as I have mentioned once or twice I’m sure, one of my favourite books in the Bible. There are many reasons for that affection, but the discussions of humility and hospitality in it are chief among them.

This Sunday, I felt it was time to talk about humility, hospitality and how they relate to love. Sometimes sermon titles are hard to come up with, but not this week. 🙂

I might have spent more time talking about what humility is than was necessary, but it is a tricky topic with lots of quite bad thinking around it. At the end of it all, humility and hospitality and love all work together to help us be the best versions of ourselves we can be. As always, let me know what you think as you are inclined and able.

“Humility, hospitality, and love” St. Mark’s Presbyterian (to download, right-click and select “Save Link As . . .”)

Blessings,

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