Crossing the Line: Unreasonable Hospitality

Unreasonable Hospitality

Series: Crossing the Line

Dr. Clayton Chisum

September 28, 2025

Unreasonable Hospitality: “The remarkable power of giving people more than they expect”

is the definition of unreasonable hospitality

Matthew 15:29-38 (NLT)

Unreasonable hospitality is a Jesus thing, and it should be our thing.

We can love people through hospitality, or we can damage them through hostility.

Matthew 15:23 (NLT)

is often seen as

towards others is a slow-moving killer of your witness

Matthew 15:8 (NLT)

Perhaps what’s been missing in your walk with Jesus is following him with unreasonable hospitality.

Easy ways to show unreasonable hospitality

1. Be like Jesus

Luke 14:12-13 (NLT)

2. Get like Jesus

Luke 19:5 (NLT)

3. Be like Jesus

Colossians 3:12 (NLT)

Hebrews 13:2 (NLT)

Unreasonable hospitality ought to be your way of life because you’ve been given unreasonable grace.

Discussion Questions:

1. If someone left you a “Google review” based on how you treat people daily (family, coworkers, strangers), what do you think it would say?
2. When you hear the phrase “unreasonable hospitality”, what picture or memory comes to mind?
3. Read Matthew 15:29–38. Why do you think Jesus went above and beyond just healing the crowd by also feeding them? What does this reveal about his heart?
4. How does Jesus’ way of treating people challenge the “normal” level of hospitality most of us are comfortable with?
5. Where in your life are you most tempted to show indifference instead of hospitality? (home, work, online, at church, with strangers?)
6. Think of a time someone made you feel deeply seen, valued, or cared for. What impact did that have on you?
7. Being hospitable doesn’t always mean spending money or throwing a party. What are small, creative ways you could show “unreasonable hospitality” this week?
8. What would it look like if our small group practiced unreasonable hospitality toward one another or even as a group towards others?
9. Imagine our church if everyone lived out unreasonable hospitality. What would people in our community say about us?