Priests didn’t admit thieves into the Holy of Holies. So maybe you shouldn't let “Auntie Jean,” self-proclaimed atheist, eat at the kids' table. Jesus wouldn’t let robbers set up shop in the temple. So maybe don't invite Aaron, your Epicurean stock trading neighbor, over to have a beer in the garage. Who you are inviting into your home may be calling into question your family’s values and undermining your authority. Time to take stock.

In this episode, Chris and Kyle wrestle with a different side to homemaking: hosting outside influences. To build a Christian home, parents have to keep the serpent out of the garden. That might involve restricting relationships and discriminating against who we let walk our halls and sit down on our couches. We have to balance the commission to evangelize, be hospitable, and have compassion with prudence and principle. But that takes prudence and principle.

Welcome to another episode of Two Pour Spirits.

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Two Pour Spirits is a podcast of Project : Neighbor. Project : Neighbor is a theological think tank and spiritual training ground for the Church and the common good. We think theologically about everything from soil to sky, and disciple believers from crib to casket. We draw widely from the catholic Christian tradition, are ecumenically-oriented, and practically-minded.

Project : Neighbor is co-directed by Kyle David Bennett and Christopher Cimorelli.

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