Sermon Illustrations

Category: Tim Chester

  • Son of man came to….

    There are three ways the New Testament completes the sentence, “The Son of Man came . . .” “The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45); “The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost” (Luke…

  • US Christians and dieting

    Americans spend over $50 billion on dieting each year —$50 billion to solve the problem of food gone wrong. At any given moment 25 percent of American men and 45 percent of women are dieting. Only 9 percent of college-aged women have never tried to control their weight through dieting. American Christians spend more on…

  • Nigel Slater

    Nigel Slater describes how as a boy he once said his mother’s kisses were like marshmallows. When Slater was nine, his mother died, and his father started leaving marshmallows beside his bed each night. Tim ChesterClick to TweetFrom the book “A Meal With Jesus” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • Bonding over food

    Think about your dining room or kitchen table. What dramas have been played out around this simple piece of furniture? Day by day you’ve chatted with your family, sharing news, telling stories, and poking fun. Values have been imbibed. Guests have been welcomed. People have found a home. Love has blossomed. Perhaps you reached across…

  • food matters

    Food matters. Meals matter. Meals are full of significance. “Few acts are more expressive of companionship than the shared meal. . . . Someone with whom we share food is likely to be our friend, or well on the way to becoming one.” The word “companion” comes from the Latin “cum” (“together”) and “panis” (“bread”).…

  • All cultures contain within them

    All cultures contain within them three elements that are: good – where they correspond to the gospel. Bad – where they conflict with the gospel. Indifferent – in which case, this very diversity is actually affirmed by the gospel. Tim ChesterClick to Tweet Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • Much of the devotional literature

    Much of the devotional literature on prayer is focused on those things which help us to pray – posture, exercises, liturgies, habits. But, while they may be helpful, none of them is necessary. The focus of the Bible is instead on Christ and his sufficiency. There is nothing we can do to make our prayers…