Sermon Illustrations

Tag: poor

  • Failing to share

    Basil of Caesarea during the great famine of 389AD When someone steals a man’s clothes, we call him a thief, so shouldn’t we give the same name to one could clothe the naked and does not? The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry, the coat in your wardrobe belongs to the naked, the…

  • The poor

    The poor have been disempowered to the extent they no longer have choices Mike BettsClick to TweetFrom the book “Relational Mission: A Way Of Life” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • Guests

    Luke 14:12-24 Once, many years ago, I preached a sermon on this passage. I emphasized the extraordinary way in which Jesus tells his hearers to do something that must have been as puzzling to them as it is now. Don’t invite friends, relatives and neighbours – invite the poor and the disabled. The sermon had…