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Home›Traditions›Charismatic

Charismatic Illustrations

The present-day operation of all spiritual gifts and the experiential dimension of the Holy Spirit.

Key question: “How is the Holy Spirit actively manifesting His power and gifts in the church today?”

23,093 sermon illustrations through the Charismatic lens

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The Platform, Not the Purpose

In January 2005, Albert Pujols was already one of the most feared hitters in Major League Baseball. He had won three Silver Slugger awards and...

Universalpurpose

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Contemporary

Three Million Reasons a Name Outlasts a Trophy

On May 4, 1994, the city of São Paulo, Brazil, came to a standstill. Three million mourners filled the streets to say goodbye to Ayrton...

Proverbs 22:1Universallegacyimpact

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The Divine De-Index

In 2014, a Spanish man named Mario Costeja González won a landmark case against Google before the European Court of Justice. Years earlier, a newspaper...

Universalforgiveness

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Contemporary

The Ocean That Christ Redeemed

On the morning of October 31, 2003, thirteen-year-old Bethany Hamilton lay on her surfboard at Tunnels Beach on Kauai's North Shore, her left arm dangling...

Romans 8:28Universalresiliencefaith

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Three Letters at the End of Every Score

Johann Sebastian Bach composed over a thousand works — cantatas, fugues, concertos, and chorales that still move audiences three centuries later. Musicologists consider him one...

Universalhumility

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The Cells That Choose to Die

In 1972, pathologist John Kerr and his colleagues at the University of Aberdeen described a process they named apoptosis — from the Greek word for...

Universalsacrifice

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Contemporary

What the Children Were Willing to Lose

On May 2, 1963, hundreds of Black children filed out of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, singing hymns and walking straight toward waiting...

Joel 2:28Universalyouthcourage

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A Voice That Refused to Be Silenced

In 1939, Marian Anderson was one of the most celebrated contraltos in the world. She had performed across Europe to standing ovations. But when she...

Universalcourage

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The Symphony That Waited Thirty Years

In 1793, a young Ludwig van Beethoven first read Friedrich Schiller's poem "Ode to Joy" and knew immediately he wanted to set it to music....

Universalpatience

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When Peace Like a River Runs Through the Storm

In November 1873, Horatio Spafford stood on the deck of a ship crossing the Atlantic, staring down at the cold waters that had swallowed his...

Universalperseverance

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The Lighthouse Keeper Who Never Left

In 1989, Hurricane Hugo barreled toward Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, with 140-mile-per-hour winds. Most residents evacuated. But the old Charleston Light — a triangular steel...

2 Samuel 22:2-3Universal

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Contemporary

The Man Who Finished

On the evening of October 20, 1968, the Olympic marathon in Mexico City was long over. Mamo Wolde of Ethiopia had crossed the finish line...

2 Timothy 4:7Universalperseveranceduty

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Following the Light Out of Nickajack Cave

In 1967, Johnny Cash crawled into Nickajack Cave near Chattanooga, Tennessee, intending never to come out. Years of amphetamine addiction had hollowed him out. He...

Universaltransformation

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The Farmer Who Kept Watering Dead Ground

In 2012, Matt Barnett stood on a cracked parking lot in downtown Los Angeles, staring at what used to be a shuttered hospital. The building...

Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22Universal

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Contemporary

Words Written in the Margins

On April 12, 1963 — Good Friday — Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Birmingham, Alabama, for leading nonviolent protests against segregation. Placed in...

Galatians 6:9Universaljusticeprophetic voice

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Contemporary

A Mother's Grief That Opened the World's Eyes

In September 1955, Mamie Till-Mobley stood in a Chicago funeral home and made a decision that would change a nation. Her fourteen-year-old son, Emmett, had...

Psalm 34:18Universalgriefjustice

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Historical

The Grocer's Last Words

On March 9, 1892, a white mob dragged Thomas Moss from the Shelby County jail in Memphis, Tennessee, and murdered him alongside his business partners...

Micah 6:8Universalcouragetruth

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The Seat That Held a Truth the Church Already Knew

On December 1, 1955, seamstress Rosa Parks boarded a Montgomery, Alabama city bus after a long day at the Montgomery Fair department store. She sat...

Galatians 3:28Universalcouragejustice

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The Signal That Won't Go Silent

In 1977, NASA launched Voyager 1 into the outer reaches of our solar system. Nearly five decades later, that spacecraft is more than fifteen billion...

Universalhope

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The Galileans Who Shamed an Emperor

When plague swept through the Roman Empire in the third century, wealthy citizens fled their estates. Physicians bolted their doors. Parents abandoned sick children in...

John 13:34-35Universal

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The Album with No Rehearsal

In 1959, Miles Davis walked into Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York with a radical idea. For his new album, *Kind of Blue*, he...

Universaltrust

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Down Three Games to None

In October 2004, the Boston Red Sox faced what seemed like certain elimination. They trailed the New York Yankees three games to none in the...

Universalhope

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Contemporary

The Last-Minute Decision to Run

On the morning of May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister nearly stayed home. Wind gusted across the Iffley Road Track in Oxford, England, and the twenty-five-year-old...

Mark 9:23Universalbreaking barriersperseverance

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Historical

Arms Linked Before a Tyrant

On August 4, 1936, in Berlin's Olympic Stadium, eighty thousand spectators watched as Jesse Owens struggled. The American sprinter had fouled on his first two...

John 15:13Universalsportsmanshipfriendship

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