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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 Voice That Wouldn't Be Silenced

In 1939, Marian Anderson was one of the most celebrated contraltos in the world. She had performed in the great concert halls of Europe to...

Universalcourage

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The Phoenix Capsule

On August 5, 2010, the San José copper mine in Chile's Atacama Desert collapsed, sealing thirty-three miners seven hundred meters underground. Engineers studied the fractured...

Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24Universal

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The Night a Nation Sang Itself Free

In 1988, Estonia had endured nearly fifty years of Soviet occupation. The Estonian language was suppressed, their flag banned, their cultural identity slowly strangled. Then...

Universalfreedom

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The Old Woman Who Fought in Secret

In Harper Lee's *To Kill a Mockingbird*, young Jem Finch despises old Mrs. Dubose. She is mean-spirited, sharp-tongued, and cruel. But after her death, Atticus...

Universalcourage

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Contemporary

100-to-1 at Shea Stadium

On October 16, 1969, fans at Shea Stadium in New York City rushed the field in delirious celebration. The New York Mets — a franchise...

1 Corinthians 1:27Universalhope against oddsperseverance

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The Tenderness Carved in Stone

In 1499, a twenty-four-year-old Michelangelo unveiled his Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica. The marble sculpture depicts Mary cradling the lifeless body of Jesus across her...

Universallove

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Contemporary

From Leg Brace to Gold Medal

On September 2, 1960, in Rome's Stadio Olimpico, a young woman from Clarksville, Tennessee crouched in the starting blocks of the 100-meter final. Wilma Rudolph...

Isaiah 40:31Universalperseverancehealing

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Do Not Be Too Eager

In J.R.R. Tolkien's *The Fellowship of the Ring*, Frodo learns that the wretched creature Gollum has been following him through the dark, and he says...

Universalgrace

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Bones That Learn From Pressure

In 1892, German surgeon Julius Wolff published a discovery that still shapes modern medicine. He found that human bone is not static. It actively remodels...

Universalcourage

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From Silence, an Ode to Joy

By 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven had not heard a single sound for nearly a decade. The piano he once played with such ferocity sat fitted...

Universaltransformation

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The Choir That Sang a School Into Existence

In 1871, Fisk University in Nashville was weeks from closing its doors. The school, founded to educate formerly enslaved men and women, had no money...

Universalcommunity

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The Search Bar That Changed Everything

In 1998, when Larry Page and Sergey Brin launched Google, the internet's most popular homepages were cluttered monuments to self-importance. Yahoo packed hundreds of links...

Universalhumility

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The Smallest Patch of Sky

In December 1995, astronomers at NASA made a bold decision: they pointed the Hubble Space Telescope at one of the emptiest-looking patches of night sky...

Universalhumility

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The Young Man Who Could Only Say One Thing

In 1886, Daniel Towner was leading music at one of D.L. Moody's evangelistic meetings. During the testimony portion of the service, a young man stood...

Universalobedience

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The Brace She Left Behind

In 1944, a four-year-old girl named Wilma Rudolph contracted polio in Clarksville, Tennessee. The disease left her left leg paralyzed. Doctors fitted her with a...

Universaltransformation

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The Play That Wasn't His

When Phil Jackson became head coach of the Chicago Bulls in 1989, he brought something Michael Jordan didn't want: the triangle offense. Designed by assistant...

Universalobedience

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What the Marble Already Knew

In Florence's Galleria dell'Accademia, four unfinished Michelangelo sculptures line the hallway leading to the famous David. They are called the Prisoners — massive human figures...

Universaltransformation

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The Dirt Beneath Our Feet

The word "humility" shares its root with "humus" — the Latin word for earth, for soil, for ground. In soil science, humus is something remarkable....

Universalhumility

213 words

Movie Analogy

Through the Rain to Freedom

In the final act of *The Shawshank Redemption*, Andy Dufresne does something that defies every rational instinct. After nearly twenty years of wrongful imprisonment, he...

Universalfaith

236 words

Vivid Retelling

Building on the Foundation: 1 Corinthians 3:1-23

Experiential vignette of Corinthians hearing about building on the foundation

Universal

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The Coach Who Ran Out of Time but Never Out of Hope

On April 4, 1983, Jim Valvano's North Carolina State Wolfpack pulled off one of the greatest upsets in college basketball history, defeating the heavily favored...

Universalhope

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Carried to the Finish Line

In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semifinal. He had trained for years, overcome multiple surgeries, and finally...

Universalhope

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The Man Who Answered Hate with Silence

In 1947, Jackie Robinson walked onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn as the first Black man to play Major League Baseball in the modern era. Branch...

Universalcourage

234 words

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Rewritten at the Source

In 2019, Victoria Gray became the first person in the United States to receive CRISPR gene-editing therapy for sickle cell disease. For thirty-four years, she...

Universalhealing

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