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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 Songwriter Who Never Knew What He Was Worth

Rich Mullins wrote some of the most beloved worship songs of the twentieth century. "Awesome God" alone became an anthem sung in churches across every...

Universalsacrifice

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Eighty Verses and a Prayer

In 1984, Leonard Cohen released a song called *Hallelujah*. What most people don't know is how long it took to write. Cohen spent years crafting...

Universalpatience

214 words

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The Standing Ovation He Never Expected

On October 25, 1986, Bill Buckner crouched at first base in Game 6 of the World Series. A routine ground ball from Mookie Wilson rolled...

Universalforgiveness

225 words

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Nature Illustration: Ants and Small Wisdoms

One summer afternoon, I found myself mesmerized by a colony of ants marching diligently across my backyard. As I sat on the steps watching them, each tiny creature seemed to have a purpose, weaving in and out of blades of...

Colossians 1:15-20Universal

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When God Walked Into the Room

During the first wave of COVID-19, Maria Gutierrez sat in a hospital parking lot in Houston, pressing her phone against her ear while a nurse...

John 1:1-14Universal

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Thirty-Two Years of Silent Resolve

In 1792, a young Ludwig van Beethoven first read Friedrich Schiller's poem "Ode to Joy" and knew he had to set it to music. He...

Universalpatience

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A Grain of Sand Held at Arm's Length

In 1995, astronomer Robert Williams made a decision his colleagues called reckless. As director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, he pointed the Hubble Space...

Universalhumility

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When Cells Stop Listening

Your body contains roughly 37 trillion cells, and every single one carries the complete blueprint of your DNA — the full instruction manual for building...

Universalobedience

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The Gold in the Cracks

In the Japanese art of kintsugi, when a bowl or cup shatters, the artisan does not throw it away. Instead, they gather every fragment and...

Universaltransformation

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When Eight Oars Find the Swing

In the sport of rowing, there is a phenomenon called "the swing." It happens when all eight rowers in a shell fall into such perfect...

Universalcommunity

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The Sound That Swallows the Noise

On a flight across the Atlantic, Amar Bose — the MIT professor who founded Bose Corporation — slipped on a pair of airline headphones and...

Universalsacrifice

247 words

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The Ragamuffin Who Gave It All Away

In the 1990s, Rich Mullins was one of the most successful artists in Christian music. His song "Awesome God" became an anthem sung in churches...

Universalsacrifice

237 words

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The Clerical Error That Opened a Grave

On December 16, 1944, Betsie ten Boom died in the Ravensbruck concentration camp, whispering her final words to her sister Corrie: "We must tell people...

Matthew 28:1-10Universal

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The Composer Who Wrote for an Audience of One

Johann Sebastian Bach spent twenty-seven years as a church musician at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, composing cantatas, passions, and organ works week after week....

Universalpatience

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The Day the New Cells Sing

In bone marrow transplantation, there is a period doctors call "the nadir" — the lowest point. After chemotherapy destroys the patient's diseased marrow, their blood...

Universalhope

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The Composer Who Was Rewritten

In the summer of 1741, George Frideric Handel was a ruined man. His operas had fallen out of fashion in London. Creditors circled. A stroke...

Universaltransformation

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The Seeds That Waited a Century

In 1879, botanist William Beal buried twenty bottles of seeds in a secret spot on the campus of Michigan State University. His experiment was simple...

Universalpatience

252 words

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The Cathedral That Outlived Its Architect

In 1883, Antoni Gaudí took over the design of a church in Barcelona that would become the Sagrada Família. He poured forty-three years of his...

Universalpatience

225 words

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When the GPS Says Turn

You have probably had this experience. You are driving somewhere unfamiliar, and your GPS tells you to take a right turn onto a road that...

Universaltrust

252 words

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From Leg Braces to Gold

Wilma Rudolph was born prematurely in 1940, the twentieth of twenty-two children in Clarksville, Tennessee. At four years old, she contracted polio, which left her...

Universaltransformation

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The Greatest Player Nobody Talked About

In the world of professional basketball, where ego and spectacle dominate, Tim Duncan spent nineteen seasons with the San Antonio Spurs doing something almost unthinkable...

Universalhumility

228 words

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The Mesh Network of Faith

In traditional WiFi setups, a single router does all the work. Every device connects to that one box, and if you wander too far —...

Universalcommunity

237 words

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The Astronaut Who Knelt on the Moon

In July 1971, Colonel James Irwin stood on the lunar surface during the Apollo 15 mission. He looked up from the grey dust — not...

Psalm 8Universal

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Emerging from the Stone

In the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence, just down the hall from the famous David, stand four unfinished sculptures by Michelangelo known as the Prisoners. These...

Universalfreedom

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