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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 Rancher Who Went Out in the Storm

In February 2019, a polar vortex drove temperatures across the Midwest to forty below zero. Most ranchers in western Nebraska hunkered down and waited it...

Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24Universal

233 words

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The Sound You Feel in Your Bones

On a warm February morning in 2024, twelve-year-old Marcus Rivera stood with his family three miles from Launch Complex 39A at Cape Canaveral, watching a...

Psalm 29Universal

216 words

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The Weight Margaret Finally Put Down

For eleven years, Margaret Holloway carried a secret through the doors of First Community Church in Decatur, Georgia. She sang in the alto section, organized...

John 8:32Universal

265 words

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The Coach Who Changed Everything

When Marcus Thompson showed up for his first day at the Midnight Basketball League in Southeast Washington, D.C., he expected drills and wind sprints. Instead,...

Titus 2:11-12Universal

242 words

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The Rain That Satisfies Mown Grass

In 2015, when floodwaters devastated Richland County, South Carolina, the national cameras pointed at collapsed highways and submerged neighborhoods. But County Councilwoman Dalhi Myers drove...

Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14Universal

219 words

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Bonhoeffer's Hidden Life in Tegel Prison

In the summer of 1944, Dietrich Bonhoeffer sat in a cramped cell in Berlin's Tegel Prison, awaiting trial for his role in the conspiracy against...

Colossians 3:1-4Universal

226 words

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Science Illustration: Stewardship of Scientific Influence

In a small town, there lived an elderly scientist named Dr. Mendez. His entire life had been devoted to studying the stars, and he often said that each twinkle held a secret waiting to be uncovered. One clear night, he...

Revelation 21:1-5Universal

254 words

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The Runaway of Carthage

In 386 AD, a brilliant young professor sat weeping beneath a fig tree in a Milan garden. Augustine of Hippo had spent sixteen years running...

Genesis 3:9-15, 20Universal

242 words

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Samuel Rutherford's Palace in Exile

In 1636, Scottish pastor Samuel Rutherford was ripped from his beloved congregation in Anwoth and banished to Aberdeen by church authorities who despised his preaching....

Psalm 27:1, 4-9Universal

245 words

Vivid Retelling

Come and See: John 1:35-51

Cinematic retelling of Jesus calling his first disciples

Universal

779 words

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The Keystone That Holds the Arch

In the hill towns of central Italy, Roman aqueducts still stand after two thousand years. Engineers in Segovia, Spain, walk beneath arches built before the...

Proverbs 16:3Universal

242 words

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The Seamstress of Calais

In 2015, when thousands of refugees huddled in the mud of the Calais "Jungle" camp in northern France, local churches organized prayer vigils. They sang...

Isaiah 58:1-12Universal

243 words

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The Bridge Where Two Old Enemies Wept

In 1943, British officer Eric Lomax was captured by the Japanese army and forced to labor on the Burma-Thailand railway. When his captors discovered he...

Genesis 45:3-11, 15Universal

247 words

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The Voice That Burned So Others Could Read

William Tyndale spent twelve years in hiding across Europe, translating the New Testament into English from the original Greek. He worked in cold rooms in...

Acts 13:22-26Universal

228 words

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The Cartographer's Forgotten Trails

In 1978, a young park ranger named David Muller arrived at Canyonlands National Park in southeastern Utah with a crisp topographic map and the confidence...

Psalm 25:1-10Universal

242 words

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The Thinking Reed

On a November night in 1654, Blaise Pascal — already one of the finest mathematical minds in Europe — had an encounter with the living...

Psalm 8:4-9Universal

250 words

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The Arrow Nobody Wanted to Fire

In 2009, a high school counselor in Baltimore told Howard Schultz's story to a room of discouraged seniors. Schultz grew up in the Bayview Housing...

Isaiah 49:1-7Universal

243 words

Vivid Retelling

Peace, Be Still: Matthew 8:23-27

Cinematic retelling of Jesus calming the storm on the Sea of Galilee

Universal

410 words

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Bonhoeffer's Question in the Dark

In the winter of 1944, Dietrich Bonhoeffer sat in a concrete cell in Tegel Prison, Berlin, and wrote the poem that would outlast his captors....

Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18Universal

225 words

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Nature Illustration: Storms, Refuge, and Trust

A few years back, I found myself on a small boat, navigating the turbulent waters of a lake during an unexpected storm. The wind howled like a wild animal, and the waves thrashed against the hull, threatening to pull us...

John 1:1-5Universal

244 words

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Shaped in the Dark

In 2010, twenty-year-old Katie Davis left her comfortable life in Brentwood, Tennessee, and moved to Jinja, Uganda. She had felt the tug since childhood —...

Isaiah 49:1-6Universal

224 words

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The Chef Who Forgot Their Records

In 2015, Dallas chef Chad Houser opened Cafe Momentum, a restaurant staffed almost entirely by teenagers coming out of juvenile detention. Most of these kids...

Psalm 25:1-10Universal

240 words

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The Night Shift at Rocky Mountain Search and Rescue

When a thirteen-year-old Boy Scout named David Ralston wandered off trail in Colorado's San Juan Mountains in 2019, his scoutmaster radioed for help before sundown....

Psalm 121Universal

221 words

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The Phone That Always Answers

Margaret Chen's son David stopped calling regularly after college. He moved to Portland, found new friends, built a life that didn't seem to include her....

Psalm 78:1-2, 34-38Universal

237 words