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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?”

23,140 sermon illustrations through the Charismatic lens

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The Door That Never Closed on Mary Churchill

During the darkest days of World War II, the War Rooms beneath London's Treasury building buzzed with generals, intelligence officers, and cabinet ministers. Armed guards...

Hebrews 4:16Universal

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The Songwriter Who Wouldn't Count His Royalties

Rich Mullins wrote *Awesome God* in 1988, and within a few years it became one of the most recognized worship songs in American churches. The...

Universalhumility

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Movie Analogy

The Wizard of Oz: There Is No Place Like Home (Psalm 90:1)

Imagine Dorothy Gale, a young girl with dreams as vibrant as the Kansas sunflowers swaying in the breeze. One fateful day, a cyclone rips through her small hometown, whisking her away to the fantastical land of Oz. There, she meets...

Psalm 90:1Universalhomejourney

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The Return of the King Who Almost Gave Up

In *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*, there is a moment that still catches me every time I watch it. Samwise...

Universalpatience

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Light Bearers in the Deep

Marine biologist Dr. Edith Widder spent years studying one of Earth's most inhospitable places — the deep ocean, where sunlight never reaches and pressure would...

Universalcourage

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Movie Analogy

The Ring Bearer's Burden

In *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*, there is a moment on the slopes of Mount Doom that has moved audiences...

Universallove

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When the Signal Weakens

Every time you stream a show on Netflix, a technology called adaptive bitrate streaming is working behind the scenes. Netflix engineers built this system to...

Universalperseverance

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Nine as One

In 1936, nine young men from the University of Washington did something no one expected. They were loggers' sons, shipyard workers' kids, boys who had...

Universalcommunity

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Show Don't Tell

Show Don't Tell: Genesis 8:1-19

As the floodwaters lingered, time stretched for Noah and his family, each moment seemingly endless in their wooden refuge. Imagine the dark, swirling waters surrounding the ark, a vast, unbroken sea of grief and uncertainty. But then, in that stillness,...

Universal

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I Can't Carry It, But I Can Carry You

In the final chapters of J.R.R. Tolkien's *The Return of the King*, Frodo collapses on the slopes of Mount Doom. The Ring has become unbearable,...

Universalperseverance

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The Sound You Feel in Your Chest

When SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center in February 2018, spectators gathered at viewing sites six miles away. They watched the twin...

Psalm 29Universal

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The Gift That Built the World

In 1989, a British computer scientist named Tim Berners-Lee, working at a research lab in Switzerland, invented the World Wide Web. He created the protocols...

Universalsacrifice

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Dancing on Empty

In 2010, Haitian worship leader Dieumème Noelliste lost everything in the Port-au-Prince earthquake — his home, his church building, three members of his congregation. For...

Habakkuk 3:17-19Universal

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Show Don't Tell

Show Don't Tell: Genesis 2:4-7

Imagine a sun-drenched afternoon in a quiet valley, the kind of place where the earth has been waiting for a gardener. The ground is parched, a dusty canvas stretched taut beneath a wide blue sky, with each crack whispering stories...

Universal

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The Gardener Who Would Not Give Up

For seventeen years, Monica of Thagaste refused to stop digging around the roots of her wayward son. Augustine — brilliant, restless, entangled in hedonism and...

Luke 13:1-9Universal

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Vivid Retelling

The Weight Lifted: Psalm 32

Cinematic retelling of Psalm 32 on confession and forgiveness

Universal

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The Fox Who Taught Us to Sit Closer

In Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's *The Little Prince*, a lonely fox asks the prince to tame him — to make him more than just another fox...

Universalpatience

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The Hymn Writer Who Chose Her Own Name

Fanny Crosby lost her sight at six weeks old when a man posing as a doctor applied a mustard poultice to her inflamed eyes. The...

Universalidentity

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The Man Who Gave Himself Away

In Victor Hugo's *Les Misérables*, Jean Valjean has built a new life. The former convict has become Monsieur Madeleine — a respected mayor, a factory...

Universalcourage

230 words

Movie Analogy

The Weight Someone Else Carried

In *The Return of the King*, the final film of Peter Jackson's *Lord of the Rings* trilogy, there is a moment that silences theaters every...

Universalgrace

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The Sound of Self-Erasure

When Bose engineers designed noise-canceling headphones, they built something remarkable — a technology whose entire purpose is to make itself disappear. Here is how it...

Universalhumility

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Movie Analogy

No Man Is a Failure Who Has Friends

In Frank Capra's *It's a Wonderful Life*, George Bailey reaches his lowest point on Christmas Eve. Facing financial ruin and a warrant for his arrest,...

Universalcommunity

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The Bones That Break Stronger

In 1892, German anatomist Julius Wolff published a discovery that still shapes modern medicine. Known as Wolff's Law, his research demonstrated that human bone, when...

Universalhealing

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After the Storm Broke Open the Kansas Sky

Margaret Haines had farmed winter wheat outside Dodge City, Kansas, for thirty-seven years, but the June supercell of 2019 was something else entirely. She stood...

Psalm 29Universal

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