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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?”

23,210 sermon illustrations through the Charismatic lens

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The Woman Who Left Her Name Behind

In 1843, a former slave named Isabella Baumfree walked away from New York City carrying little more than a pillowcase of belongings and a name...

Romans 1:1-7Universal

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The Night the Numbers Stopped Adding Up

Robert Chambers spread the bills across the kitchen table at eleven on a Tuesday in March. The envelope from the bank sat unopened at the...

Hebrews 13:5-6Universal

258 words

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The Bike Frame That Got a Second Shape

In 2019, a welder named Marco Hernandez opened a small custom bicycle shop in Portland, Oregon. He specialized in handbuilt steel frames, bending and brazing...

Jeremiah 18:1-11Universal

246 words

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The Free Man's New Name

In September 1838, a twenty-year-old man stepped off a train in New York City wearing a borrowed sailor's uniform and carrying forged papers. Frederick Bailey...

Isaiah 62:1-5Universal

236 words

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When You Thought the File Was Gone Forever

Every computer user knows the cold panic of accidentally deleting something irreplaceable — a year's worth of photos, a dissertation, a project built over months....

Universalredemption

221 words

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The Grandmother Who Hummed While She Worked

Maria Gonzalez never sang in front of people. Not once in seventy-three years. But her granddaughter Sofia, age four, knew a different woman. Every Saturday...

Zephaniah 3:17Universal

234 words

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Thirteen Alive

In June 2018, twelve boys from the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach vanished into the Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand. Monsoon rains...

Matthew 28:1-10Universal

219 words

Movie Analogy

Pay It Forward: Faith Working Through Love - Wesleyan (Matthew 25:31-46)

Imagine a bustling, sunlit café on a Saturday morning, filled with the rich aroma of freshly brewed coffee and the soft murmur of conversations. In one corner, a young boy named Trevor sits at a table, his mind racing with...

Matthew 25:31-46Universal

305 words

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The Gardener Who Trains the Vine

Every spring, in the stone-walled courtyard gardens of Provence, old roses that have climbed the same walls for generations are tended by patient hands. They...

Titus 2:11-12Universal

255 words

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The Key That Never Left the Lama's Belt

In 1912, Sadhu Sundar Singh arrived in a remote Tibetan village to preach the gospel. The village lama was furious. He ordered Sundar Singh arrested...

Acts 12:1-11Universal

266 words

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When the Words Finally Came Home

In 2015, the American Bible Society completed a translation of Scripture into Bibleless languages for a small community of Kimyal people in Papua, Indonesia. When...

Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10Universal

241 words

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The Banner That Named Her Beloved

In the hill country of Tuscany, outside the village of Montalcino, there is a tradition that dates back centuries. When a family celebrates a wedding,...

Song of Solomon 2:4Universal

246 words

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The Terrified Monk Who Learned to Pray

Before he shook the foundations of medieval Europe, Martin Luther was a young Augustinian monk in Erfurt, Germany, paralyzed by the holiness of God. His...

Hebrews 4:16Universal

243 words

Vivid Retelling

It Is Finished: Matthew 27:45-56

Cinematic retelling of Jesus' death and its cosmic effects

Universal

562 words

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Betsie ten Boom's Vision Beyond the Barracks

In the winter of 1944, Betsie ten Boom lay dying on a thin mattress in Ravensbruck concentration camp. Her body was skeletal, ravaged by forced...

Revelation 21:1-4Universal

246 words

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The Song That Couldn't Wait

In 2018, a young worship leader named Keisha drove three hours from Atlanta to her grandmother's house in rural Alabama. She had just learned she...

Luke 1:39-56Universal

245 words

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Pandita Ramabai and the Famine Children of Pune

In 1896, famine swept across western India, leaving thousands of child widows and orphans starving along the roads of Maharashtra. Pandita Ramabai, a Sanskrit scholar...

Isaiah 58:1-12Universal

228 words

Historical

Diligence as the Counterforce to Rashness and Laziness

Diligence stands opposed not merely to laziness, but equally to rashness—that premature and inconsiderate haste which ruins many endeavors.

Proverbs 20:5Universalthe value of disciplined workhonesty as foundation for trust

Joseph S. Exell

205 words

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Seventy-Five Thousand Witnesses

On Easter Sunday, 1939, contralto Marian Anderson stood on the marble steps of the Lincoln Memorial and opened her mouth to sing. The Daughters of...

Psalm 98Universal

212 words

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The Exiles of Herrnhut

In 1722, a ragged band of Moravian refugees stumbled onto the estate of Count Nikolaus von Zinzendorf in Saxony. They had been driven from their...

Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19Universal

237 words

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The Tears and Joy of Pyongyang, 1907

In January 1907, fifteen hundred Korean Christians packed into the Central Presbyterian Church in Pyongyang for a week of Bible study. The city had suffered...

Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10Universal

239 words

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The Invisible Shield

In February 2022, a massive solar storm erupted from the sun's surface, hurling a wave of charged particles toward Earth at over a million miles...

Romans 8:31Universal

226 words

Historical

Providence Guarded: Three Witnesses to Christ's Nativity

The scene required protection from popular commotion that would have hindered the gradual development of the Redeemer's ministry and its attendant evidences.

Matthew 1:16UniversalDivine providence and human oppositionUnwilling witnesses to God's plan

Joseph S. Exell

206 words

Historical

The Wise Words That Shape Character and Generations

These common sayings often accomplish what statute books cannot: they stir the soul to its depths and regulate life and manners with remarkable power.

Proverbs 1:6Universalintergenerational transmission of faithpractical wisdom grounded in eternity

Joseph S. Exell

232 words