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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?”

23,329 sermon illustrations through the Charismatic lens

Sermon Illustration

The Trickle That Revived a Nation

In the autumn of 1904, a twenty-six-year-old Welsh coal miner named Evan Roberts stood before seventeen people in a small chapel in Loughor, Wales. His...

Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12Universal

215 words

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Contemporary

A Quiet No on Cleveland Avenue

On the evening of December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded the Cleveland Avenue bus in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, after a long day working as a...

Micah 6:8Universalcouragejustice

244 words

Vivid Retelling

Pressing Toward the Goal: Philippians 3:1-14

Vivid retelling of Paul's credentials and goal in Philippians 3

Universal

902 words

Historical

Thirteen Times She Walked Back Into Darkness

Between 1850 and 1860, Harriet Tubman made thirteen rescue missions from St. Catharines, Ontario, back into the slave-holding territory of Maryland's Eastern Shore. She had...

Galatians 5:1Universalcouragefaith

262 words

Contemporary

When Faith Skates Onto Impossible Ice

On February 22, 1980, inside the Olympic Fieldhouse in Lake Placid, New York, twenty young Americans lined up against the most dominant hockey team the...

1 Samuel 17:45Universalfaithteamwork

275 words

Sermon Illustration

Get Your Things Ready, Boys

When Ernest Shackleton's ship *Endurance* was crushed by Antarctic ice in 1915, he left twenty-two men stranded on desolate Elephant Island while he sailed eight...

Matthew 28:1-10Universal

230 words

Movie Analogy

Amazing Grace: The Slave Trader Saved by Grace - Anglican (Ephesians 2:8-9)

Picture a stormy night at sea, waves crashing against the sides of a ship, lightning illuminating the dark skies. John Newton, a man whose heart had been hardened by years of participating in the slave trade, stood at the helm...

Ephesians 2:8-9Universal

369 words

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The Last Alarm at Station 12

On March 3, 2018, firefighter Captain Tom Royds pulled on his turnout gear for the final time at Kansas City's Station 12. After thirty-one years...

1 Corinthians 15:51-58Universal

242 words

Sermon Illustration

The Couple Who Planted an Orchard They Would Never See

In 2019, Howard and Lucille Granger, both in their late seventies, bought three hundred bare-root apple trees and planted them across four acres of rocky...

Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22Universal

233 words

Sermon Illustration

Someone Else's Blood

In a bone marrow transplant, the patient's diseased marrow — the very factory that produces their blood — is first destroyed through chemotherapy. Every last...

Universalredemption

229 words

Vivid Retelling

The New Self: Ephesians 4:17-32

Theological meditation on Ephesians 4:17-32 - old self and new

Universal

825 words

Sermon Illustration

The Note From Camp Hope

On October 17, 2010, a billion people watched a television feed from the Atacama Desert in Chile. But the real moment had come weeks earlier,...

Isaiah 52:7-10Universal

240 words

Sermon Illustration

The Barracks That Became a Sanctuary

In 1944, Corrie ten Boom and her sister Betsie huddled with other women in Barracks 28 at Ravensbrück concentration camp. The fleas were so thick...

1 Corinthians 3:9c-11, 16-17Universal

219 words

Sermon Illustration

The Runner Who Finished on a Different Track

Eric Liddell won Olympic gold in the 400 meters at the 1924 Paris Games — a moment immortalized in *Chariots of Fire*. But Liddell's greatest...

2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18Universal

233 words

Contemporary

Chosen for Chemistry, Not Just Talent

Herb Brooks made a decision that baffled hockey experts. When selecting the 1980 U.S. Olympic team, he passed over several more skilled players in favor...

Philippians 4:13Universalfaithteamwork

256 words

Movie Analogy

Selma: Power Made Perfect in Movement Weakness - Progressive (2 Corinthians 12:9-10)

In the heart of Selma, Alabama, during the spring of 1965, a diverse crowd gathered at the base of the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The air was thick with anticipation and tension; the cries for justice echoed in the hearts of...

2 Corinthians 12:9-10Universal

278 words

Sermon Illustration

Three Hundred Joules

On September 14, 2019, paramedic Sarah Chen pressed the paddles against a construction worker's chest in a parking lot off Interstate 5 near Tacoma, Washington....

Romans 1:16Universal

229 words

Movie Analogy

It's Not Your Fault

In the 1997 film *Good Will Hunting*, there is a scene that cracks open something deep in anyone who watches it. Will Hunting is a...

Universaltransformation

214 words

Sermon Illustration

Thirty-Three Lives and a Thousand Gifts

On August 5, 2010, the San José copper mine in Chile's Atacama Desert collapsed, trapping thirty-three miners 2,300 feet underground. The rescue that followed became...

1 Corinthians 12:12-31aUniversal

239 words

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The Bird That Flew Without a Map

In September 2007, a bar-tailed godwit known to researchers as E7 launched from the mudflats of Alaska and flew 7,145 miles non-stop to New Zealand...

Universaltrust

250 words

Sermon Illustration

The Father Who Ran

At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, British sprinter Derek Redmond was considered a medal contender in the 400-meter semifinal. He had spent years clawing back from...

Universalidentity

245 words

Sermon Illustration

The Last Miles of Eliud Kipchoge

On October 12, 2019, in Vienna's Prater Park, Eliud Kipchoge became the first human being to run a marathon in under two hours. But what...

2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18Universal

252 words

Sermon Illustration

Victim Number One

On September 11, 2001, Father Mychal Judge ran toward the Twin Towers while thousands fled. The sixty-eight-year-old Franciscan friar served as chaplain to the New...

Wisdom 3:1-9Universal

241 words

Sermon Illustration

When the Universe Came Into Focus

For decades, the Hubble Space Telescope sent back images that reshaped how we understood the cosmos — smudges of light resolved into galaxies, faint signals...

Hebrews 1:1-4Universal

221 words