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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

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A Voice in the Stairwell

On August 14, 2003, Maria Gonzalez was climbing the stairs to her fourteenth-floor apartment in the Bronx when every light in the building went dark....

Genesis 1:1-3Universal

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From the Ruins of Robben Island

In 1964, Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island, a windswept rock off the coast of Cape Town. The anti-apartheid movement appeared...

Isaiah 11:1-10Universal

234 words

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Black Sunday and the Unmaking of the Plains

On April 14, 1935, the residents of Boise City, Oklahoma, watched the horizon disappear. A wall of black dust three thousand feet high rolled across...

Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28Universal

233 words

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The Cathedral That Began as Rubble

In 1945, the people of Coventry, England, stood in the wreckage of their beloved St. Michael's Cathedral, reduced to a burned-out shell by German incendiary...

Haggai 2:9Universal

247 words

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George Müller's Empty Cupboard on Ashley Down

In 1838, George Müller sat at a breakfast table in Bristol, England, with three hundred orphans and not a crumb of food in the kitchen....

Psalm 25:1-10Universal

224 words

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The Love That Reached Ravensbrück

In the winter of 1944, Corrie ten Boom and her sister Betsie huddled together on a flea-infested mattress in Barracks 28 of Ravensbrück concentration camp....

Psalm 36:5-10Universal

222 words

Vivid Retelling

The Shepherd King: Psalm 23

Cinematic retelling of Psalm 23 the shepherd psalm

Universal

514 words

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The Marathon Runner's Borrowed Shoes

In 2018, Desiree Linden became the first American woman in 33 years to win the Boston Marathon. What fewer people remember is that she almost...

1 Corinthians 6:12-20Universal

247 words

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The Medic Who Carried No Weapon

When Desmond Doss enlisted in the United States Army in 1942, his commanding officers wanted him gone. A Seventh-day Adventist from Lynchburg, Virginia, Doss refused...

Matthew 5:13-20Universal

224 words

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One More Down the Ridge

On the morning of May 5, 1945, Private First Class Desmond Doss stood atop the Maeda Escarpment on Okinawa — a sheer four-hundred-foot cliff the...

Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24Universal

245 words

Movie Analogy

The Matrix: Red Pill or Blue Pill (John 8:32)

Imagine you’re in a dimly lit room, the air thick with anticipation. You're surrounded by people, each one wearing a mask of comfort, their eyes glazed over in a hypnotic state of contentment. This is the world Neo finds himself...

John 8:32Universaltruthreality

302 words

Vivid Retelling

Cursed Ground and Coming Seed: Genesis 3:14-24

Cinematic retelling of the curses and the first gospel promise

Universal

563 words

Movie Analogy

Soul: The Spark Is Not Your Purpose (Psalm 16:11)

In the animated film *Soul*, we meet Joe Gardner, a passionate jazz musician whose life revolves around his dream of performing on the grand stage. Picture him, hunched over his piano in a dimly lit New York apartment, the weight...

Psalm 16:11Universalpurposelife

287 words

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The Father Who Wrote Letters Before His Daughter Could Read

In 2019, a Marine named David Thomas, stationed at Camp Lejeune, learned his wife was expecting their first child. That evening, he opened a leather...

Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18Universal

244 words

Vivid Retelling

From Glory to Glory: 2 Corinthians 3:7-18

Theological meditation on the glory of the new covenant ministry

Universal

685 words

Vivid Retelling

The Fountains of the Deep: Genesis 7:11-24

Cinematic retelling of the flood destroying the world

Universal

475 words

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The Conversion That Wouldn't Let Wilberforce Rest

In the autumn of 1785, William Wilberforce was a twenty-five-year-old member of Parliament who had everything London's elite could want — wealth, wit, a voice...

Titus 2:11-12Universal

253 words

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The Watchmaker Who Lived to See the Hour Strike

In 1787, a young British parliamentarian named William Wilberforce first introduced a motion to abolish the slave trade. It failed. He introduced it again the...

Luke 2:22-40Universal

245 words

Vivid Retelling

Escape and Slaughter: Matthew 2:13-23

Cinematic retelling of the flight to Egypt and Herod's massacre

Universal

665 words

Vivid Retelling

The Great Divide: Antichrists, Children, and the Coming Unveiling

A vivid retelling of 1 John 2:18-3:10, narrating the schism in John's churches when false teachers departed and exploring the stark divide between children of God and children of the devil. Examines the marks of antichrist theology, the mystery of what we shall become, and the tests that reveal spiritual family.

Universal

1274 words

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Eric Liddell and the Internment Camp Garden

In 1943, Olympic gold medalist Eric Liddell — the Scottish sprinter whose story inspired *Chariots of Fire* — found himself behind the walls of the...

Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7Universal

224 words

Movie Analogy

The Prince of Egypt: When You Believe (Hebrews 11:1)

As the sun dipped low on the horizon, painting the sky in hues of orange and crimson, the air was thick with the cries of despair and hope. Picture the Israelites, weary and trembling, standing at the edge of the...

Hebrews 11:1Universalfaithdeliverance

315 words

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Gladys Aylward's One-Way Ticket

In 1932, a London parlor maid named Gladys Aylward counted out her meager savings — just enough for a one-way train ticket to China. She...

Luke 12:32-40Universal

220 words

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The Kitchen Light on Crawford Street

Margaret Holloway kept her porch light on during every storm. Her grandchildren knew this. When thunder cracked over their neighborhood in Joplin, Missouri, and the...

Nahum 1:7Universal

233 words