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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?”

23,405 sermon illustrations through the Charismatic lens

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When the Wagons Were Unpacked

In 1772, a young Baptist minister named John Fawcett faced the decision of a lifetime. He had been called to succeed the legendary Dr. John...

Universalcommunity

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Standing Too Close to the Canvas

In 1886, Georges Seurat unveiled *A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte*, a painting that baffled the Paris art world. Step close...

Universaltrust

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The Last Song Margaret Ever Sang

Margaret Ellison was eighty-three when the hospice nurse told her family to gather. Her lungs were failing. Her body was shutting down. But when her...

1 Corinthians 15:55-57Universal

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When the Music Follows the Maestro

In 1887, at a Dwight L. Moody evangelistic meeting in Brockton, Massachusetts, a young man stood during the testimony time. He was not eloquent. He...

Universalobedience

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The Composer Who Wrote His Way Back to Life

In 1741, George Frideric Handel was a broken man. Four years earlier, a stroke had paralyzed his right hand — devastating for a composer and...

Universalhealing

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The Song He Never Profited From

In the early 1990s, Rich Mullins wrote one of the most recognizable worship songs in modern Christianity — *Awesome God*. It was sung in megachurches...

Universalsacrifice

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Show Don't Tell

Show Don't Tell: Mark 4:21-25

Imagine a small, bustling village during the twilight hours, where the shadows stretch long and the last golden rays of the sun dance on the cobblestone streets. In a modest home, a young mother named Miriam is preparing dinner for...

Universalhomileticspreaching technique

adults

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The Teenager Who Said Yes to History

In 1955, a soft-spoken seamstress named Rosa Parks boarded a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She was tired — not just physically, but soul-tired from...

Luke 1:26-38Universal

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The Song on the Steps

On Easter Sunday, 1939, contralto Marian Anderson stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and opened her mouth to sing. She had not chosen...

Universalcourage

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When Nothing Looks Like Something

In 1995, astronomer Robert Williams made a decision that many of his colleagues called reckless. As director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, he pointed...

Universaltrust

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The Heartbeat That Learns to Listen

In 2017, researchers at the University of California, Davis published a remarkable finding about human hearts. When people sing together in a choir, their heart...

Universalcommunity

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The Rope That Held When Nothing Else Could

In the 2016 film *Hacksaw Ridge*, Private Desmond Doss stands before a military tribunal for refusing to carry a rifle. His fellow soldiers mock him....

Universalobedience

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The Mercy That Saved Middle-Earth

In J.R.R. Tolkien's *The Fellowship of the Ring*, Frodo learns that the treacherous creature Gollum has been trailing the fellowship. He turns to Gandalf and...

Universalgrace

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The Cells That Set the Rhythm

In 1907, a young medical student named Martin Flack was examining a mole's heart in a small laboratory in Kent, England, when he discovered something...

Universalpurpose

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Florence Nightingale and the Voice She Heard at Embley Park

On February 7, 1837, sixteen-year-old Florence Nightingale sat in the garden of her family's estate at Embley Park in Hampshire, England. In her diary that...

1 Samuel 3:1-10Universal

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The Murderer Who Wept Over Matthew

In 1918, Tokichi Ishii sat in a Tokyo prison cell awaiting execution. He had murdered at least three people — including a woman and her...

1 Timothy 1:12-17Universal

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Twenty-Four Days from the Ashes

In the summer of 1741, George Frideric Handel was a broken man. The composer who had once captivated London now faced crushing debts, a body...

Universalrestoration

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The Name That Broke the Silence

In 1505, Martin Luther's father Hans had mapped out his son's entire future. Martin would study law, rise in society, and bring honor to the...

Luke 1:57-66, 80Universal

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Show Don't Tell

Show Don't Tell: Genesis 12:1-9

Imagine Abram, a weathered man of seventy-five, standing under the vast sky, his heart heavy with the weight of leaving everything he’s ever known. The air carries the familiar scents of his father’s workshop, the sweet aroma of figs ripening...

Universal

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The Song Written Over the Ocean's Deepest Wound

In 1873, Horatio Spafford put his four daughters on a steamship bound for England. He planned to follow shortly after. Nine days later, he received...

Universalfaith

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