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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?”

23,440 sermon illustrations through the Charismatic lens

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The Kitchen Counter Catechism

Maria Gonzalez never set aside a formal time for family devotions. She tried once — bought a curriculum, printed schedules, laminated a chart for the...

Deuteronomy 6:6-7Universalparenting

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When the Dragon Skin Had to Be Torn Away

In C.S. Lewis's *The Voyage of the Dawn Treader*, the boy Eustace Scrubb falls asleep on a dragon's hoard and wakes to find he has...

Universalhealing

243 words

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The Courage That Begins Already Knowing

In Harper Lee's *To Kill a Mockingbird*, Atticus Finch offers his children a definition of courage that has quietly changed how generations think about bravery....

Universalcourage

243 words

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What the Darkness Was Hiding

In 1995, astronomers made what many considered a foolish decision. They pointed the Hubble Space Telescope at a tiny patch of sky near the Big...

Universalfaith

261 words

Movie Analogy

When Someone Stays Long Enough to Say It Again

In *Good Will Hunting*, there is a scene that breaks you open every time you watch it. Will Hunting — a brilliant young man scarred...

Universalhealing

246 words

Sermon Illustration

The Borrowed Canoe at Lake Windermere

Every summer, the outfitter at Lake Windermere in British Columbia rents cedar-strip canoes to tourists. Before anyone touches a paddle, old Tom Macready walks each...

1 Corinthians 6:12-20Universal

250 words

Movie Analogy

No One Is Poor Who Has Friends

In the final scene of Frank Capra's *It's a Wonderful Life*, George Bailey stands at the edge of a bridge on Christmas Eve, convinced that...

Universalcommunity

260 words

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The Pastor Who Called Mary's Song Dangerous

In December 1933, Dietrich Bonhoeffer stood before his congregation in London and said something that unsettled the room. He called Mary's Magnificat "the most passionate,...

Luke 1:39-56Universal

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The Astronomer Who Ran Out of Comparisons

In 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope pointed its lens at a tiny patch of sky near the constellation Ursa Major — a speck no larger...

2 Samuel 7:22Universal

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Movie Analogy

The Price of a Pin

In the final scene of *Schindler's List*, Oskar Schindler stands before the eleven hundred Jewish men, women, and children he has saved from the gas...

Universalsacrifice

262 words

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The Hymn That Cost Her Everything

In February 1874, Frances Ridley Havergal arrived at a friend's home for a short visit. She was already an accomplished musician and poet, but that...

Universalobedience

238 words

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The Brushstrokes of a Brave Woman

In 1620, the Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi completed her masterpiece, *Judith Slaying Holofernes*. Where other artists of her era depicted Judith as delicate and detached...

Universalcourage

240 words

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The Body's Humblest Messenger

Dr. Paul Brand, a British orthopedic surgeon who spent decades treating leprosy patients in Vellore, India, made a discovery that changed modern medicine. Leprosy, he...

Universalhumility

214 words

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The Volunteer Nobody Expected

In 2015, a twenty-three-year-old kindergarten teacher named Elena Aguilar sat in a folding chair at a community meeting in Flint, Michigan, listening to officials explain...

Luke 1:26-38Universal

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The Hymn Writer Who Thanked the Dark

When Fanny Crosby was six weeks old, a man posing as a doctor applied hot poultices to her inflamed eyes. The treatment destroyed her sight...

Universaltrust

227 words

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The Moment Frederick Douglass Found the Key

In his *Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass*, Douglass describes a pivotal moment from his childhood in slavery. His slaveholder's wife, Sophia Auld, had...

Universalfreedom

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The Deed in the Dresser Drawer

When Marco Alvarez moved into the small bungalow on Sycamore Street in Tucson, he treated it like every other rental. He let the faucet drip...

1 Corinthians 6:12-20Universal

234 words

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The Reluctant Masterpiece

In 1508, Michelangelo Buonarroti wanted nothing to do with the Sistine Chapel ceiling. He was a sculptor, not a painter. He suspected rival artists had...

Universalobedience

245 words

Movie Analogy

The Smallest Voice at the Council

In *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*, there is a moment that still catches my breath. The great council has gathered...

Universalcourage

237 words

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Thirst in the Wilderness

In the autumn of 1743, David Brainerd rode his horse through the forests of eastern Pennsylvania, feverish with tuberculosis, utterly alone. The twenty-five-year-old missionary had...

Psalm 63:1-8Universal

243 words

Show Don't Tell

Show Don't Tell: John 12:37-50

Vivid sensory description for preaching John 12:37-50

Universalhomileticspreaching technique

adults

195 words

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The Bridge Builder Who Never Abandons a Project

In 2011, engineer Linda Figg stood before skeptics in St. Petersburg, Florida, as construction began on the new Sunshine Skyway Bridge approach. Midway through the...

1 Corinthians 1:3-9Universal

230 words

Show Don't Tell

Show Don't Tell: John 3:1-15

Vivid sensory description for preaching John 3:1-15

Universalhomileticspreaching technique

adults

222 words

Show Don't Tell

Show Don't Tell: Luke 14:15-24

Vivid sensory description for preaching Luke 14:15-24

Universal

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