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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?”

23,476 sermon illustrations through the Charismatic lens

Sermon Illustration

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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Movie Analogy

You Shall Not Pass

In *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*, the company is fleeing through the Mines of Moria when a Balrog — an...

Universalsacrifice

220 words

Sermon Illustration

The Little Church on Vine Street

In 2019, a tornado carved through Joplin, Missouri, and left First Community Church as nothing but a concrete slab and a splintered cross. When the...

Haggai 1:15b-2:9Universal

264 words

Show Don't Tell

Show Don't Tell: John 13:1-17

Vivid sensory description for preaching John 13:1-17

Universalhomileticspreaching technique

adults

267 words

Show Don't Tell

Show Don't Tell: Luke 22:7-23

Vivid sensory description for preaching Luke 22:7-23

Universalhomileticspreaching technique

adults

265 words

Show Don't Tell

Show Don't Tell: Matthew 24:1-14

Vivid sensory description for preaching Matthew 24:1-14

Universal

169 words

Show Don't Tell

Show Don't Tell: Psalm 64

Vivid sensory description for preaching Psalm 64

Universalhomileticspreaching technique

adults

209 words

Sermon Illustration

The Wall That Rose in Millbrook

In 2019, a tornado carved a quarter-mile scar through Millbrook, Alabama, peeling roofs off homes and snapping a century-old oak across the entrance of Millbrook...

Nehemiah 4:6Universal

221 words

Movie Analogy

Carrying What You Cannot Carry Alone

In *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*, there is a moment that has moved audiences to tears since the film first...

Universalperseverance

241 words

Movie Analogy

The Man Who Almost Wasn't Born

In Frank Capra's *It's a Wonderful Life*, there is a moment that cuts to the bone of every person who has ever questioned whether they...

Universalidentity

235 words

Show Don't Tell

Show Don't Tell: Psalm 129

Vivid sensory description for preaching Psalm 129

Universal

165 words

Sermon Illustration

The Fingerprint That Cannot Be Repeated

In 1892, Sir Francis Galton published his groundbreaking work on fingerprints, demonstrating what forensic science has confirmed ever since: no two human fingerprints are identical....

Universalidentity

227 words

Sermon Illustration

The Missionary Who Became Chinese

In 1855, twenty-two-year-old Hudson Taylor arrived in Shanghai wearing a black English suit and speaking not a word of Mandarin. The Chinese people regarded him...

John 1:1-14Universal

231 words

Sermon Illustration

The Butterfly's Liquid Freedom

In 1669, the Dutch naturalist Jan Swammerdam became the first scientist to carefully dissect a caterpillar chrysalis and document what he found inside. What he...

Universalfreedom

230 words

Show Don't Tell

Show Don't Tell: Mark 8:27-33

Vivid sensory description for preaching Mark 8:27-33

Universalhomileticspreaching technique

adults

171 words

Show Don't Tell

Show Don't Tell: Psalm 98

Vivid sensory description for preaching Psalm 98

Universalhomileticspreaching technique

adults

205 words

Sermon Illustration

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

Show Don't Tell

Show Don't Tell: John 3:16-21

Vivid sensory description for preaching John 3:16-21

Universal

186 words

Sermon Illustration

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

Sermon Illustration

Written Into the Fiber

In 1979, Jim Lewis and Jim Springer met for the first time at age thirty-nine. They were identical twins, separated at birth and raised by...

Psalm 139:1-3, 13-15Universal

247 words

Sermon Illustration

The Grandmother's Thread

In George MacDonald's *The Princess and the Goblin*, young Princess Irene discovers her mysterious great-great-grandmother living in a hidden tower room. The grandmother gives Irene...

Universalobedience

229 words

Show Don't Tell