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Home›Traditions›Pentecostal

Pentecostal Illustrations

The immediate, experiential work of the Holy Spirit and the expectation of spiritual gifts.

Key question: “How does this text reveal the present-day work and power of the Holy Spirit?”

23,656 sermon illustrations through the Pentecostal lens

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The Unfinished Symphony That Was Always Complete

In 1822, Franz Schubert began composing his Symphony No. 8 in B minor. He completed two magnificent movements, sketched a few bars of a third,...

Universalpurpose

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From Last Place to Gold: The Transformation of the 1980 US Hockey Team

In the fall of 1979, coach Herb Brooks assembled a ragtag group of college hockey players — kids who had no business competing against the...

Universaltransformation

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The Velveteen Rabbit and the Cost of Becoming Real

In Margery Williams' beloved children's classic *The Velveteen Rabbit*, a stuffed toy asks the old Skin Horse what it means to become Real. The Skin...

Universaltransformation

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Movie Analogy

Rain and Freedom on the Other Side

In *The Shawshank Redemption*, there is a moment that has become one of the most iconic images in cinema history. Andy Dufresne has spent nearly...

Universalhope

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Learning to Trust the Harmony You Cannot Hear

In 1741, George Frideric Handel was broken. Deeply in debt, partially paralyzed from a stroke, and mocked by London critics who declared his career finished,...

Universaltrust

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The Telescope That Found Purpose in Emptiness

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

Universalpurpose

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Running for a Different Prize

In 1924, Scottish sprinter Eric Liddell arrived at the Paris Olympics as the favorite in the 100 meters. But when he learned the heats were...

Universalpurpose

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The Bone That Breaks and Builds Back Stronger

In 1892, German anatomist Julius Wolff published a law that still bears his name. Wolff's Law states that bone adapts to the loads placed upon...

Universalperseverance

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The Maestro Who Stood in the Back

When Yo-Yo Ma — arguably the greatest cellist alive — performs with young students, something remarkable happens. He doesn't sit in the featured chair. He...

Universalhumility

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The Hymn That Christ Himself Inspired

In 1882, George Matheson, a Scottish pastor who had gone completely blind by age eighteen, sat alone in his manse on the evening of his...

Universallove

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The Man Who Ran on Broken Legs

In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semifinal as one of the favorites. He had trained for years,...

Universalcourage

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The Comeback That Started with Surrender

In the 2018 Masters Tournament, Tiger Woods wasn't even supposed to be there. Four back surgeries, years of chronic pain, a public unraveling that left...

Universalhealing

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Running His Own Race

In the 1924 Paris Olympics, Scottish sprinter Eric Liddell stunned the world — not by winning, but by refusing to run. Liddell was the favorite...

Universalpurpose

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The Enzyme That Knows Its Shape

In 1894, the German chemist Emil Fischer proposed what he called the "lock and key" model of enzyme function. Every enzyme in your body is...

Universalpurpose

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The Telescope That Saw What No One Believed Was There

In 1995, astronomer Robert Williams made a decision that many of his colleagues thought was foolish. As director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, he...

Universalfaith

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When the Score Is Just a Sketch

In 1959, Miles Davis walked into Columbia Studios in New York with one of the most talented groups of musicians ever assembled — John Coltrane,...

Universaltrust

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The Sound That Exists to Disappear

In 1978, engineer Amar Bose boarded a flight and could not hear his music over the roar of the jet engines. That frustration launched decades...

Universalsacrifice

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There Is No Need to Talk About What Is Past

In C.S. Lewis's *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe*, Edmund Pevensie makes a devastating choice. Lured by enchanted Turkish Delight and promises of power,...

Universalfreedom

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The Song That Forgiveness Wrote

In 2002, Renée Napier received the phone call every parent dreads. Her daughter Meagan had been killed by a drunk driver named Eric Smallridge. The...

Universalforgiveness

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Counting Backward from Ten

When a patient undergoes general anesthesia, they must do something remarkably counterintuitive: surrender consciousness entirely. You lie on a cold table beneath fluorescent lights, surrounded...

Universaltrust

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The Hands That Carried Her Home

On April 26, 2008, Western Oregon softball player Sara Tucholsky hit the first home run of her entire college career — a three-run shot over...

Universalcommunity

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Stronger at the Fracture

When an orthopedic surgeon sets a broken bone, something remarkable happens during the healing process. The body floods the fracture site with specialized cells called...

Universalrestoration

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The Cells That Keep the Beat

In the human heart, there is a tiny cluster of specialized cells called the sinoatrial node. These cells do not pump blood. They do not...

Universalpurpose

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The Fracture That Fortifies

In 1892, German surgeon Julius Wolff published a discovery that still shapes orthopedic medicine today. He observed that when a bone breaks and heals, the...

Universalperseverance

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