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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?”

23,697 sermon illustrations through the Pentecostal lens

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A Masterpiece Born from Ruin

In the summer of 1741, George Frideric Handel was a broken man. The composer who had once dazzled the courts of Europe now faced crushing...

Universalhope

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Historical

God's Farm: One Purpose Through All Seasons

They reasoned: God built us up; therefore He cannot tear us down.

Isaiah 28:23-29UniversalGod's sovereign purposeDivine patience and method

Alexander Maclaren

237 words

Historical

Adam's Fleeting Night: Honor Without Permanence

The Hebrew word for "abide" (*yalun*) literally means "to lodge" or "to spend the night." Thus the ancient scholars read the verse with piercing irony: Adam, placed in honor within Paradise itself, did not remain even one night.

Psalms 49:12Universalmortality and transiencethe inadequacy of earthly honor

Charles H. Spurgeon

216 words

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The Sound Heard Round the World

On August 27, 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa erupted with a force that stunned the entire planet. The explosion was heard nearly three thousand miles...

Psalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 9Universal

239 words

Contemporary

Ancient Wisdom, Modern Cure

In 1969, malaria was killing thousands of soldiers across Southeast Asia, and every modern drug was failing. The Chinese government turned to a quiet, determined...

Proverbs 4:7Universalwisdomancient knowledge

258 words

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The Contractor Who Came Back to Ninth Ward

When Earl Thibodaux retired from thirty-two years of commercial construction in Baton Rouge, his wife expected him to finally sit still. Instead, Earl loaded his...

Isaiah 58:1-12Universal

223 words

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Too Free to Move

When American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp on April 29, 1945, they expected the prisoners to rush the gates. Many did not. Chaplain William...

Mark 16:1-8Universal

239 words

Contemporary

A Sacrifice Without a Spotlight

In May 2002, Pat Tillman walked away from the Arizona Cardinals and a $3.6 million contract to enlist in the United States Army. Eight months...

Romans 12:1Universalsacrificeduty

225 words

Historical

The Way That Seems Right Leads to Death

Joseph Exell identified five corrupted standards by which multitudes measure duty, each leading toward *thanatos* (death).

Proverbs 16:25Universalself-deceptionmoral corruption

Joseph S. Exell

191 words

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The Concrete Crews of Lawndale

In 1978, Coach Wayne Gordon moved into North Lawndale on Chicago's West Side — not to commute in for weekend charity, but to stay. The...

Isaiah 58:1-12Universal

236 words

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George Washington Carver and the Praise Hidden in a Peanut

George Washington Carver rose before dawn nearly every morning at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, slipping into the woods while the campus still slept. He called...

Psalm 148Universal

235 words

Show Don't Tell

Show Don't Tell: Psalm 51

Vivid sensory description for preaching Psalm 51

Universalhomileticspreaching technique

adults

284 words

Contemporary

The Schoolteacher Who Couldn't Look Away

Before Dolores Huerta became one of the most important labor organizers in American history, she was a schoolteacher in Stockton, California. Every morning, she watched...

Isaiah 58:6-7Universaljusticesolidarity

272 words

Historical

The Wise King Separates Evil Through Righteous Judgment

The "wheel" is not primarily an instrument of torture, but a threshing tool.

Proverbs 20:26Universalmoral discernmentrighteous governance

Joseph S. Exell

209 words

Contemporary

The Woman on the Platform Who Kept Speaking

On August 28, 1963, Dorothy Height stood on the platform at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington. She was surrounded by the most...

Proverbs 31:8-9Universalfaithfulnessleadership

252 words

Historical

The Loadstone of Meditation Restores Spiritual Heat

Thus recovered, it draws with power once more.

Psalms 39:3Universalspiritual renewalmeditation as practice

Charles H. Spurgeon

203 words

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The Forest's Hidden Lifeline

In 1997, forest ecologist Suzanne Simard made a discovery that reshaped our understanding of how forests work. Using radioactive carbon isotopes, she traced an invisible...

Universalhumility

218 words

Show Don't Tell

Show Don't Tell: Psalm 150

Vivid sensory description for preaching Psalm 150

Universalhomileticspreaching technique

adults

158 words

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The Choir That Learned to Share One Heartbeat

In 2013, researchers at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden discovered something remarkable. When members of a choir sang together, their heart rates gradually synchronized....

Psalm 100Universal

245 words

Contemporary

Standing Still in Houston

On the morning of April 28, 1967, Muhammad Ali stood inside the Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Station in Houston, Texas. He was twenty-five years...

Acts 5:29Universalconvictioncourage

244 words

Historical

The Strong Made Combustible: Sin's Disintegrating Power

Tow—the coarse, broken refuse of flax or hemp—becomes the metaphor for those whom sin has hollowed from within.

Isaiah 1:31Universaldivine judgmentspiritual degradation

Joseph S. Exell

201 words

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The Cornerstone They Almost Threw Away

In 2015, a construction crew demolishing an old church in downtown Savannah, Georgia, pulled a massive granite block from the foundation and tossed it into...

Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29Universal

232 words

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The Voice on the Steps of Justice

On Easter Sunday, 1939, contralto Marian Anderson stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and opened her mouth to sing. The Daughters of the...

Psalm 98Universal

232 words

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The Singing Martyrs of Namugongo

In June 1886, forty-five young men were marched to the hill at Namugongo, Uganda, bound in reed mats and laid on a slow-burning pyre. King...

Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14Universal

243 words