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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?”

25,762 sermon illustrations through the Pentecostal lens

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Designed to See What Others Cannot

The James Webb Space Telescope took over twenty years and ten billion dollars to build. Its eighteen gold-coated mirror segments were each polished to a...

Universalpurpose

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Historical

Water Become Blood: Refusing the Gift of Devotion

Memory transfigured that simple draught into something radiant—cool, sweet, crystalline with the nostalgia *pothos* of his former innocence.

2 Samuel 23:15-17Universalthe cost of devotionconsecration over consumption

Alexander Maclaren

236 words

Contemporary

The Day Soldier Field Belonged to the Forgotten

In the 1960s, most Americans with intellectual disabilities lived hidden from public view — tucked away in overcrowded state institutions or kept quietly at home....

Matthew 25:40Universaldignityinclusion

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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

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The God Who Stretches the Sky

On a cold night in 1929, Edwin Hubble sat in the observer's chair of the 100-inch Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory, perched above Pasadena,...

Isaiah 40:22Universalwondercreation

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Movie Analogy

Chariots of Fire: Running for God's Glory in Common Life - Anglican

In the film *Chariots of Fire*, the name Eric Liddell resonates not just because he was an Olympic champion, but because of the profound declaration he made: "When I run, I feel His pleasure." Picture that moment on the track,...

John 3:16Universal

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The Dearth of Men: God's Judgment Upon Nations

When Elohim's scythe swung through the harvests of that empire, desolation followed.

Isaiah 13:12Universaldivine judgmenthuman worth

Joseph S. Exell

216 words

Contemporary

Three Billion Letters of Wonder

On April 14, 2003, scientists announced what thirteen years of painstaking work had finally achieved — the Human Genome Project was complete. Researchers from twenty...

Psalm 139:13-16Universalwondercreation

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Movie Analogy

The Revenant: Revenge Is in God's Hands (Romans 12:19)

In the raw and unforgiving wilderness of the American frontier, Hugh Glass endures a harrowing journey that echoes the deepest struggles of the human spirit. After surviving a brutal bear attack, he finds himself left for dead by the very...

Romans 12:19Universalsurvivalrevenge

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Show Don't Tell

Show Don't Tell: Genesis 3:8-13

As the sun dipped below the horizon, casting a golden hue across the Garden of Eden, the air filled with a palpable stillness. This was the hour Adam and Eve cherished, a time when they would walk hand in hand...

Universal

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The King's Highway Across Life's Trackless Desert

First, the lost traveler in an endless desert—surrounded by bleaching bones of former victims, the monotonous swells of sand-heaps stretching to the horizon, no landmarks, no guides.

Isaiah 35:8-9Universaldivine provisionspiritual direction

Alexander Maclaren

228 words

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The Seeds That Need the Fire

In 1988, nearly 800,000 acres of Yellowstone National Park burned. Reporters called it devastation. Ecologists saw something else entirely. Researcher William Romme and his team...

Universaltransformation

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The Treasure-Seeker's Desperation and Wisdom's True Worth

Thomson, D.D., witnessed in nineteenth-century Sidon diggers consumed by frenzy at the discovery of a single coin.

Proverbs 2:4Universalseeking divine truthlife's ultimate purpose

Joseph S. Exell

226 words

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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

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The Forest That Speaks Underground

In 1997, forest ecologist Suzanne Simard at the University of British Columbia made a remarkable discovery. Trees in a forest are not competing loners. They...

Universalcommunity

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Three Billion Letters, One Unrepeatable You

In 2003, scientists at the National Institutes of Health completed the Human Genome Project — thirteen years of painstaking work to map every strand of...

Psalm 139:14Universal

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The Mother Trees

In 1997, ecologist Suzanne Simard at the University of British Columbia made a discovery that reshaped our understanding of forests. Using radioactive carbon isotopes, she...

Universalhumility

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Show Don't Tell

Show Don't Tell: Genesis 3:20-24

As the sun dipped below the horizon, the vibrant colors of the garden faded into twilight, marking the end of an era for Adam and Eve. Instead of simply recounting how God sent them away, let’s linger in that moment...

Universal

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Casting Away Stones and Building Terraces: The Soul's Vineyard

Ecclesiastes 3:5 speaks of "a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together." The primary meaning emerges from Eastern husbandry: vineyards cultivated on steep valley sides required backbreaking labor. A husbandman must first cast away stones...

Ecclesiastes 1:6Universalspiritual growth through struggleseasons of clearing and building

Joseph S. Exell

225 words

Movie Analogy

It's a Wonderful Life: A Life Built on Rock - Traditional (Matthew 7:24-27)

Picture the bustling streets of Bedford Falls, where every face tells a story and every home is filled with laughter and dreams. In the heart of this town stands a modest but sturdy home belonging to George Bailey. Through the...

Matthew 7:24-27Universal

285 words

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The Unkindled Fire: Sabbath Rest and Soul Priority

First, it demonstrated that on the Sabbath especially, men must attend to the interests of the soul rather than bodily comforts.

Exodus 35:3UniversalSabbath rest as spiritual priorityself-denial for godliness

Joseph S. Exell

216 words

Contemporary

The Weight She Carried Into the Arena

On September 20, 1973, Billie Jean King walked onto the floor of the Houston Astrodome before 30,472 spectators and an estimated 90 million television viewers...

Philippians 4:13Universaldignitycourage

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The Quilt That Tells Our Story

In the small town of Gee's Bend, Alabama, a community of African American women has been making quilts together for over a century. These aren't...

Universalcommunity

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When the Coal Miners Knelt

In the autumn of 1904, a twenty-six-year-old Welsh coal miner named Evan Roberts stood before a small congregation in Loughor and made a simple plea:...

2 Chronicles 7:14Universal

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