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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

Sermon Illustration

The Judge Who Remembered the Forgotten

In 2015, Judge Steven Leifman of Miami-Dade County stood in his courtroom and watched the same faces cycle through again and again — homeless men...

Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14Universal

230 words

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Movie Analogy

To Kill a Mockingbird: Atticus Finch and Standing Alone (Micah 6:8)

In the heart of the Deep South, in the sweltering heat of Maycomb, Alabama, there stood a man named Atticus Finch. Picture him: a tall, bespectacled figure, often dressed in a simple white shirt, weary from long days but steadfast...

Micah 6:8Universaljusticemercy

318 words

Movie Analogy

The Mission: Strength for the Climb - Missional (Isaiah 40:31)

Imagine a scene deep in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. A rugged missionary named Father Gabriel, with weathered hands and a heart set ablaze by the call of Christ, stands at the foot of a towering waterfall. The roar...

Isaiah 40:31Universal

304 words

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When the Song Becomes a Heartbeat

In 2013, researchers at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden discovered something remarkable. When members of a choir sing together, their heartbeats gradually synchronize. Within...

Universalcommunity

229 words

Contemporary

Faithful With a Few Things First

In 1937, a twenty-five-year-old social worker named Dorothy Height walked into a meeting at the Harlem YWCA and met Mary McLeod Bethune, the founder of...

Matthew 25:21Universalfaithfulnessleadership

242 words

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The Voice That Rang From the Lincoln Memorial

On Easter Sunday, 1939, contralto Marian Anderson stood before the Lincoln Memorial and opened her mouth to sing. The Daughters of the American Revolution had...

Psalm 98:1-4Universal

235 words

Historical

John the Baptist's Costly Rebuke of Herod's Sin

The Baptist rebuked Herod without provoking his anger, which reveals he spoke with gravity, temperance, sincerity, and genuine goodwill toward the king.

Mark 5:18Universalfaithfulness costsspeaking truth against power

Joseph S. Exell

193 words

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From Obscure Nephew to Caesar's Heir

In 44 BC, a nineteen-year-old student named Gaius Octavius received staggering news in the Greek town of Apollonia. Julius Caesar, the most powerful man in...

Galatians 4:4-7Universal

248 words

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The Classroom That Became a Movement

When Katie Davis booked a one-way ticket to Uganda at nineteen, she had a modest plan: teach kindergarten for a year, maybe sponsor a few...

Ephesians 3:20Universal

251 words

Historical

Wild Grapes: When God's Vineyard Yields Bitter Fruit

The Husbandman planted a choice vine on a fruitful hill, fenced it carefully, built a watchtower, and hewn a winepress—yet it brought forth wild grapes (*beushim*, worthless fruit) instead of the expected harvest of righteousness.

Isaiah 5:2Universaldivine judgmentsocial injustice

Joseph S. Exell

201 words

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Pandita Ramabai and the Widows of Pune

In 1889, a young Indian scholar named Pandita Ramabai opened the doors of Sharada Sadan in Pune, India — a home for child widows whom...

Isaiah 58:1-12Universal

229 words

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The Year Susan Changed Her Fast

For six years, Susan Albright fasted every Wednesday during Lent. She skipped lunch, drank only water, and spent her break reading devotionals in her car...

Isaiah 58:1-12Universal

226 words

Historical

The Wicked Uprooted: Their Place Shall Not Be

When a tree is merely cut down, its stump remains; sprouts may yet emerge.

Psalms 37:10UniversalGod's judgment over wickednesspermanence of righteousness

Charles H. Spurgeon

210 words

Contemporary

A Sixteen-Hundred-Year-Old Prescription

In 1969, malaria was killing thousands of soldiers along the Vietnam border, and modern medicine had no answer. The Chinese government tapped a thirty-nine-year-old researcher...

Jeremiah 33:6Universalwisdomancient knowledge

243 words

Contemporary

Barefoot on the Stones of Rome

On the evening of September 10, 1960, sixty-nine runners lined up for the Olympic marathon in Rome. Among them stood Abebe Bikila, a twenty-eight-year-old member...

1 Corinthians 1:27Universalhumilitynatural gifts

251 words

Historical

The Righteous Hope for Gladness Amid Life's Vicissitudes

Exell (1887) offers this Victorian meditation: We are not to expect permanence in our acquisitions.

Proverbs 9:28Universalacceptance of life's uncertaintiesgratitude in present circumstances

Joseph S. Exell

242 words

Contemporary

Letters Left Behind

On the morning of May 4, 1961, thirteen volunteers gathered at a Greyhound terminal in Washington, D.C. Before boarding two interstate buses bound for New...

Acts 5:29Universalcouragesacrifice

239 words

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The Hidden Network Beneath the Forest

In 1997, ecologist Suzanne Simard published a groundbreaking study in the journal *Nature* revealing something extraordinary happening beneath the forest floor. Trees, she discovered, are...

Universalcommunity

237 words

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Counting Backward into Darkness

In 1846, a printer named Edward Abbott lay on an operating table at Massachusetts General Hospital, breathing in ether fumes administered by dentist William T.G....

Universaltrust

242 words

Historical

Affliction as the Classroom of Obedience

First, David knew what was genuinely good for him—not the surface comforts that the flesh craves, but the deep sanctification that Adonai designs for His people.

Psalms 119:71Universalspiritual growth through adversitysurrender and submission

Charles H. Spurgeon

209 words

Contemporary

Known Before the First Base Pair

On April 14, 2003, scientists announced the completion of the Human Genome Project — a thirteen-year international effort to map the entire human genetic code....

Jeremiah 1:5Universalwondercreation

219 words

Historical

Locusts Camping in Hedges: Patience and Divine Timing

Observers at Abeih noted that as evening air cooled, locusts literally "camped in the hedges and loose stone walls, covering them over like a swarm of bees settled on a bush." They remained stationary until the sun warmed the next...

Ezekiel 2:17Universaldivine sovereigntyGod's control over nature

Joseph S. Exell

207 words

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The Brain That Found Another Way

In 1959, Pedro Bach-y-Rita suffered a devastating stroke that left him paralyzed and unable to speak. Doctors told his family there was nothing more to...

Universalhope

241 words

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The Potter's Wheel on Magnolia Street

Every Saturday morning, ceramic artist Elena Vargas opens her studio on Magnolia Street in San Antonio to teach free classes to teenagers from the surrounding...

Isaiah 64:1-9Universal

236 words