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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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Athanasius Against the World

In 328 AD, a young Egyptian bishop named Athanasius of Alexandria found himself standing virtually alone against the Roman Empire. The Arian heresy — which...

Romans 8:31Universal

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The Fireflies That Worship in Unison

Every June in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, thousands of visitors gather along the Little River Trail to witness something that defies easy explanation....

Psalm 100Universal

230 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

Historical

The Man Who Left Neutral Ground

In the summer of 1944, Raoul Wallenberg had every reason to stay home. At thirty-one, he was heir to one of Sweden's most prominent banking...

Esther 4:14Universalcouragecompassion

238 words

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The Bread That Changed Everything

When Maria Chen opened her small bakery on Division Street in Portland, she struggled to get foot traffic. People walked past the storefront without a...

Psalm 34:2-9Universal

243 words

Movie Analogy

12 Years a Slave: Faith That Survives the Unthinkable (Psalm 13:1-2)

In the film "12 Years a Slave," we meet Solomon Northup, a free man whose life is violently upended when he is kidnapped and thrust into a world of unimaginable brutality. For twelve long years, he is subjected to the...

Psalm 13:1-2Universalslaverysuffering

341 words

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The Chord That Shook Vienna

In April 1798, Vienna's nobility packed the Schwarzenberg Palace for the premiere of Joseph Haydn's oratorio *The Creation*. The elderly composer himself conducted. The opening...

Genesis 1:1-3Universal

229 words

Historical

The Organic Life and Character of Each Church

Every congregation of Christ possesses an organic life distinct both from other churches and from the lives of individual members.

Revelation 1:6Universalchurch identity and responsibilitycorporate spiritual vitality

Joseph S. Exell

246 words

Vivid Retelling

God Is Love: A Meditation on the Heart of Reality

A theological meditation on 1 John 4:7-21, exploring the central declaration "God is love" and its implications. Examines love as evidence of knowing God, the incarnation as love's definition, the expulsion of fear by perfect love, and the inseparability of loving God and loving siblings.

Universal

1276 words

Historical

The City's Heart Rejoices in Righteousness

First, the public conscience is gratified by the prosperity of the righteous.

Proverbs 11:10Universalmoral charactercivic virtue

Joseph S. Exell

210 words

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The Night Martin Luther Stopped Trembling

As a young Augustinian monk in Erfurt, Martin Luther lived in daily terror of God. He fasted until his body ached, confessed sins for hours...

Hebrews 12:18-29Universal

229 words

Historical

A Rival's Whisper in Berlin

In the summer of 1936, Jesse Owens stood at the edge of elimination. The African American sprinter had fouled twice in the long jump qualifying...

Galatians 3:28Universalfriendshipbridge-building

254 words

Historical

Christ the Winnower: Sifting Wheat from Chaff

Yet something is required to lift the cover, to unveil reality, to expose the things we do and the persons we truly are.

Matthew 1:12Universaldivine winnowinghidden character revealed

Joseph S. Exell

216 words

Historical

Trees Marked for Falling: Fruitfulness Over Lineage

The Jews could boast of their national lineage.

Matthew 1:9Universalfruitfulness over heritagepersonal accountability

Joseph S. Exell

197 words

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The Lunch Line at Greenfield Elementary

Every Friday, Maria Sandoval packed two lunches — one for herself and one she quietly slipped into the backpack of a boy in her third-grade...

Isaiah 58:1-12Universal

241 words

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The Hiding Place Behind the Hiding Place

During the Nazi occupation of Holland, Corrie ten Boom and her family built a secret room behind a false wall in their Haarlem home —...

Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16Universal

231 words

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The Messenger Who Pointed Beyond Himself

In 1741, Count Nikolaus von Zinzendorf stood before a skeptical audience in London, tasked with introducing the Moravian missionary movement to the English-speaking world. Zinzendorf...

Acts 13:22-26Universal

227 words

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The Inheritance She Almost Traded Away

In 2019, Maria Gonzalez inherited forty acres of rocky hillside outside Fredericksburg, Texas, from her grandmother. The land looked worthless — cedar brush, limestone outcrops,...

Psalm 16Universal

233 words

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The Luthier of Cremona

In a small workshop on Via Palazzo in Cremona, Italy, master luthier Stefano Conia selects a piece of spruce he has been aging for twelve...

Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18Universal

244 words

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Nature Illustration: Ants and Small Wisdoms

On a bright spring day, I found myself drawn to my garden, where the air was fragrant with blooming flowers and the gentle buzz of life danced around me. As I knelt to tend to the soil, I was fascinated...

Matthew 6:25-34Universal

239 words

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The Well That Changed a Valley

In 2ثة014, a small church in rural Kentucky pooled their resources to drill a well for a village in northern Uganda. The congregation of sixty-three...

Psalm 67Universal

248 words

Historical

The Waiting Sick Along the Ogooué

On April 16, 1913, Albert Schweitzer and his wife Hélène arrived by river steamer at Lambaréné in French Equatorial Africa, present-day Gabon. Schweitzer was thirty-eight,...

Philippians 2:3-4Universalsacrificecompassion

227 words

Historical

Heaven Before Me

In the late summer of 1741, George Frideric Handel shut himself inside his home at 25 Brook Street in London and began to compose. For...

Revelation 19:6Universalworshiptranscendence

242 words

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Nature Illustration: Storms, Refuge, and Trust

As a child, I remember standing on the shore of a vast lake, watching the dark clouds roll in with an unsettling speed. The sky, once a brilliant blue, turned to a foreboding gray, and the wind began to howl...

Colossians 1:15-20Universal

245 words