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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?”

23,828 sermon illustrations through the Pentecostal lens

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The Birds That Sleep on the Wing

In 2016, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology attached small brain-activity monitors to great frigatebirds soaring over the Pacific Ocean. What they discovered...

Universaltrust

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When the Rain Finally Stopped

In the final moments of *The Shawshank Redemption*, Andy Dufresne crawls through five hundred yards of sewage pipe and emerges on the other side into...

Universalrestoration

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The Trapeze of the Tipping Point

In 2011, sociologist Damon Centola at the University of Pennsylvania published a groundbreaking study on how social change actually happens. He discovered that it only...

Universaltrust

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The Roots That See in the Dark

In 2012, botanists at the University of Bonn discovered something remarkable about plant roots. When a root encounters an obstacle underground — a rock, a...

Universalfaith

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The Telescope That Trusted the Darkness

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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The Symphony Inside Your Cells

In 2012, the ENCODE project — involving over 400 scientists across 32 laboratories — revealed something astonishing about human DNA. Far from being a static...

Universalobedience

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The Surgeon's Steady Hands

In 1893, Daniel Hale Williams stood over a patient named James Cornish in Chicago's Provident Hospital. Cornish had been stabbed in the chest, the knife...

Philippians 4:6-7Universalanxiety

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The Bones That Break to Grow Stronger

In 1892, German anatomist Julius Wolff published a discovery that still guides orthopedic medicine today. Known as Wolff's Law, it states that bone remodels itself...

Universalfaith

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When the Music Plays Beyond What Eyes Can See

In 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven stood on stage at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna for the premiere of his Ninth Symphony. He was profoundly...

Universalfaith

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The Heartbeat That Listens

In 2017, researchers at the University of California, Davis, discovered something remarkable about humaneli hearts. When people sing together in a choir, their heartbeats gradually...

Universalcommunity

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Seeds of Light in the Deep Ocean

In 2005, marine biologists exploring the Pacific Ocean floor discovered something remarkable. Nearly two miles below the surface, where no sunlight has ever reached, they...

Universalfaith

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The Loading Bar of the Soul

Every one of us has stared at a progress bar on a computer screen, watching it crawl from twelve percent to thirteen percent, wondering if...

Universalpatience

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The Surgeon's Hands You Cannot Feel

In 1846, William T.G. Morton demonstrated the use of ether anesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital in what became known as the Ether Dome. For the...

Universalfaith

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The Hymn Born in a Shipwreck

In 1873, Horatio Spafford put his wife and four daughters on a ship bound for England. He planned to join them later. Partway across the...

Universalcourage

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The Cells That Heal Together

In 2016, researchers at the University of Alberta made a remarkable discovery about how our bodies heal wounds. They found that skin cells don't migrate...

Universalcommunity

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The Protocol That Holds Everything Together

In the early days of the internet, engineers faced a fundamental problem: how do you get millions of different computers, built by different manufacturers, running...

Universallove

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The Symphony That Took Six Years

In 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven stood before an orchestra in Vienna for the premiere of his Ninth Symphony. He could not hear a single note....

Universalpatience

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The Hymn That Cost Everything

In 1873, Horatio Spafford stood on the deck of a ship crossing the Atlantic, passing over the very waters where his four daughters had drowned...

Universalsacrifice

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The Fastest Man Who Couldn't Walk

In 1996, Kerri Strug stood on the mat at the Atlanta Olympics with a third-degree sprain in her left ankle. Her coach, Béla Károlyi, needed...

Universaltransformation

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The Password That Set Us Free

In 2014, Google engineer Tadek Pietraszek helped design a revolutionary security key — a tiny USB device called the Titan Security Key that replaced passwords...

Universalfreedom

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The Delete Key That Cannot Undo Grace

Every version of Git, the software that tracks every change programmers make to their code, keeps a complete history. Every mistake, every broken line, every...

Universalforgiveness

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When the Music Returns

In 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven stood on stage at the premiere of his Ninth Symphony, completely deaf. He could not hear a single note of...

Universalhealing

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The Cells That Refuse to Let You Die

Every second of every day, your body is quietly saving your life. Scientists estimate that your cells repair somewhere between ten thousand and one hundred...

Universalredemption

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The Musician Who Played What Was Written

In 1741, George Frideric Handel received a libretto from Charles Jennens — a collection of scripture passages arranged to tell the story of the Messiah....

Universalobedience

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