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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?”

23,900 sermon illustrations through the Pentecostal lens

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The Song He Never Profited From

In the early 1990s, Rich Mullins wrote one of the most recognizable worship songs in modern Christianity — *Awesome God*. It was sung in megachurches...

Universalsacrifice

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Seeds That Refused to Die

In 2005, Dr. Sarah Sallon and Dr. Elaine Solowey did something that seemed impossible. They took a date palm seed excavated from the ruins of...

Universalhope

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Standing Too Close to the Canvas

In 1886, Georges Seurat unveiled *A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte*, a painting that baffled the Paris art world. Step close...

Universaltrust

233 words

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The Cathedral No One Would Live to Finish

When Antoni Gaudi took over the design of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia in 1883, he knew something remarkable: he would never see it completed. The basilica...

Universalpurpose

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The Dots That Became a Masterpiece

When Georges Seurat began painting *A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte* in 1884, he committed to something that must have seemed...

Universalpurpose

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Already Inside the Stone

In 1501, Michelangelo accepted a commission that other sculptors had refused. The block of marble was enormous — seventeen feet tall — but it had...

Universalidentity

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What Does This Tune Say?

In 1873, Phoebe Knapp sat at her piano and played a new melody for her friend Fanny Crosby. When she finished, she asked, "What does...

Universalfaith

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The Candlesticks That Broke the Chain

In Victor Hugo's *Les Misérables*, Jean Valjean is a man crushed by his past. After nineteen years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread,...

Universalfreedom

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The One Remaining String

In 1886, the English painter George Frederic Watts completed a canvas he simply titled *Hope*. When you first encounter it, you might wonder if he...

Universalhope

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Show Don't Tell

Show Don't Tell: Matthew 22:41-46

In the dimly lit courtyard of the Temple, the air was thick with tension as the Pharisees gathered, their robes rustling softly against the dusty stones. Their faces, lined with years of expectation and skepticism, were illuminated by the warm...

Universalhomileticspreaching technique

adults

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When the Music You Were Made For Is Bigger Than What You Can Hear

By the time Ludwig van Beethoven began composing his Ninth Symphony, he was almost entirely deaf. The man whose life was built around sound could...

Universalpurpose

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When a Young Man's Simple Words Became a Hymn

In 1887, musician Daniel B. Towner was leading worship at a D.L. Moody evangelistic meeting when something unexpected happened during the testimony time. A young...

Universalobedience

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The Divine Editor

In 2020, Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing CRISPR-Cas9, a gene-editing technology that has revolutionized medicine. Scientists design...

Universalhealing

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The Pipe Organ That Played Without Power

In 1944, Allied bombs had reduced much of Coventry, England, to rubble. The medieval cathedral lay in ruins, its famous pipe organ nothing but twisted...

Zechariah 4:6Universal

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Minari: Flourishing Where We're Planted (Jeremiah 29:5-7)

In the heart of rural Arkansas, a Korean-American family embarks on a journey that feels both hopeful and daunting. Jacob, the father, dreams of farming in this unfamiliar land, yearning to build a life that honors both his ambitions and...

Jeremiah 29:5-7Universalimmigrantexile

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Show Don't Tell

Show Don't Tell: Matthew 12:46-50

The sun hung low over the dusty streets of Capernaum, casting long shadows as Jesus gathered with a small crowd in a humble home. The scent of freshly baked bread wafted through the air, mixing with the earthy aroma of...

Universalhomileticspreaching technique

adults

311 words

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What Your Body Already Knows About Letting Go

In 2001, psychologist Dr. Charlotte vanOyen Witvliet conducted a study at Hope College that revealed something remarkable about what unforgiveness does to the human body....

Universalforgiveness

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The Father's Two Hands

In the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg hangs one of Rembrandt's final paintings — *The Return of the Prodigal Son*, completed around 1668, near the...

Universalforgiveness

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The Grain of Sand That Held Three Thousand Galaxies

In December 1995, astronomer Robert Williams made a decision that many of his colleagues considered reckless. As director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, he...

Universaltrust

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The Darkest Patch of Sky

In 1995, astronomer Robert Williams made a decision that many of his colleagues called foolish. As director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, he pointed...

Universaltrust

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The Orchestra That Almost Wasn't

In 2019, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra nearly canceled its entire spring season. A labor dispute had divided musicians from management, and for weeks, silence filled...

1 Corinthians 12:3b-13Universal

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The Sculptor Who Was Told to Paint

In 1508, Michelangelo Buonarroti received a commission he did not want. Pope Julius II ordered him to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel —...

Universalpurpose

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Show Don't Tell

Show Don't Tell: Mark 1:21-28

Picture a sun-drenched Sabbath morning in Capernaum, where the scent of freshly baked challah wafts through the air, mingling with the salty breeze from the Sea of Galilee. The humble synagogue, a stone structure with worn wooden benches, buzzes with...

Universalhomileticspreaching technique

adults

354 words

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The Wisdom of Mending Bones

In the nineteenth century, German surgeon Julius Wolff discovered something remarkable about broken bones. He observed that a fracture does not simply snap back together....

Universalpatience

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