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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

Vivid Retelling

The Throne in Heaven: Revelation 4:1-11

Cinematic retelling of the heavenly throne room vision

Universal

660 words

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The Hymn That Needed No Storm

Most beloved hymns are born from crisis. *It Is Well With My Soul* emerged from the drowning of four children. *Amazing Grace* was forged in...

Universaltrust

230 words

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The Farmer Who Never Stopped Giving

When the 2011 tornado flattened half of Joplin, Missouri, Earl Schaffer lost his equipment barn, two grain bins, and most of his winter wheat crop....

Psalm 112:1-10Universal

231 words

Vivid Retelling

The Vineyard and the Son: Mark 12:1-12

Cinematic retelling of the parable of the tenants

Universal

311 words

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The Race That Nobody Won — And Everybody Remembers

In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semifinal. He had trained for years, overcome multiple surgeries, and finally...

Universalperseverance

237 words

Movie Analogy

When Love Pays the Debt You Cannot Pay

In the 2012 film *Les Misérables*, there is a moment that should stop every heart in the theater. Jean Valjean, a convict hardened by nineteen...

Universallove

215 words

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The Blood That Is Not Your Own

In bone marrow transplantation, something happens that sounds more like theology than medicine. When a patient's diseased marrow is destroyed and replaced with a healthy...

Universalgrace

235 words

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The Wretch Who Wrote the World's Most Beloved Hymn

In 1748, a violent storm nearly sank a slave ship crossing the Atlantic. The captain, a foul-mouthed, hard-drinking man named John Newton, cried out to...

Universalforgiveness

249 words

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The Night Shift Operator Who Never Stopped Listening

In 1963, a young woman named Doris Tanner worked the overnight switchboard at a small hospital in Abilene, Texas. Most operators dreaded the graveyard shift...

1 Samuel 3:10Universal

240 words

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The Wagons He Couldn't Leave Behind

In 1772, John Fawcett had every reason to go. He had spent seven years serving a small, poor Baptist congregation in Wainsgate, Yorkshire — a...

Universalcommunity

246 words

Movie Analogy

The Candlesticks That Made a New Man

In the 1998 film *Les Misérables*, there is a scene that should stop every Christian cold. Jean Valjean, played by Liam Neeson, has just been...

Universalidentity

246 words

Sermon Illustration

The Ninth Drop

In 1927, Professor Thomas Parnell at the University of Queensland in Australia set up one of the longest-running experiments in scientific history. He heated a...

Universalpatience

252 words

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The Father in the Stands

At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, British sprinter Derek Redmond had one goal: a 400-meter medal. He'd trained for this moment his entire life, battling through...

Universalidentity

228 words

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A New Heart, One Cell at a Time

For most of the twentieth century, doctors believed the human heart was incapable of healing itself. Heart muscle cells — cardiomyocytes — were thought to...

Universalhealing

255 words

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The Rented Violin

In 2019, a young cellist named Sheku Kanneh-Mason was loaned a 1700 Matteo Goffriller cello worth over two million dollars. The instrument wasn't his. It...

1 Corinthians 6:12-20Universal

239 words

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The Bag by the Door

In 2011, when wildfires swept through Bastrop County, Texas, residents had minutes to evacuate. Margaret Hensley, a retired schoolteacher, grabbed one bag she kept packed...

Luke 12:32-40Universal

233 words

Vivid Retelling

Terrible Times and Breathed-Out Words

A vivid retelling of 2 Timothy 3:1-17, painting the portrait of terrible last-days people who wear godliness's form while denying its power. Contrasts the deceivers with Timothy's formation in Scripture from infancy, culminating in the great declaration that all Scripture is God-breathed and useful for equipping God's servant.

Universal

1019 words

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The Call Before the Work

On February 7, 1837, a sixteen-year-old English girl named Florence Nightingale sat in the garden at Embley Park and heard what she described as the...

Mark 1:4-11Universal

253 words

Sermon Illustration

Written Over the Waves

In November 1873, Horatio Spafford stood at the rail of a ship crossing the Atlantic and stared into the water below. The captain had quietly...

Universalrestoration

244 words

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Thinking God's Thoughts After Him

In 1619, Johannes Kepler published *Harmonices Mundi*, his masterwork on the mathematical harmony of the cosmos. After years of painstaking observation and calculation, Kepler had...

Proverbs 8:22-31Universal

223 words

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When Notre-Dame Sang Again

When fire swept through Notre-Dame cathedral in April 2019, the world watched the spire collapse and feared the worst. But deep inside the nave, the...

Universalrestoration

238 words

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The Presence That Changed Everything - Charismatic (John 3:16)

A woman walked into a Vineyard church service skeptical and guarded. She didn't come for theology—her life was falling apart, and a friend had dragged her there. During worship, she felt something she couldn't explain: warmth, presence, overwhelming love. She started crying and couldn't stop.

John 3:16Universal

Short90 words

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The Man Who Fought Back by Not Fighting

On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson stepped onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn as the first Black man to play Major League Baseball in the modern...

Universalcourage

230 words

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The Soldier Who Wouldn't Believe the War Was Over

In March 1974, Japanese intelligence officer Hiroo Onoda finally emerged from the Philippine jungle on Lubang Island, where he had been hiding for twenty-nine years....

Mark 16:1-8Universal

242 words