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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?”

24,009 sermon illustrations through the Pentecostal lens

Sermon Illustration

The Forest That Feeds Its Own

In the old-growth forests of British Columbia, ecologist Suzanne Simard discovered something remarkable beneath the soil. Towering Douglas firs are connected by an underground web...

John 13:34-35Universal

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Vivid Retelling

The War Within: Romans 7:14-25

Experiential vignette showing Romans 7:14-25 - the struggle with sin

Universal

855 words

Sermon Illustration

The Blessing He Couldn't Withhold

In Marilynne Robinson's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel *Gilead*, the aging Reverend John Ames spends much of his life harboring quiet resentment toward his godson, Jack Boughton....

Universalforgiveness

240 words

Sermon Illustration

When Light Enters the Darkroom

In the days before digital photography, photographers developed their images in darkrooms — small, sealed rooms bathed in dim red safelight. The photographic paper sat...

John 1:1-14Universal

240 words

Sermon Illustration

What Holds the Universe Together

In the 1970s, astronomer Vera Rubin pointed her telescope at the Andromeda galaxy and discovered something that should have been impossible. The stars at the...

Colossians 1:15-17Universal

227 words

Vivid Retelling

The Four Horsemen: Revelation 6:1-17

Cinematic retelling of the six seals and four horsemen

Universal

817 words

Movie Analogy

Harriet: Fear Not, Liberation God Is With You - Black Church (Isaiah 41:10)

In the dim light of a flickering campfire, deep in the woods of Maryland, Harriet Tubman knelt down, her heart racing, as she whispered a prayer for courage. Around her, the silence of the night was punctuated only by the...

Isaiah 41:10Universal

285 words

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The Surgeon Who Refused the Simple Prescription

Dr. Elena Vargas had spent twenty-three years as one of Houston's most respected cardiac surgeons. When persistent chest tightness sent her to a colleague's office...

2 Kings 5:1-14Universal

234 words

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The Well Digger of Marah Springs

In 1947, a farmer named Harlan Briggs stood on forty acres of cracked Oklahoma dust. Three wells he had dug that summer — three wells...

Matthew 7:7-8Universal

232 words

Movie Analogy

The Pursuit of Happyness: Running Toward the Dream (Hebrews 12:1)

In the film *The Pursuit of Happyness*, we meet Chris Gardner, a father whose daily reality is defined by the relentless hustle of survival. Imagine, if you will, the early morning light filtering through the grimy windows of a San...

Hebrews 12:1-2Universalperseverancefatherhood

288 words

Sermon Illustration

The Hollow Square

In the hills of Appalachia, a singing tradition has endured for over two hundred years. Sacred Harp singing gathers ordinary people — farmers, teachers, nurses,...

Universalcommunity

220 words

Movie Analogy

Chariots of Fire: Courage Through Formed Character - Anglican (Joshua 1:9)

Picture the wind-swept fields of Scotland, where the air crackles with the vibrant energy of a young man named Eric Liddell, his heart set ablaze not just for victory, but for something far greater. In the early 1920s, Liddell found...

Joshua 1:9Universal

289 words

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The Runner Who Made God Visible

In the Weihsien internment camp in occupied China, a Scottish missionary organized games for restless children, tutored teenagers in science, and carried coal for elderly...

John 14:8-17Universal

241 words

Sermon Illustration

The Spring at Lifta

In the abandoned village of Lifta, just outside Jerusalem's western edge, a natural spring still flows from beneath the limestone. For centuries, families carried clay...

Zechariah 13:1Universal

242 words

Sermon Illustration

The Unarmed Soldier on Hacksaw Ridge

On May 5, 1945, Private First Class Desmond Doss crawled across the blood-soaked escarpment of Hacksaw Ridge in Okinawa with nothing but a Bible and...

Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16Universal

230 words

Sermon Illustration

The Scissors That Set Him Free

In 1941, Henri Matisse underwent surgery for abdominal cancer that left him largely confined to a wheelchair and, eventually, to his bed. The man who...

Universalfreedom

246 words

Sermon Illustration

The Hymn Written Over the Deep

In November 1873, Horatio Spafford stood at the railing of a ship crossing the Atlantic, staring into cold, gray water. Somewhere beneath those waves, his...

Universalfaith

236 words

Vivid Retelling

Twelve Years of Bleeding: Mark 5:21-34

Cinematic retelling of the woman with the issue of blood healed

Universal

340 words

Movie Analogy

The Step He Couldn't See

In *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade*, there is a moment that has stayed with audiences for decades. Indiana Jones stands at the edge of...

Universaltrust

250 words

Sermon Illustration

The Dragon Skin We Cannot Shed Alone

In C.S. Lewis's *The Voyage of the Dawn Treader*, the selfish boy Eustace Scrubb falls asleep on a dragon's hoard and wakes to find he...

Universalhealing

235 words

Contemporary

When Healing Refused to Stay Comfortable

In 1987, a twenty-seven-year-old Harvard medical student named Paul Farmer stood in Cange, a remote village in Haiti's Central Plateau, and made a decision that...

James 2:15-16Universalcompassionjustice

231 words

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