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Fire
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Book Quote
This sermon illustration for Acts 2:1-21 uses an excerpt form Frederick Buechner to reflect on Pentecost and fire as holiness.
Acts 2:1-21
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Pentecost, Fire, Holiness
Divine healing? Try it. Pray for it.
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Book Quote
Frederick Buechner reflects on Jesus' many healings (e.g. Bartimaeus in Mark 10:46-42). He encourages praying for healing, and "if God doesn't seem to be giving you what you ask, maybe he's giving you something else."
Mark 10:46-52
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Jesus, Healing, Bartimaeus, Prayer
The Road Goes On
Frederick Buechner | Faith and Leadership
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
This sermon excerpt on John 14:6 by Frederick Buechner gives perspective on ministry, the heart, and how Christ is consistently present and can be trusted.
John 14:6
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Ministry, Heart, Trust, God's Presence
The Road Goes On
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
Frederick Buechner's commencement address on John 14:6 reflects on the ironies facing those called to be ministers and the grace that will be required to navigate them.
John 14:6
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Ministry, Trust, Grace, Pastoral Leadership
Job
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Book Quote
Frederick Buechner comments on the story of Job. Job never got an explanation for the losses he had suffered, and that did not matter, because he had experienced God directly.
Job 38:1-7, 34-41
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God's Will, God's Wisdom, God, Job
Holy Self-Examination
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Book Quote
Frederick Buechner describes Jesus' testing in the wilderness as 40 days of asking himself "what it meant to be Jesus." In Lent we are to spend roughly a tenth of the year in self-examination.
Luke 4:1-13
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Lent, Tithing, Temptation Of Christ, Repentance
Mark
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Book Quote
Frederick Buechner reflects briefly on the authorship, writing style, context, audience, content, and the rhetorical impact of the Gospel of Mark. Buechner suggests that though it seems written in haste, it ends in hope.
Mark 13:24-37
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Jesus, Gospel Of Mark, Hope, Work Of Jesus Christ
Examining Holy Week
Kim Lawton | Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
Article about Scripture, Article about Theology
An interview by Kim Lawton with Frederick Buechner (1926-2022) where Buechner explores the irony of Palm Sunday, the mystery of the resurrection, and the role of suffering in the life of faith.
Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34 Luke 19:28-44, 22:41-44
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Faith, Holy Week, Palm Sunday, Suffering
The Two Battles
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Book Quote
Frederick Buechner says that humans are engaged in two battles: competition with other people for success; and the struggle "to become whole and at peace inside our skins." The latter is the subject of Ephesians 6:10-18.
Ephesians 6:10-18
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Illustration, War, Armor, Devil
Sermon Illustration: Bartimaeus
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Book Quote
Frederick Buechner examines our understanding of healing in light of Jesus’ healing ministry. If our prayer for healing is unanswered, this may tell us more about ourselves and our prayer than it does about God.
Mark 10:46-52
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Healing, Prayer, Sin, Miracles
Christmas Itself Is By Grace
Frederick Buechner | Global Worship
Book Quote
Frederick Buechner's quote on the incarnation explores John 1:14, marveling that the stupendous miracle of it resists our efforts to domesticate it.
John 1:14
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Christmas, Grace, Incarnation, Salvation
On Preaching
Frederick Buechner | Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
Article about Preaching
In this interview, writer and preacher Carl Frederick Buechner suggests that the key to preaching is listening and observing life deeply and religiously rather than living on auto-pilot.
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Religion, Spirituality, Piety, Devotion, Preaching, Christianity
The Road Goes On
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
Frederick Buechner’s address at a seminary commencement reflects on the foolishness, the faith, the grace, the truth, the trust involved in the journey of Christian ministry.
John 14:6
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Forgiveness, Trust, Grace, Power
Sermon Illustration: Herod Antipas
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Book Quote
Frederick Buechner’s description of Herod Antipas’s encounters with John the Baptist, Jesus, and Pilate reveals a man ruled by fear yet heartless, unrepentant, cunning, and lacking any redeeming qualities whatsoever.
Mark 6:14-29
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Jesus, History Of Redemption, History, Pontius Pilate
Aaron
Frederick Buechner | Day1
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Frederick Buechner's humorous reflection on Aaron, suggesting that resentment of having to play second fiddle to his brother Moses may have contributed to his failed leadership in the golden calf worship incident (Exodus 32:1-4).
Exodus 32:1-4
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Aaron, Golden Calf, Moses, Worship
Ask For It
Frederick Buechner | Day1
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Frederick Buechner's sermon illustration on Luke 11:1-13. We can find the power of God's love when we ask for it, expecting an answer.
Luke 11:1-13
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Prayer, Petition, Luke, Seeking God
Jacob’s Wrestle
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Book Quote
Frederick Buechner retells the story of Jacob wrestling with God in Genesis 32:24-30 as a sermon illustration.
Genesis 32:24-30
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Awareness Of God, Blessing, Wrestling, Jacob (biblical Patriarch)
A Holy Thorn in David's Flesh
Frederick Buechner | Day1
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Frederick Buechner offers a reflection on 2 Samuel 11:26 - 12:13a, emphasizing the role of prophets in keeping the king honest.
2 Samuel 11:26-27, 12:1-13
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Nathan, David, Prophet, King
Without Ceasing
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Book Quote
Frederick Buechner notes that Jesus says that by far the most important thing about praying is to keep at it, being importunate in prayer, talking to yourself about everything and believing that Someone is listening.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
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Prayer, Jesus, Illustration, Prayerfulness
Easter Symbols
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Book Quote
Frederick Buechner reflects on Matthew 28:1-10 and explores ways in which modern culture has distorted Easter. The narrative that the Gospel writers give is as fragmented, shadowy, and incomplete as life itself because something unimaginable happened.
Matthew 28:1-10
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Easter, Tomb, Mary Magdalene, Saint
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