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Divine healing? Try it. Pray for it.
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Book Quote, Sermon Preparation or Illustration
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 Christ, Healing, Bartimaeus, Prayer

Mark
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Scripture Meditation or Sermon and 2 more types
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 Christ, Mark (book), Hope, Jesus Christ's Work

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 Christ, Illustration

Sermon Illustration: Herod Antipas
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Book Quote, Sermon Preparation or Illustration
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 Christ, History Of Redemption, History, Pontius Pilate

Eternal Life
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Book Quote, Sermon Preparation or Illustration
"Frederick Buechner on John 3:13-17 suggesting that eternal life in the full and final sense is to be with God as Christ is with him, and with each other as Christ is with us."
John 3:13-17
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Illustration, Eternal Life, Jesus Christ, Maturity

Jairus' Daughter
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Book Quote, Sermon Preparation or Illustration
In this sermon on Mark 5:21-43, Frederick Buechner describes the power of Jesus as "that life-giving power" at the heart of the story of Jairus' daughter; power of new life, new hope, new being.
Mark 5:21-43
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Jesus Christ, Fear, Faith, Jairus

The Kingdom of God
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Book Quote, Sermon Preparation or Illustration
This blog post pairs Mark 1:1-15 with a reading from Frederick Buechner's writing on the gospel of Mark. Whenever he reads the opening verses, he always get the feeling that Mark is in a terrible rush.
Mark 1:1-15
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Jesus Christ, Identity, Mark (book)

Recognizing
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Book Quote, Sermon Preparation or Illustration
In this illustration on Luke 24:13-31, Frederick Buechner focuses on the unique way that Jesus recognizes people.
Luke 24:13-31
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Jesus Christ, Resurrection Of Jesus Christ, Emmaus

The Secret in the Dark
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Book Quote, Sermon Preparation or Illustration
This sermon illustration for Easter Sunday pairs John 20:11-18 with an excerpt from Frederick Buechner's "The Secret in the Dark" to show how Jesus' quiet and limited proclamations make his own resurrection even more miraculous.
John 20:11-18
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Jesus Christ, Resurrection Of Jesus Christ, Illustration

What It Means to Be a Christian
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Book Quote
This is an excerpt from Frederick Buechner's "Wishful Thinking" that illustrates John 14:6 and what it means to be a Christian. It means being "on Christ's way" and following the life that Jesus embodied.
John 14:6
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Christianity, Grace, Jesus Christ, Knowledge

The Coming Day of Judgment
Frederick Buechner | Preaching Today Requires paid account
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
Frederick Buechner meditates on the bad news and good news of the coming judgment. We will be judged, but the one who judges us will be Jesus, who bore our judgment on the cross.
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Death, Grace, Love, Judgment

Sermon Quotes on the Kingdom of God
Frederick Buechner | The Pastor's Workshop Requires paid account
Book Quote
Several quotes that highlight various aspects of the Kingdom of God: restoration, power, inclusivity, and obedience.
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Jesus Christ, Kingdom Of God, Power, Restoration

Sermon Quotes on the Cross
Athanasius | The Pastor's Workshop Requires paid account
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Book Quote
This collection of quotes about the crucifixion of Jesus on the cross features work from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Charles Spurgeon, Athanasius, Jürgen Moltmann, Thomas à Kempis, Stanley Hauerwas, and many more.
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Cross, Jesus Christ's Death, Crucifixion, Jesus Christ

The Greatest Fact in the World
Frederick Buechner | Preaching Today Requires paid account
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
An illustration about the different ways that the resurrection could be written off as something other than literal.
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Faith, Truth, Jesus Christ, Resurrection Of Jesus Christ

Absalom
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
Reflecting on the death of Absalom (2 Samuel 18), Frederick Buechner says that although King David would have given his own life to make Absalom alive again - only a God could do that.
2 Samuel 18:5-9 (+ more)
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Love, Jesus Christ, Crucifixion, Grace

What It Means To Be A Christian
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
Reflecting on John 14:6, Frederick Buechner suggests that being a Christian is "living, participating in, being caught up by" Jesus' way of life, and that would be possible for someone who had not heard of Christ.
John 14:6
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Way, Jesus Christ, Disciple, Orthodoxy

To Wait In Hope
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Book Quote, Sermon Preparation or Illustration
In this sermon illustration on Romans 5:1-5, Frederick Buechner discusses the nature of hope. Hope begins in a memory of the past and anticipates a future of joy, peace, and life in Christ.
Romans 5:1-5
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Faith, Hope, Jesus Christ, Eschatology

Herod Antipas
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Book Quote, Sermon Preparation or Illustration
In this reflection on Mark 6:14-29 and other scriptures, Frederick Buechner imagines Herod Antipas as someone who has "spent much of his life running scared."
Mark 6:14-29
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Herod Antipas, Fear, Pontius Pilate, Jesus Christ

Jesus Saves
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Book Quote, Sermon Preparation or Illustration
"Jesus saves"—embarrassing and naked words that truly "took a mouth of flesh to say and an ear of flesh to hear." Day1 pairs Matthew 16:24-25 with Frederick Buechner's "The Hungering Dark" and "Secrets in the Dark."...
Matthew 16:24-25
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Jesus Christ, Words, Salvation

Jesus and the Pharisees
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Book Quote, Sermon Preparation or Illustration
In reference to Mark 7:1-8, Frederick Buechner says that "hypocrisy and irrelevance" angered Jesus the most; and thus he strongly attacked the Pharisees, "the good people who should have known better."
Mark 7:1-8
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Illustration, Eating, Pharisees, Tradition
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