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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
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
The Salt of the Earth
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
Frederick Buechner reflects on Matthew 5:13-14, suggesting the church is the salt of the earth when she shows the world what it means to be alive.
Matthew 5:13-14
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Sermon On The Mount, Healing, Love, Church
The Sacred Journey: Once Beyond Time
Frederick Buechner | Duke University Chapel
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
In this audio sermon on Matthew 19:16-30, Carl Frederick Buechner reads from his memoir. Buechner describes how he came to be healed from the reality of his father's death through God's gift of holy grace.
Matthew 19:16-30
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Faith, Healing, Grace, Love
The Power of God and the Power of Man
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Book Quote
Reflecting on Jesus' healing of a sick boy (Luke 9:38-43), Frederick Buechner says to those who wonder whether God has real power: "Ask, and you will receive" (Matthew 7:7).
Luke 9:38-43
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Lent, Faith, Healing, Prayer
Healing
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Book Quote
This sermon illustration pairs Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 with a Frederick Buechner reading that explores Christ's healing ministry and suggests ways that we might participate in it.
Mark 6:30-34, 53-56
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Healing, Miracles, Miracles Of Jesus, Sickness
You Do Not Need to Understand Healing to be Healed
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Book Quote
Drawn from the work of Frederick Buechner, this brief reflection reminds us that being unable to understand something does not keep us from being blessed by it.
Luke 7:11-17
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Blessing, Healing, Miracle
Law of Love
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Book Quote
This sermon illustration pairs the text of Mark 1:21-26 with an excerpt from Frederick Buechner’s book Beyond Words, which explains healing on the Sabbath according to the "Law of Love."
Mark 1:21-26
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Healing, Love, Law, Sabbath
On the Possibility of Miraculous Healing
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Book Quote
Frederick Buechner considers objections to the possibility of miraculous healing, yet encourages us to try it, pray for it. "If God doesn't seem to be giving you what you ask, maybe he's giving you something else.
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Faith, Healing, Miracles, Health
The Real Article
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Book Quote
In this extended book quotation, Frederick Buechner reflects on the healing power of faith-filled, "fairy-tale prayers."
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Faith, Healing, Prayer, Belief
A Healing Fool
Frederick Buechner | Preaching Today
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
In this sermon illustration for Mark 2:17, John 9:1-3, or Matthew 17:20, Frederick Buechner demonstrates that if God doesn't seem to be giving you what you ask, you may be receiving something else instead.
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Healing, Illustration, Miracles Of Jesus, Prayer, Answers To
A Healing
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Book Quote
"Could I but touch the churlishness within myself or kiss old Godric clean!" Godric, a supposed saint, narrates an encounter with a leper in this excerpt from the novel Godric by Frederick Buechner.
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Healing, Leper, Leprosy, Saint, Sin
The Law of Love
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Book Quote
When we choose to love God supremely, works of mercy take precedence over the preservation of own personal piety. Obedience to the greater commandment of loving our neighbor as ourselves surpasses the lesser law of duty.
Mark 1:21-26
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Healing, Love, Law, Sabbath