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Divine healing? Try it. Pray for it.
Frederick Buechner | Day1
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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
Mark
Frederick Buechner | Day1
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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
Sermon Illustration: Herod Antipas
Frederick Buechner | Day1
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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
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
Jairus' Daughter
Frederick Buechner | Day1
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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, Fear, Faith, Jairus
Herod Antipas
Frederick Buechner | Day1
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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
Sermon Illustration: Nicodemus
Frederick Buechner | Day1
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Reflecting on Nicodemus' visit with Jesus (John 3:1-21), Frederick Buechner suggests that although Nicodemus came at first under cover of darkness, eventually he was indeed born again.
John 3:1-21
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Jesus, Spirit, Nicodemus, The New Birth
Recognizing
Frederick Buechner | Day1
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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, Resurrection, Emmaus
The Sacred Journey: Once Before Time
Frederick Buechner | Duke University Chapel
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
Based Luke's account of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, this sermon calls those who hear to consider the Cold War in their own time, and to hope and work along with Jesus for peace on earth.
Luke 19:36-44
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Hope, Peace, Jesus, War And Peace
Darkness
Frederick Buechner | Day1
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Cited as an illustration of Ephesians 5:8-10, Frederick Buechner's article reflects on darkness at the creation (Genesis 1:2-3) and at the end of John's gospel (21:1-14).
Ephesians 5:8-10
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Creation, Glory, Jesus, Disciple
Sermon Quotes on the Kingdom of God
Frederick Buechner | The Pastor's Workshop
Book Quote
Several quotes that highlight various aspects of the Kingdom of God: restoration, power, inclusivity, and obedience.
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Jesus, Kingdom Of God, Power, Restoration
Sermon Quotes on the Cross
Frederick Buechner | The Pastor's Workshop
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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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Sermon, Cross, Death Of Christ, Crucifixion
Light
Frederick Buechner | Day1
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Describing the invisible nature of light, this sermon illustration by Frederick Buechner on John 8:12 and Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5 explains how Jesus, who "is beyond our seeing," illuminates our path in the darkness.
Revelation 21
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Jesus, Illumination, Guidance, Light
The Pharisees
Frederick Buechner | Day1
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In this sermon illustration on Mark 7:1-8, Frederick Buechner argues that Jesus' strongest emotional reactions to other human beings were toward the hypocritical Pharisees.
Mark 7:1-8
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Jesus, Illustration, Emotion, Pharisees
The Resurrection
Frederick Buechner | Day1
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Reflecting on Acts 2:14, 22-32, Frederick Buechner points out that the resurrection of Jesus is not described; it is "simply proclaimed as a fact." Without its truth, there would be no Christianity.
Acts 2:14, 22-32
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Easter, Faith, Hope, Jesus
The Sheep from the Goats
Frederick Buechner | Day1
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This sermon illustration for Reign of Christ Sunday pairs Matthew 25:31-46 with a reading from Frederick Buechner's "The Faces of Jesus" to show that Jesus appears in every form of human need.
Matthew 25:31-46
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Illustration, Stranger, Love Your Neighbor, Jesus
Once Upon A Time Is Our Time
Frederick Buechner | Day1
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In this sermon illustration on Matthew 25:1-13, Frederick Buechner argues that Jesus' stories are not to be read as fairytales whose content can be forgotten after finding the moral.
Matthew 25:1-13
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Parables, Jesus, Scriptures, Illustration
Jesus and the Pharisees
Frederick Buechner | Day1
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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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Sermon, Illustration, Eating, Pharisees
Absalom
Frederick Buechner | Day1
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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, 15, 31-33
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Love, Jesus, Crucifixion, Grace
Sermon Illustrations on God's Love
Frederick Buechner | Day1
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Excerpts from Frederick Buechner's works that could be used as illustrations for Romans 8:26-39, focusing on God's love for people, from which nothing can separate us.
Romans 8:26-39
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Love, God's Love, Jesus, Gospel
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