The Magnificent Defeat

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Harper Collins, May 8, 1985 - Religion - 144 pages

In The Magnificent Defeat, Frederick Buechner examines what it means to follow Christ, the lessons of Christmas and Easter, the miracles of grace, and "the magnificent defeat" of the human soul of God.

 

Contents

the Power of Man
27
THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE
57
THE MYSTERY AND MIRACLE OF GRACE
109
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The Magnificent Defeat
Frederick Buechner
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alive angel answer anyway armor armor of God beautiful become like children begin believe bird blessing bread breath Candid Camera child Christ Christian Christianity tells comes course Cowardly Lion darkness dead death deep disciples dream earth Emmaus empty Esau everything evil eyes face faith father fear feet finally FREDERICK BUECHNER give goat God's Graham Greene hands happen heal hear heart human Jabbok Jacob Jesus Jesus of Nazareth journey kind kingdom of Heaven Land of Oz language least light lives look Lord man's Matthew mean miracle mystery never night ourselves peace perhaps Pharisees Pilate pray prayer priest question reality Robert Jordan saint sense silence somehow speak spirit stand stars story stranger sure tell terrible things tiger Tin Woodman truth trying voice whole words worship

About the author (1985)

Frederick Buechner, author of more than thirty works of fiction and nonfiction, is an ordained Presbyterian minister. He has been a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and was honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His most recent work is Beyond Words: Daily Readings in the ABC’s of Faith.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Magnificent Defeat
AuthorFrederick Buechner
PublisherHarper Collins, 1985
ISBN006061174X, 9780060611743
Length144 pages
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