Dictionary: Face
Synonyms: countenance, physiognomy, profile, features, expression, facial expression, look, appearance, air, manner, bearing, guise, cast, aspect, impression, grimace, scowl, wry face, wince, frown, glower, smirk, pout, moue, side, flank, vertical, surface, plane, facet, wall, elevation, dial, display, (outward) appearance, nature, image, front, show, act, false front, facade, exterior, mask, masquerade, pretence, charade, pose, illusion, smokescreen, veneer, camouflage, respect, honour, esteem, regard, admiration, approbation, acclaim, approval, favour, appreciation, popularity, estimation, veneration, awe, reverence, deference, recognition, prestige, standing, status, dignity, glory, kudos, cachet, effrontery, audacity, nerve, gall, brazenness, brashness, shamelessness, look out on, front on to, look towards, be facing, have/afford/command a view of, look over/across, open out over, look on to, overlook, give on to, give over, be opposite (to), accept, come to accept, become reconciled to, reconcile oneself to, reach an acceptance (of), get used to, become accustomed to, adjust to, accommodate oneself to, acclimatize oneself to, be confronted by, be faced with, encounter, experience, come into contact with, run into, come across, meet, come up against, be forced to contend with, beset, worry, distress, cause trouble to, trouble, bother, confront, burden, brave, face up to, meet head-on, dare, defy, oppose, resist, withstand, cover, clad, skin, overlay, dress, pave, put a facing on, laminate, inlay, plate, coat, line
Antonyms: dodge, fear, back, give way, back down, dodge, avoid, throw in the towel, withdraw, cave in, retreat, succumb to, lay down one's arms, throw in the sponge, defer, submit, escape, bashfulness, shun, evade, elude
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1. Rules for Priests
Leviticus 21:1--22:16
Understanding Series
W. H. Bellinger, Jr.
... the sons of Aaron. The initial instruction limits the contact a priest is to have with a corpse, even if the person who dies is a relative. The term used for the person who dies is nepesh, a self, in this case a deceased being. Priests may come into contact with only the following people who have died: his mother or father, his son or daughter, his brother, or an unmarried sister. These persons are close kin, those who would live in the house of the priest; the term which is used is “flesh.” The case of ...
Sermon
Steve Burt
... those sins, God loves us and is not distant. When God says, "Come unto me, all ye who labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest," God isn't kidding. Our God gives great foot rubs. May our lives be filled with burning bushes so that we come into contact with God and experience holy ground.
Understanding Series
W.H. Bellinger, Jr.
... . 19:14–22 These final verses attend to specific circumstances of death and the specifics of the ritual. When a person dies in a tent, people in the tent are unclean for seven days. Open containers in the tent also contract the impurity. People who come into contact with human corpses out in the open will also be unclean for seven days. The occasions are enumerated in verse 16: a violent or natural death, or contact with a human bone or a grave. In these contexts of impurity, ashes from the heifer are put ...
4. The Law of the Temple
Ezekiel 43:13-27, Ezekiel 44:1-31, Ezekiel 45:1-12, Ezekiel 45:13--46:24
Understanding Series
Steven Tuell
... service in the inner court, he abstains from wine (v. 21; compare Lev. 10:9). A priest can only marry a virgin of unquestioned bloodline, or the widow of a priest (v. 22; compare Lev. 21:7, 13–15). Since he must remain ritually pure the priest cannot come into contact with the dead unless the deceased is a member of his immediate family (vv. 25–27; see 24:15–24, and compare Lev. 21:1–3), and he must avoid unslaughtered meat (v. 31; see 4:14, and compare Lev. 7:24). The priest has a vital obligation ...
Understanding Series
W. H. Bellinger, Jr.
... Priestly authorization of procreation in Genesis 1. Still, when semen is emitted, something of life has been discharged. The event is wondrous and mysterious, so precaution is in order to prevent the semen as a life-producing agent from coming into contact with inappropriate items. It is possible that the emission discussed here is premature, but most commentators do not take that view. We have already noted that verse 18 provides the middle point of the chapter’s structure, thus giving sexual intercourse ...
6. Elisha's Bones
2 Kings 13:10-25
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... knocks you down, God will set you on your feet again, and help you move on. Because God IS the promise of life. God is the Lord of Life. And God is good. Right down to the bone. Based on the Story Lectionary Major Text A Man is Raised by Coming into Contact with Elisha’s Bones (2 Kings 13:20-21) Minor Text The In-Breathing of Adam by the Holy Spirit and God’s Calling Out of Adam and Eve (Genesis 2-3) The Story of Noah and the Raising Up of New Life / God’s Salvific Power (Genesis 5-7) The ...
7. Clean Hands
Mark 7:1-23
Sermon
King Duncan
... , we can't just let anyone into church, can we? The Pharisees' question is especially pointed when we read that they have just come from Jerusalem. Most likely, they had to pass through the large marketplace there. In the marketplace, they would have come into contact with Gentiles, non-Jews. This contact with non-Jews made them ritually unclean. Before they could be acceptable in God's sight again, they had to wash away the "taint" of the Gentiles. Gentiles? Yes, that's us. They didn't want to be tainted ...
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... for heart disease and loneliness, even contributing to an increased risk for dementia. Think about it: Isolation has been used as punishment throughout human history. Connection is the antidote. As we emerge into this next phase, noticing the person you come into contact with by greeting them and making eye contact may be a first step. Frequently reaching out and calling someone you love is another option. Creating the opportunities to connect with colleagues and friends as you encounter each other all are ...
Sermon
Donald B. Strobe
... public followers...persons whom He called to be apostles, preachers, and teachers. But as you read the Gospels, other shadowy figures emerge, unnamed persons, persons who come upon the scene for a brief moment, and are then heard of no more. Persons whose lives come into contact with Jesus for but a brief instant, and then vanish into the vast darkness of history. There was the woman who anointed Jesus’ head with precious oil. (Mark 14:3-9) (I hope to say more about her in a future sermon.) Then there was ...
10. The Kohathites
Numbers 4:1-20
Understanding Series
W.H. Bellinger, Jr.
... of this community is the work of the Tent of Meeting. 4:4–6 In a natural progression, the work of the Kohathites is then detailed. They are responsible for the most holy objects in the tabernacle. It is important that Levites not come into contact with such holiness, and so the priests must prepare the objects when the tabernacle is to be dismantled for moving. First the priests take the shielding curtain, the curtain separating the Most Holy Place from the sanctuary, and use it to cover the ark ...
11. The Gershonites
Numbers 4:21-28
Understanding Series
W.H. Bellinger, Jr.
... of this community is the work of the Tent of Meeting. 4:4–6 In a natural progression, the work of the Kohathites is then detailed. They are responsible for the most holy objects in the tabernacle. It is important that Levites not come into contact with such holiness, and so the priests must prepare the objects when the tabernacle is to be dismantled for moving. First the priests take the shielding curtain, the curtain separating the Most Holy Place from the sanctuary, and use it to cover the ark ...
12. The Merarites
Numbers 4:29-33
Understanding Series
W.H. Bellinger, Jr.
... of this community is the work of the Tent of Meeting. 4:4–6 In a natural progression, the work of the Kohathites is then detailed. They are responsible for the most holy objects in the tabernacle. It is important that Levites not come into contact with such holiness, and so the priests must prepare the objects when the tabernacle is to be dismantled for moving. First the priests take the shielding curtain, the curtain separating the Most Holy Place from the sanctuary, and use it to cover the ark ...
Understanding Series
W.H. Bellinger, Jr.
... of this community is the work of the Tent of Meeting. 4:4–6 In a natural progression, the work of the Kohathites is then detailed. They are responsible for the most holy objects in the tabernacle. It is important that Levites not come into contact with such holiness, and so the priests must prepare the objects when the tabernacle is to be dismantled for moving. First the priests take the shielding curtain, the curtain separating the Most Holy Place from the sanctuary, and use it to cover the ark ...
Sermon
Donald Charles Lacy
... upon the moment. Great laity at times have to show clergy how and why this happens. 4. The world yearns for those who practice what they preach. "Hypocrisy" is such a nasty word! In my long pastoral ministry of well over forty years I have come into contact with numerous people who spend virtually a lifetime dealing with it. They always seemed to look upon the lives of church people they knew and said — in one way or another — the Christian faith isn't lived. They go to church and go through the motions ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... reminded of a lady who came up to Winston Churchill and she said, "Sir Winston, I don't like your politics and I don't like your mustache." Churchill replied, "Madam, I see no earthly reason why you should ever come into contact with either one." Now if you're not careful you're not going to come into contact with either what Jesus did not say, or what He did say. Now what Jesus was really saying is summed up in verse 5. "Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... reminder of the lady who came up to Winston Churchill and said, “So Winston, I don’t like your politics and I don’t like your mustache.” Churchill replied, “Madame, I see no earthly reason why you should ever come into contact with either one.” If you aren’t careful you aren’t going to come into contact with either what Jesus didn’t say or what He did say. There are two words I want you to circle in this verse. It is the word “first” and the word “then.” Those are the two key words ...
Children's Sermon
King Duncan
... lit up and filled with the power of God. And then they heard God's voice saying, "This is my son, who I love very much. Listen to Him." It was only when Jesus was praying that God filled Him with all that power. Just as a match has to come into contact with the matchbox in order to catch fire, Jesus had to come into contact with God, His Father, in order to be filled with more power. Prayer is powerful.
18. Cleansing from Mildew
Leviticus 14:33-57
Understanding Series
W. H. Bellinger, Jr.
... . The priests must be able to distinguish clean and unclean. Cleanness is fundamental to wholeness, and any disruption of that system with uncleanness threatens the community. Impurity occurs unpredictably and unexpectedly. An impure person, garment, or building could come into contact with the holy and endanger the whole community. Since it is important for the community to avoid impurity, these instructions, a gracious provision, will aid in that task. God does not leave the people in question but reveals ...
19. No Need to Worry
John 10:11-18; 27-30
Sermon
James Merritt
... the shepherd. I want you to notice that I did not say that the shepherd guards us from difficulty. I said the shepherd guards us when we face difficulty. The shepherd cannot prevent sheep from coming into contact with bears or lions or other wild beasts, but the shepherd can protect the sheep when they come into contact with those animals. What does this mean? If Jesus is my good shepherd - Nothing can touch me without His permission. However, if He does permit something to touch me, then it must be for my ...
20. Revised and Revisioned
John 8:48-59, John 9:1-12, John 9:13-34, John 9:35-41, John 10:1-21
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... But he has been now spiritually changed! “Revised” and “Revisioned!” Jesus comes as the Messiah as the Light of the World to tabernacle with us, and to heal our blindness to God’s presence in our world and in our lives. When we come into contact with God, we emerge changed. Sukkot (or the Feast of Tabernacles) is also the remembrance of God’s deliverance of the Israelites from bondage and their 40 year “tabernacling with God” in the wilderness before coming into the Promised Land. The water ...
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... of Judah and Tamar) (37, 38, 39) Psalm 16: God’s Deliverance Psalm 41: God’s Deliverance 1 Kings: Elijah raises a widow’s son (17:7-24) 2 Kings: Elisha raises a Shuumanite woman’s son (4:8-37) 2 Kings: a man is raised by merely coming into contact with Elisha’s bones (13:20-21) Matthew’s Witness to Jesus’ Healing Power at Jairus’ Home (9:18-9:26) Luke’s Witness to Jesus’ Healing Power at Jairus’ Home (8:40-8:56) and at Nain (7:11-15) Peter heals paralyzed Aeneas in Lydda and raises ...
22. Purification from “Leprosy”
Leviticus 14:33-57, Leviticus 14:1-32
Teach the Text
Joe M. Sprinkle
... people avoid contact with it and thus deter further spreading of it. 14:43  If the defiling mold reappears. Persistent cases, upon confirmation by a priest, require destruction of the whole house. 14:46  unclean till evening. Those who have come into contact with this mold-leprosy are unclean until evening and must undergo a simple purification rite of washing their clothes. Presumably, this also applied to the priest who has entered the house to make the diagnosis. 14:49  two birds and some cedar ...
Sermon
Donald B. Strobe
... virtue of a life lived in harmony with it. To the Greeks, John seems to be saying: “For centuries you have been thinking and writing and dreaming about the Logos, the power which created and sustains the order of the world, the power by which one might come into contact with the Divine. Well, have I got good news for you! In Jesus Christ the Logos has come to dwell among us mortals. We have seen His glory! In the beginning was the Word, the Logos of God. And that Word, that divine Logos, is Jesus Christ ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... to choose. Will we go with Pilate the merciless who would crush others to gain his own way or will we go with Jesus, who mercifully lay down his life for others? It is a choice we make more often than we think in the way we treat those we come into contact with each day. I hope we will choose Jesus. I hope that we will choose him by opening our own hearts and praying, “Lord, give me the ability to love others as much as Christ loved me. Help me to live a life of service as he lived a life of ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... constant thorn in his side - always critical. They got into a heated conversation one time and she said, "Winston, I don't like your politics and I don't like your mustache." He looked at her and said, "Madam, I see no earthly reason why you should ever come into contact with either one." Nehemiah knew what they were doing and he knew they could hurt him. He goes on to say in verse 9. "For they all were trying to make us afraid, saying, their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will not be done." Now ...
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