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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Drama
Lois Anne DeLong
... : But I really need you as Joseph. No one else can do this part. Hey, there’s an old saying in the theater that goes: “There are no small parts, only small actors.” Joseph: And what’s that supposed to mean? Director: Think about it. (crosses front toward main doors, then turns around and faces everyone) Why don’t you all think about that? (exits) Joseph: (asking Third Child) What do you think it means? Third Child: (thinks for a minute, then shrugs) I don’t know. Maybe there’s a lot of short ...
Drama
Lois Anne DeLong
... Mary holds the “door.” Bureau Chief knocks and, in doing so, knocks the door out of Mary’s hands.) Bureau Chief: Okay, I’ve heard some weird things about a star and some Kings on their way, apparently to see you and the kid. Let me state up front that I won’t publish anything about angels or the Son of God. I simply want to know what you know about this star, and who invited these Kings. And, does Herod know they’re coming? Mary: Gee, how about a “Hello, my name is....”? Bureau Chief: Sorry ...
Drama
Lois Anne DeLong
... shooting star, maybe? Shepherd 2: But it’s not falling. It’s more like someone is guiding it. Pulling it by its tail to somewhere important. Narrator: As the shepherds looked up, a band of angels appeared in the sky. (Angels enter from left and stand on front part of platform.) Shepherd 1: It just gets weirder. Shepherd 2: And you were worried about a star? (All Shepherds are now awake. They huddle together in fear.) Angel 1: Fear not. For behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to ...
229. Living in The Spirit of Generosity
2 Corinthians 9:6-12, Galatians 5:22-25
Sermon
Billy D. Strayhorn
... is good for the soul sometimes." The mother did purchase ice cream at the end of the meal. Her son stared at his ice cream for a moment and then did something a bit unusual. He picked up his sundae and without a word walked over and placed it in front of the woman. With a big smile he told her: "Here, this is for you. Ice cream is good for the soul, and my soul is good already." (4) That little boy understood and exemplified what it means to be Generous With Our Forgiveness. III. Generous With Our Giving A ...
230. Nehemiah: The Fix
Nehemiah 1:1-11
Sermon
Billy D. Strayhorn
... down by some enemies who had overthrown Jerusalem and now anybody and everybody could just walk in and do what they wanted with nobody to stop them. It would sort of be like leaving all the doors and windows of your house open and having a big sign in your front yard that said, "Free Stuff." It made Nehemiah sad to hear how his home city was being treated and how the people were all afraid because they didn't have any protection. So, he went to the King and the King noticed how sad he was and asked him why ...
Sermon
Billy D. Strayhorn
... manger. Quickly, they called for the translator and asked the boy why there were two babies in the manger. Crossing his arms in front of him and looking at his completed manger scene, the Misha began to repeat the story very seriously. For such a young ... man and asked, "Would you hold my baby for me, I left my purse in the rest room." He did. But as the woman neared the front door of the bus station, she darted out into the crowded street and was immediately lost in the crowd. This guy couldn't believe his ...
Sermon
Billy D. Strayhorn
... God. In the book, Without Reservations about the Holiday Inn hotel chain, by Fred V. Alias, there's a story about a man named Rick. Rick is one of those people who make you proud to be a member of the human race. Rick is a shift leader at the Front Desk at one of their hotels. One blustery November day, Rick was enjoying a day off, browsing through garage sales and thrift stores. At one stop, he caught bits of conversation between a lady and her little girl. The child was begging her mother to buy an old ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... agrees. The president leaves for a couple of years, but he writes often with instructions for how his business should be conducted. Finally he returns. As he approaches the front door of the company he immediately notices the flower beds are full of weeds, the windows across the front of the building are broken, and the receptionist at the front desk is sound asleep. When the president reviews the company’s bottom line things are even worse. The business has suffered huge losses. “What in the world is ...
Sermon
James W. Moore
... that it was time to get the power mower fixed. But, somehow her hints didn’t work. The message never sank in. Finally, she thought of a clever way to make her point: When her husband arrived home one day, he found her seated in the tall grass on the front lawn fussily snipping away (one blade of grass at a time) with a tiny pair of sewing scissors. The husband watched her for a few minutes and then he went into the house… Soon he came back with a toothbrush. He handed it to her and said: “When you get ...
Sermon
James W. Moore
... as the one who lost the Gold! She was so near the Gold Medal. She was so near becoming an Olympic Champion. She was so near, but yet so far. (2) The second story happened right here in Houston a couple of years ago. I was rushing toward the front entrance of Methodist Hospital to attend a meeting of the hospital board. Suddenly, a man of the streets approached me and said: “Don’t I know you? Haven’t I seen you on television?” I said: “Possibly.” He said: “Haven’t I seen your picture in the ...
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... , well-dressed congregation. It was packed like this service is today. So, he just started walking right down the center aisle to the front. When he could not find a place to sit, he just sat down on the floor. He felt comfortable there. There was, in ... Indian-style beside him. He reached over and said, “We’ll enjoy this together.” Together they sat on the floor in the front of the church until the service ended. That day a self-righteous church understood what it means to love one another. By this ...
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... it. Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. We need to put those words of Lady Liberty on our front door and then put our feet behind them in action. That is what the Church is about. Why be a part of a church except ... aid in each ear. He didn’t own a car, so he hitchhiked six miles to church every Sunday morning. He sat on the front row near the center aisle. He always sang about three measures behind everybody else when we sang the hymn. On his way out every Sunday ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... pressed the button for my floor. But the lift didn’t go there. It went a floor above. It went a floor below. It stopped and started perfectly for a half dozen other passengers who came and went as I rode aimlessly up and down. Finally I returned to the front desk and demanded to know why the elevator refused all my commands to take me to my floor. The check-in person patiently explained that all I had to do was insert my key, the key that I had already been given. Once I inserted my key into a slot ...
Sermon
Mark Ellingsen
... is not surprising that you would feel that you are getting beyond yourself when all this is happening, because when the front part of your brain is in overdrive as it is in prayer and meditation, the back part of your brain, the ... It seems that feelings of happiness are to a great extent related to our activating this outer layer of gray matter in the front part of the brain, which then in turn becomes bathed in other neurochemicals, specifically dopamine and endorphins (which are like natural narcotics that ...
240. Burned Beef
Isaiah 42:1-9
Sermon
Tony Everett
... Jenny's voice mail asking Terry to "warm up the beef stew that's in the casserole dish on the top shelf of the refrigerator. Keep the lid on to preserve the flavor." Terry followed the directions perfectly ... or, so he thought. Placing the dish on the front burner of the stove, Terry turned on the heating dial and proceeded to make a salad. Then he began to read the paper as he waited for the boys to arrive home from soccer practice. About thirty minutes later, his sons burst through the door, plopped down ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... . She explained that on the two‑day trip, she would have to substitute the bushes on the road for a rest room, brown‑bag it from restaurants that would not serve blacks, and her husband would have to sleep in the backseat of the car and she in the front seat below the steering wheel because they could not get into a hotel. Johnson told reporters of her plight many times, and when it came time to sign the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which he had proposed, he gave one of the first pens after the signing to ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... , and I went stumbling down the wide aisle clear down to the platform on which a tall man was talking. I fell down right in front of the platform and lay there in a drunken stupor. The man who was talking kept right on, speaking over my fallen body. When he ... said: “Tonight I plan to take the evening train to Chicago, and tomorrow night I shall be speaking on that same platform in front of which I lay drunk that night 25 years ago, and preach the same gospel to fallen men and women that Col. Clark preached ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... we have done? Why would God give us such a beautiful son and either allow him to die or take him away from us?” What Pastor Stetler didn’t know was that he would receive a lesson in mature Christian faith from these grieving parents. As he approached the front door, Stetler was greeted by Billy’s dad. All he could think to say was, “I’m terribly sorry.” The father said, “Thank you Dick, but don’t be. We are sad, of course, but Jean and I are so profoundly grateful that we had Billy for the ...
244. Cross-Bearing
Mark 8:31-38
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... Following the service, we and too many others piled into a small vehicle to go to our friend's home for some refreshments. In the front passenger seat sat one very slender fellow and on his lap sat his not-so-slender wife. With a grin he turned back to us ... worst public schools. This is Teach America's means of transforming our schools into something better. Will says, This woman stood up in front of a large group of Duke students, a larger group than I would suppose would come out to this sort of thing, and ...
Sermon
Robert J. Elder
... that he was at home," it was not so much telling us where Jesus' actual home was as it was a way of explaining why, when "it was reported," that is, when word got out, "so many gathered around that there was no longer room for them, not even in front of the door" (v. 2). And what brought so many people to him? The obvious answer would seem to be their search for healing. But there is no evidence in Mark that the paralyzed man was seeking healing per se, though it is clear that his friends were seeking it ...
246. Eyes on the Prize
2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1
Sermon
Gibson “Nibs” Stroupe
... is redemptive, that money brings life, that racial classification is a necessary evil? The doctrine of the resurrection is a promise that tells us that death does not rule, not only when we die, but even more importantly when we live. The risen Jesus is out in front of us, too, calling us to come out of the tombs of death so that we can experience that power of new life that fired Mary and even those reluctant men who had initially thought that she was hysterical. May we, too, hear our names called. May ...
247. Anger Is a Choice
Mt 18:15-35
Illustration
King Duncan
... he decided to move it using a 2x4 for leverage. Somehow the 2x4 slipped and the rock rolled back, breaking his leg. David remembered that no one was home, and he wondered how he was going to get up the front steps and into the house to the phone. At that moment the paperboy came along and put the paper on the front steps. He saw David Augsberger stretched out on the ground and he called out, "Hello, professor! It's a great day to lie out on the lawn and get some sun." Realizing the boy didn't have a clue ...
248. Everyone Is Invited
Matthew 22:1-14
Illustration
Bill Bouknight
... , "We don't do it that way. We only give cards to our special friends. I only need four cards. I don't even like some of the people in my class." Her mother said nothing else. Drew signed four cards and put the names on the front. Everybody was excited when the Valentine's Party began. The girl designated as postman began calling the names and handing out the cards. Some very popular children got bunches of cards. Drew heard her name called quite often and was having a wonderful time. But then she became ...
Sermon
Richard Gribble
... boy stared at the bread and the glass of water. This was the punishment his parents had warned him about. The father waited for the full impact to sink in then quietly he took the boy's plate and placed in front of himself. He then took his own plate and placed in front of his son. The boy understood what the father was saying through his actions. His father was taking upon himself the punishment that he, the boy, had brought upon himself by his own delinquent behavior. Years later, that same boy recalled ...
250. Matthew 23:1-12
Matthew 23:1-39
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... commandments” (Numbers 15:38-39). Jesus’ accuses the Pharisees of making their phylactery bands “broad” and their “tzitzit” tassels “long” in order to display them more ostentatiously to others. Likewise Jesus notes that the Pharisees love to be front and center on all occasions, whether social or religious. The “place of honor” (“protoklisia”) at first century banquets would have been reclining on the couch next to the host. Among some of the architectural remains of first century ...
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