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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Robert Allen
... choosing between good and evil ... of choosing between right and wrong. I like that Psalm which clearly shows that we know the difference between good and evil. The writer of the first Psalm said: Blessed is the man who walks not in counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers. Each day we encounter temptations which require us to choose between good and evil. There is no once-and-for-all-time choice, because temptations come to us each day and each day we must ...
2527. I Love A Parade
Matthew 21:1-11, John 12:12-19
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Robert Allen
... ." One of the things that has happened to the church in our day is that Christians have lost their boldness. So often our relationship to God is a casual thing, yet he calls us to be boldly committed to him. He calls us to have the courage to stand up for Christ. He calls us to dare to live our faith. George Gallup, in his book, Religion In America, says that most American Christians never find themselves in moral dilemmas. Not because there are no longer any moral decisions to make, but because we have so ...
2528. Blessed among Women
Luke 1:39-45, 1 Samuel 2:1-11
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Erskine White
... as she was. No, Mary was a simple, ordinary person in God’s sight just as we are, which makes her life all the more inspiring and her story all the more compelling to Christians today. Amen. Pastoral Prayer God of wonder and God of light, we continue to stand in awe at the way You brought Your Son into the world, and we thank You for the ordinary people who helped You do it. In particular, we thank You for the service of Mary, whose courage, faith and thoughtful serenity continue to appeal to us today. We ...
2529. Is There Life After Christmas?
Luke 2:21-40, Isaiah 12:1-6
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Erskine White
... reveal our inner thoughts all the time, by every action we take or fail to take. When we stop to help a stranded motorist - or drive by and ignore his need - we reveal ourselves in ways more profound than we realize. When we speak callously of the poor or stand up to defend the poor even when it is unfashionable to do so, we reveal ourselves again, along with our values and the inner thoughts of our hearts. It is even more true with Jesus. We can only choose to live for or against Him - there is no middle ...
2530. It Isn't Fair!
Matthew 20:1-16
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Brett Blair
... it. Peter didn’t have any problem with that. He simply laid his cards out on the table. He said, "Lord, we have given up everything, riches and all, to follow you." What then shall we have?” In others words, what’s in this for us Lord. How do we stand to profit? Where’s the payoff? In response to Peter’s question, Jesus told a story. It was the harvest time of the year. At 7 A. M. a wealthy landowner went to the Town Square to hire laborers. Then, about noon, he came back into town and hired still ...
2531. Send Me!
Isaiah 6:1-13
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Frederick C. Edwards
Certain events - often cataclysmic ones - stand out in bold relief in our memory. Those of you who are over 35 or so, think of where you were or what you were ... and still be regarded as life in the best sense. Life must be dynamic. It must move. It can only go forward. We can never turn back the clock, or go back to what we once were. To stand still is to die, or at least to miss out on the life that God offers us. We all must grow, and to grow is to outgrow the past and even the present and to embrace the ...
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Frederick C. Edwards
... we are. We work hard. We are reasonably honest. We love and are devoted to our families. We support good causes. We stand up for public morality and honesty and treat our neighbors with respect. We want a peaceful world where everyone is fed and ... avoid that venture saying, "Oh God, I don’t want to do that," or "Don’t send me there. Not to those people." So often our prejudices stand in the way of our doing what God calls and prods us to do. Our more probable reaction is to just claim to be too busy, or ...
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Frederick C. Edwards
... completely dimmed by time. We want to cling to them, preserve them, and recreate them if possible. But the realities of life do not allow us to continue to live at that peak level all the time. In fact those high points of our experience probably stand out in bold relief against where we do live most of the time. Those singular moments; those times of inspiration and enlightenment, of joy and enthusiasm not only add zest to life, but they also give it direction and meaning. A reading of the gospels will ...
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Carl E. Zahrte
... no rest all through the previous night, and I was told how he had been mocked, and beaten, and condemned to die, even though Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, had declared that this man was innocent of any crime! Then, just as he reached the spot where I was standing, he fell to his knees and collapsed. The soldiers cursed at him to get up, but any fool could see that he was nearly exhausted. Some women walking close to his side began to weep, but no one offered a hand to help. I must confess, I shrank ...
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Carl E. Zahrte
... before he died, he said, "Father," as if he were suddenly very close to God again, "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit." Then he was gone. Yes, Jesus was dead, and the tears streamed from my eyes, and the women with me wept, and other people standing around beat their breasts in sorrow, until, one by one, they left that dark scene beneath his Cross. We women were weeping, but we did not leave, not until Joseph of Arimathea arranged to remove the body of Jesus, and took it to a garden tomb close by ...
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Durwood L. Buchheim
... really called him, he was busy arguing with God that the people were worth calling. Once again Moses heard the familiar lament, "Why did you bring us out of Egypt to die in this desert, where there is no food or water? We can’t stand any more of this miserable food." Their attitude reminds me a bit of my student days at college and our consistent complaining about the miserable, tasteless, starchy food we were being served in the cafeteria. But nobody took our complaining too seriously! The children of ...
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Durwood L. Buchheim
... , but it cannot be what everybody would like it to be. The preacher is called to create taste, not to satisfy tastes."2 One of the reasons people sleep through our sermons is because too many of them are so bland and safe. If at times we do take a stand on a controversial issue, we tend to fog it up in abstract language so that our listeners can interpret it the way they want to. So the theologian’s flower has been called the "hedge" and wise old Joe Sittler talked about coming down on an issue "with both ...
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Durwood L. Buchheim
... by the Apostle Paul, "I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate ... Who will deliver me from this body of death?" (Romans 7:15-24). But against this scary history of sin and evil stands the steadfast love of our faithful God. Our sins are great. We have strayed far from the way. Our garments are dirty. We may have tried to ignore or even bury this "steadfast love" under years of prayerlessness and neglect, under things and more things. But try as we ...
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Brett Blair
... son. We know that Jesus has influenced the world for 2000 years. They thought his influence would end at the cross. It's a fascinating story. We look at the Pharisees and we shake our heads. How could they have been so wrong when the truth was standing right in front of them? I believe they were upset because Jesus held them accountable and exposed their hypocrisy. "Teacher, we know that you are sincere," they say to him, "and teach the way of God." Not for a moment did they believe in Jesus' sincerity. It ...
Drama
William Grimbol
... life ... a hollow life ... a stagnant life ... a shallow life ... a childish life ... a life that has no QUALITY whatsoever. On Palm Sunday we celebrate the path of passion, the path of quality, and we stand naked before the power of that passionate revealer of all that gives life QUALITY. READER 6 Almost every day, we too stand on the threshold of our own Jerusalems ... before our own crosses ... and we too have to make that choice of entering or avoiding. We too, whether we be conscious of it or not, are ...
Drama
William Grimbol
... a crystalline portrait of integrity, a picture that clearly portrays Christ’s own lack of care or concern for the standards and expectations of the world. Jesus Christ, the footwasher, stands before us in the glory of his unbloated status ... his deflated image ... his stale flat-looking life, and reveals the incredible integrity of standing stripped before the world as a piece of unleavened bread. READER 4 We fear the simple starkness of that unleavened life, even more than we fear the "faith-fact" that ...
Drama
Douglas W. Orbaker
... ll be eternally grateful, sir ... Well, you’re not free yet. Theudas I had to lie, Barabbas. I just had to. The thought of my life ending - of not existing - and the awful pain of death ... (In agony) I just couldn’t stand it. Barabbas Then we have something in common - I can’t stand you! Theudas (Trying to justify himself) I suppose you don’t want to live! Barabbas What is there to live for? An insurrection that has no hope of succeeding? A God who is unable to rescue you without your help? Friends ...
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J. Ellsworth Kalas
... Pilgrimage than in the footsteps of Jesus? And where better to begin such a pilgrimage than in Bethlehem, the city where our Lord was born. Even people who are not particularly religious cherish the idea of sometime walking the streets of that little city, and of standing at some point where they can look in silence out over the hillsides to a place where shepherds once heard the angelic message. For those of us who love Christ, it is one of the most cherished spots on earth. As long as I have a memory ...
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J. Ellsworth Kalas
... Calvary looking up at that rugged hillside than I did inside the ornamented church. So I tell you before you make the trip: if you want to feel the land of the Bible come alive, spend as much time as possible out-of-doors. In the Garden spot, as you stand by olive trees which are hundreds of years old and which grow out of the remains of trees still older, you will sense the nearness of the Lord who prayed in Gethsemane. Or when you walk down to the banks of the Jordan River, you will almost see John the ...
Drama
Curt M. Joseph
... men they are fulfilling the purpose for which Yahweh created them. And since they are carrying out the will of Yahweh, then it is our duty as the faithful to support what Yahweh has created. Nathanael: But when governments stand opposed to Yahweh, when they breed corruption, when they stand for injustice, when they harm men instead of serving men, then we must remember that we are made in the image of Yahweh. Therefore we must oppose evil governments. It means we must change governments, not destroy them ...
Drama
Curt M. Joseph
... were going to hell because we have misled the Gentiles by converting them to Judaism. Aaron: He said that the altar was more sacred than the gifts that we place on the altar. He accused us of nitpicking the finer details of the Law, while failing to stand for justice, righteousness, and mercy. Obed: And if that wasn’t bad enough, he accused us of killing the prophets. There was more, much more, (sarcastically) but we know how busy you are. What are we going to do about him? Caiaphas: (He thinks for awhile ...
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R. Blaine Detrick
... out in the desert - alone. In the solitude of the desert, he learned to put things in proper perspective ... to ponder ... to pray ... to meditate. In the solitude of the desert, he listened for the voice of God - and heard it distinctly. Some of us can’t stand to spend five minutes alone. We enter a room, and instantly the television ... or the radio ... or the stereo ... is turned on. We just cannot endure quietness and solitude. We need to learn to be alone. We need to learn to live by ourselves ("with ...
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R. Blaine Detrick
... three." And Peter was one of them. I like Peter - and I think most Christian people like Peter. One of the reasons is because he is so much like us. (Or should I say that we are so much like him?) Now Paul was a great man, and he probably stands head and shoulders above everybody else (except, of course, for Jesus) in the entire Bible. That’s why our congregation voted him to be No. 1 in the list of their favorite men. And in most such elections, Paul would probably emerge at the top of the list. But Paul ...
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Jerry L. Schmalemberger
... shape to Christianity. It’s a free way. It’s a way centered on personal faith. It’s a way of individual responsibility. At the Diet of Worms in 1521, Luther took his famous stand. When asked to denounce what he had written calling for a change in the church and of Christianity, he stood before the emperor and said: "Here I stand, I can do no other, God help me. Amen." We ought to be in the lineage of this reformer, calling for continual re-forming and changing of the church. We ought to be a dynamic ...
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Richard A. Jensen
... off to the high priest of the Jews that he might be tried. And the disciples? They had all said that they would die before they would deny him. In this place we read simply that, "... they all forsook him, and fled" (Mark 14:50). They all vowed to stand firm. They all forsook him and fled. That is the last we hear about the twelve in Mark’s Gospel. The story of Jesus’ inner group, the story of the twelve disciples, ends in denial. Only Peter’s story, only the story of the leader of the twelve, is yet ...
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