Synonyms: touch, feel, sense of touch, tactile sense, tactility, contact, using one's hands, sensation, sense, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, notion, inkling, hunch, fancy, apprehension, presentiment, premonition, foreboding, love, care, affection, fondness, tenderness, warmth, warmness, emotion, sentiment, emotional state, compassion, sympathy, empathy, fellow feeling, understanding, concern, solicitude, solicitousness, tender-heartedness, brotherly love, sensibilities, sensitivities, self-esteem, ego, pride, opinion, belief, view, impression, intuition, instinct, estimation, guess, theory, hypothesis, thought, way of thinking, point of view, atmosphere, ambience, aura, air, mood, climate, character, overtone, undertone, tenor, spirit, quality, flavour, colour, aptitude, knack, flair, bent, talent, gift, skill, art, trick, faculty, ability, propensity, inclination, sensitive, warm, warm-hearted, tender, tender-hearted, caring, soft-hearted, sympathetic, compassionate, empathetic, responsive, receptive, intuitive, thoughtful
Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice
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Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... , is proclaimed, responded to, and lived out in the world. II The Church is the Dwelling Place of Christian Fellowship. We begin our sermon today by talking about that strange word xenophobia, the fear of that which is different from you, the fear and suspicion of differences. That has been the way of the world from the very beginning, but the church serves to present to the world a better way. That better way is called “koinonia.” It means fellowship, community. And it’s community in spite of our ...
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... it in conversion lately, but it the right word to use in our sermon today. Precisely speaking, xenophobia is “hatred or distrust of foreigners or strangers”. Practically speaking, it is a fear of that which is different from you, the fear and suspicion of differences. It has been the phobia of people from the beginning through the ages, and still is. Xenophobia has plagued the church. We fear the opinions, positions, attitudes, and beliefs that do not match our own. Over against xenophobia I want to ...
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... his afflicted one. Nay, more, the Lord appeared to be afar off, no longer “a very present help in trouble,” but an inaccessible mountain into which no man would be able to climb. The presence of God is the joy of his people, but any suspicion of his absence is distracting beyond measure.” (C. H. Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 1, Funk and Wagnalls Co, New York and London, 1881, p. 123). “Why hidest thou thyself in time of trouble?” Spurgeon rightly reminds us that “ is not the trouble, but ...
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... answer about that. So we pray for a just and equal sharing of things the earth affords. Occasionally we come to a church and we confess our sins. We own the fact that we fail to hear the cry of the needy. But I have a suspicion that what most needy people would like to hear is a little less talk and a lot more action. Do we really mean “liberty and justice for all?” Reconciliation begins with justice. We who call ourselves Christian, individually and collectively, must commit ourselves unfailingly, even ...
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... Abraham, lay our weapons down, and say once more to all the world that we have more to gain by being kin to one another than we do in killing one another. Children of Abraham have more in common than they have apart and I have a sneaking suspicion that the world is yearning for an understanding like that. Jesus Christ the Son of Abraham. B. Jesus Christ, the Son of David All of us would like a little royalty in our heritage. Queen Elizabeth reportedly said at some point that she would like her son Charles ...
256. Follow
Mark 1:14-20
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... nets, abandoning their boats and following Jesus. What makes normal, ordinary, business people do that? A. TRUST—Incredible Trust. After I preached a sermon on “In God We Trust" several bankers reminded me of their slogan. “In God we trust, everybody else we audit." Suspicion is our way of life. We've been duped and betrayed too many times. Guilty until proven innocent is our mode of operation. We try people in the court of public opinion. With all the media attention, is it possible for anybody to ...
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... lack of a better term, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. And greed will save the United States of America." Now, if that were just a movie maybe we could laugh it off. But I have a suspicion it may be more into the core of our way of living than we want to admit. We're taught to be greedy. It makes the world go around. Even more than that, we want to be greedy, it seems to me. Who wants to be a millionaire? We all ...
258. By Belonging
1 Peter 2:2-10
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... systems are in place. Then self-acceptance is relatively easy and life is relatively good. But what happens when life falls through the cracks, when we sin and fail, when our dreams are shattered, when our investments crash, when we are regarded with suspicion, when illness and grief come stalking into our daily lives? What happens when we come face to face with the human condition? And Peter says to these struggling Christians in Asia Minor who are undergoing persecution, even in times like that, come to ...
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... . In sports we talk about team players who produce a team spirit. What great winning teams have are people who know how to work together. We don't need more stars; we need more servants. We need people who are willing to trade suspicion for cooperation, willing to value interdependence over independence. The world is hungering for community. Churches, through the power of the Holy Spirit, need to model community. Who else is better equipped in the world than the Church to model community with one another ...
Sermon
Mark Ellingsen
... , not really understanding, and still in despair. I'm not always sure I understand the resurrection, and am not always confident in its reality. How about you? Then it happened that evening. The doors of the house were locked, because the disciples were under suspicion by Jewish leaders, as followers of Jesus. But then suddenly he stood among them, saying "Peace be with you." Showing them his hands and his side led the disciples to rejoice. They had seen the risen Lord! (John 20:19-20). The story continues ...
261. Hunger and Politics
Matthew 14:13-21
Sermon
Wayne Brouwer
... for a big celebration party. Instead, Mary finds herself with child in a manner and at a time that appear unquestionably scandalous: she is pregnant without Joseph's help, and begins showing before their marriage has been publicly confirmed. Embarrassment and suspicion would entirely overshadow both the baby and the family were it not for the arrival of a divine messenger who announced this as God's deliberate interruption of all their lives. While people from other traditions who read this gospel may ...
Sermon
Wayne Brouwer
... get that from the historic strength of the church in our communities or nation. Maybe we see those who have been objects of our denominational mission efforts as the newbies on the block. But why should we view it that way? Why do we have this secret suspicion that someone else is getting a better deal than we are? Perhaps Jesus is trying to point that out to us, along with his first listeners. Maybe we need to reposition ourselves in the parable in order to appreciate the character of grace. It may well be ...
Sermon
Schuyler Rhodes
... faith ranks about as high in our lives as our commitment to the children's soccer games or our involvement in other social endeavors. Let's just lay down the masks and disguises and be real with one another about taking this faith life and living it fully. My own suspicion is that this is what got Stephen into trouble. Sure, he was a bit of a loud mouth. It's likely that they couldn't get him to keep quiet about this Jesus thing he had found. My guess is he was a bit "over the top" at times, but ...
264. A Way of Seeing
Genesis 21:8-21
Sermon
Stan Purdum
Remember your childhood suspicion that both your mother and your teacher had eyes in the back of their heads? As you got older, you realized it wasn't literally true, but it was a way of describing their awareness of what you were doing. Well now, we are coming to a place where it ...
265. Pentecost ... Again!
1 Corinthians 12:1-11
Sermon
Steven E. Albertin
... others. Your voice, your opinion, your vote counts more than others. At a previous congregation where I served, a wealthy and influential member of the congregation, a patriarch of the congregation, requested a private meeting with me. I was suspicious and my suspicions proved to be true. He had an agenda and because of his status expected that his opinion ought to count more. He threatened to withhold his contributions from the congregation if certain changes were not made. Of course, this news had already ...
266. Historical Information about the Sadducees
Luke 20:27-38 
Illustration
Brian Stoffregen
... ' interpretation of the law.... [they] were boorish in their social interactions,... they encouraged conflict with rather than respect for their teachers, were more stern than the Pharisees in recommending punishments for crimes, and ... aroused Herod's suspicions because they supported the Hasmoneans against him. From this data many commentators have surmised that the Sadducees were mostly priests and wealthy, powerful community leaders who sat in the Sanhedrin, were greatly hellenized (i.e., influenced by ...
267. Peace and Goodwill: Changing Our Attitudes
Matthew 3:1-12
Illustration
King Duncan
... returned again and again to the lines where comrades handed him full canteens. "Troops on both sides who had watched this unselfish act paid young Kirkland the supreme tribute - not a standing ovation, but respectful awed silence."' To repent means to change our attitudes toward other people from one of suspicion or hatred to one of love. The message of John the Baptist is to repent, to change our ways because Jesus will soon be on the scene.
268. A Bumper Sticker Witness
John 17:6-19
Illustration
... (loudly and obscenely) until an officer approached her in mid-rant and had the gall to ask for her license and registration. When he returned, she had calmed enough to inquire as to why she – rather than the stupid jerk in front of her - was under suspicion. "Well," said the officer, "when I pulled up behind you blowing your horn and screaming, I paused to read your bumper stickers." "God loves you and so do I." "Honk if you love Jesus." "My boss is a Jewish carpenter." Then I saw the chrome-plated ...
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... led Luther into his crusade against the prevailing practice of selling indulgences to raise money for the church. When the Catholic church moved to silence the popular German, Staupitz tried to protect Luther, but his defense of the Reformer aroused papal suspicions. Had he, too, fallen under Luther's spell? In 1520, Staupitz signed a statement of his submission to the pope, but he relinquished his office as vicar-general of the Augustinians and became a Benedictine. Martin understood. In his last letter ...
Sermon
Robert Leslie Holmes
... us a post-Christian generation. Many people are walking away. Why is that? These verses help us to see some reasons. The Truth Is Sometimes Hard To Handle Despite the fact that Jesus performs a miracle with a boy's meal, it is not long before suspicion, doubt, and open hostility set in against him. The majority of the people are not ready to commit to his unique claims and uncompromising truths about the way of salvation (v. 29), about his ultimate identity (v. 32), about his superiority to Moses (vv. 35 ...
271. Truth Or Duty?
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Klyne Snodgrass
... trial notorious was the argument for the defense. The police had bungled the investigation. The evidence against Courvoisier was entirely circumstantial or had been planted. One of the officers had perjured himself, and the maid's testimony brought suspicion on herself. The defense attorney, Charles Phillips, was convinced of the innocence of Courvoisier and cross-examined witnesses aggressively. At the beginning of the second day of the trial, however, Courvoisier confessed privately to his lawyer that he ...
272. The Rules of Prediction
Illustration
Staff
... law: If the facts don't conform to the theory, they must be disposed of. If you've always had doubts about the judgments of forecasters, it's quite understandable because: An economist is a man who would marry Farrah Fawcett-Majors for her money. By the same reasoning, your suspicions about the narrow range of most forecasts are justified: The herd instinct among forecasters make sheep look like independent thinkers. When presenting a forecast: Give them a number or give them a date, but never both.
273. Bear the Burden
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David Augsburger
Forgiveness is hard. Especially in a marriage tense with past troubles, tormented by fears of rejection and humiliation, and torn by suspicion and distrust. Forgiveness hurts. Especially when it must be extended to a husband or wife who doesn't deserve it, who hasn't earned it, who may misuse it. It hurts to forgive. Forgiveness costs. Especially in marriage when it means accepting instead of demanding repayment for the wrong done; ...
274. Religion of the Founders
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Brett Blair
... .” A few decades later the House Judiciary Committee Report, on March 27, 1854, after a one year study brought about by a suit to force the separation of church and state, said the following: "Had the people, during the Revolution, had any suspicion of any attempt to war against Christianity, that Revolution would have been strangled in its cradle...At the time of the adoption of the constitution and the amendments, the universal sentiment was that Christianity should be encouraged, not any one sect...in ...
275. A Sabbath Argument
Humor Illustration
... man on the council jumped up and said, "Pastor, there is something that has been disturbing my heart for a long time, but I never felt right talking about it. But now I can't control myself any longer. I must tell you that I've always had the sneaking suspicion that our Lord Jesus was something of a liberal."
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