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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Leonard Sweet
... , deep enough to establish roots, and capable of nurturing the seeds to fruition. Even so, the crop yield is not consistent. While some seeds reproduced “a hundred-fold” — what today we would call “a bumper crop” — others brought in a respectable “sixty-fold,” and still others the slightly lower-than-average yield of “thirty-fold” (based on the number of grains produced by each growing plant). Although we skip the intervening discussion on the reasons for talking in parables, the opening ...
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King Duncan
... plant’s roots meet the bedrock, and it withers and dies. (3) It dies because the soil is rocky ground. Who does the rocky ground refer to? How about the complacent church member with one foot inside the church and one foot out? More concerned with respectability than with righteousness, this is the half-hearted saint who never makes a full commitment to Christ and his kingdom. Evangelist Donald Grey Barnhouse told a story for years about a man who bought a bottle of perfume in Paris at a very good price ...
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Leonard Sweet
... parties know who they are dealing with. And at least hypothetically, there is the possibility for communication and connection at some later time. As with every other social scenario in the last ten years, science and technology have changed everything. Nobody respects a “legal screen.” Nobody has to live with no information about their past. The advent of Facebook has allowed thousands of birth parents and adopted children of all ages to search for and connect with their families of origin. The birth ...
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King Duncan
... others unfairly. We don’t know all their circumstances, or their motives. Only God, who is aware of all the facts, is able to judge people rightly. Even a saint like John Wesley made this mistake. Wesley once told of a man he had little respect for because he considered him to be miserly and covetous. One day when this person contributed only a small gift to a worthy charity, Wesley openly criticized him. After the incident, the man went to Wesley privately and told him he had been living on parsnips ...
2755. Finger Food
Matthew 14:13-21
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Leonard Sweet
... It seems that Fourth Presbyterian has a Social Service Center which feeds needy, homeless, hungry people daily with a noon-time sack-lunch and once a week with a sit-down Sunday Night Supper. The church does its best to treat its poorest neighbors with dignity and respect. They also insist that their “guests” agree not to solicit around the church. But I’m getting ahead of the story. Here is the email: Rev. Buchanan, I’ve noticed that your church is a magnet for a lot of bums, who come for free food ...
2756. Don't Be Afraid
Matthew 14:22-36
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King Duncan
... with a vengeance. Very quickly, she was laid low by extensive chemo‑therapy. She lost her hair and a lot of weight. She looked terrible and she knew it, and so she shut herself away in her home and requested no visitors. Members of the congregation respected that request. Some accepted it with relief, in fact, because it is hard to be with someone you care about and to see them in such agony, so most people stayed away. The problem was that Jeanne was lonely. This gregarious, involved, energetic woman was ...
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David E. Leininger
... we culminate the Christian year with Christ the King Sunday. This is the day that we can rock the rafters of the universe with our declaration that Jesus Christ is Lord! Lord — to the ancients it meant master or owner and was always a title of consummate respect. In the modern world, to call Jesus "Lord" is to say he is the chief, the boss, the main man, the head honcho. The buck stops with him; his decisions are final. Jesus Christ is Lord! These four words were the first creed that the Christian church ...
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David E. Leininger
... him? If he is asleep, that means he is going to get better." But then Jesus explains, "I do not mean asleep asleep; I mean asleep dead. Let's go." The twelve know how dangerous it is to make such a trip ... especially if it is only to pay last respects. But here we meet Thomas for the first time, the same Thomas we have called the doubter all these many centuries, and what do we find? No doubter now. We find a Thomas who says to the rest, "Let us also go ... that we may die with him" (John 11 ...
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David E. Leininger
... Couldn't I wash in them and be cleansed?" (v. 12). Elisha has not only insulted Naaman, but Naaman's homeland, as well! For a moment, it seems a frustrated, furious Naaman will give this up as a fool's errand. How dare this country prophet show so little respect? He wanted to be healed, but there are ways and there are ways. Naaman wanted it done his way. Forget it! Turn this caravan around. But, once again, irony jumps in. It is the voice of the lowest - this time Naaman's own servants: "If the prophet had ...
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David E. Leininger
... takes to bring someone in need to Jesus for healing? Or are you the paralytic? Something in your life has you stuck. It might be a hurt so deeply felt that you cannot even express it. It might be a need too profound to break free from our respectable exterior. It might be the haunting memory of a past sin that is too painful even to ask forgiveness for. Then, listen to me, and listen to Jesus. Child, your sins are forgiven. Which one are you? The spectator? The teacher? The friend? The paralytic? If you are ...
2761. Riff-Raff
Mark 2:13-22
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David E. Leininger
... with whom we party, those with whom we sit in the cafeteria of this world. Scribes and Pharisees have not changed much, have they? They had the same problem in the gospel story as we would have with our president. This Jesus was a well-known and respected rabbi who should have known better than to be seen with Levi and his crowd, the first-century equivalent of the group we have just envisioned. Decent people would have avoided them like the plague, and would never have sat down to eat with them. It is ...
2762. God's Day Off
Mark 2:23-3:6
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David E. Leininger
... do what they like?" But I'm quite sure the answer is this: If there were no notices there would soon be no flowers; and if there were no prohibitions, there would soon be no little park for anyone at all. Many people, of course, would respect that little haunt of peace where one may sit on a quiet sunny afternoon and meditate, but many others would not. The borough council has even appointed a stalwart guardian who assumes a fiercesome demeanor, especially to little boys who disregard the notices; and as a ...
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David E. Leininger
... #8: "You shall not steal" (v. 15). Another no-brainer that comes under the category of the things I learned in kindergarten. The God who has given you freedom has given your neighbor freedom as well, so a truly liberated life will find people respecting one another's property. Commandment #9: "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor" (v. 16). No, this has nothing to do with simply telling lies about someone or gossiping across the back fence. This one is about the court system. Even in ...
2764. Fickle Folks
Mark 11:1-11
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David E. Leininger
... . Could that donkey have been a part of Jesus' problem? After all, we think of a majestic king coming in triumph borne on the back of a fine, strong, snorting stallion, not a lowly donkey. Donkeys are for plowing and pulling wagons, not triumphal marches. How much respect could we have for a king who uses a donkey instead of a horse? At least, that is the way we think. But, truth be known, back then, that would not have caused any wonder. Kings did ride on horseback, but mostly only when they were going ...
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David E. Leininger
... . I was puzzled until I realized that the tape was still playing and that they had been overcome by the old man's singing. This convinced me of the emotional power of the music and of the possibilities offered by adding a simple ... orchestral accompaniment that respected the tramp's nobility and simple faith.[3] "Jesus' blood never failed me yet/Never failed me yet/Jesus' blood never failed me yet/This one thing I know/For He loves me so...." As one reviewer wrote, "We could argue why people find this ...
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David E. Leininger
... finally did come to the clinic. The very fact that he appeared there, among the 280 casted persons in the waiting room, told us that he was unusual. His good grooming, his body stance, and his speech told us that he was a man of dignity, self-respect, and appropriate entitlement. Speaking what was on everyone's mind, I said to him loud enough for everyone to hear, "What's a pig's son (standard form of address) doing here? I thought only casted people got sick." "Even pigs bleed red," he replied, holding up ...
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David E. Leininger
... suspect that Jesus would make even more of a point about saying, "No divorce" in our day because we have a problem resulting from it that was really not a problem 2,000 years ago — the children of divorce. You see, no self-respecting Jewish man would have ever considered abandoning his children just because he was divorcing their mother. But in our day, it has become almost morally permissible for divorced fathers to literally steal the bread from their sons' and daughters' mouths. Half of all divorced ...
2768. Worth the Wait
Luke 2:1-14 (15-20)
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Robert J. Elder
... ! GLORY!" they were saying "Peace for which you're always praying; Here it is! That's what we're telling can't just say it without yelling!" then, as fast as they had started all the angels soon departed the shepherds, too, got on their way respects for child and mom to pay Mary, Joseph, with the cattle stood by Jesus 'mid the prattle of those shepherds' story-telling which they did now, (with no yelling) all were amazed, each astounded shepherds' tales told, stories sounded but Mary, stood, off to one side ...
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Robert J. Elder
... pious old man and a slightly mad woman even notice Jesus and his parents. But one day, later in the gospel, Jesus will enter this same temple in anger and brand it a den of robbers. Luke was concerned about those who would say that Jesus had no respect for, or understanding of, the laws of his own people. Jesus was raised according to the laws of his people. But he could see beneath the surface obedience of laws into people's hearts. We can sometimes hide behind law. Jesus could see past our clumsy attempts ...
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Robert J. Elder
... of Nowheresville? Let me tell you three things about Nazareth, Philip. "First of all, it is a very small town. What this country needs is someone from some place important, someone who can make the Romans sit up and take notice, someone who will command the respect of the people. Nazareth? It's nowhere. No one is going to pay attention to anyone from there. "The second thing is, my home town is twice as important as Nazareth. Our football team bests theirs every season, and the fat cats in Jerusalem don't ...
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John Smylie
... the privilege of serving as rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Hamburg, New York. One of the joys of serving in Hamburg at that time was being a part of the ecumenical community. We gathered as brothers in Christ, leaders of our respective churches. We had Lutherans and Roman Catholics and Wesleyans and Presbyterians and Episcopalians and occasional others who would join us. Each year we would plan an ecumenical Good Friday service. During the first years, the service was held for the three hours that ...
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John Smylie
... must have been streaming down her face. It was bad enough that Jesus died a slow, painful, and terrible death, but now this, it was too much, too overwhelming, and Mary didn't know what to do. She had come looking for the dead Jesus to show her love and respect by putting spices on the body, giving her something practical to do to minister him and feel useful and now there was no Jesus, no way for her to express the depth of her love for her Lord. She needed to tell someone, so she went to two of the ...
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John Smylie
... pointing fingers at one another, getting caught in self-righteous and judgmental thinking while denying our Lord's desire that we all may be one. We are often more in allegiance with our own denominations and theologies, becoming inflexible and unable to agree to honor and respect follow Christians or even to simply gather as a people who believe that Jesus is Lord. Our Lord strengthens us with his word. In his prayer he says, "I have given them your word" (v. 14). In John's gospel, we learned that the Word ...
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Kristin Borsgard Wee
... . In their walk through the cornfield, the disciples broke four of the rules. As upside down as all this might sound to us, for the Jewish rabbis it was serious — a matter of deadly sin. What made it even worse was that the disciples gave more respect to Jesus than they did to the sabbath laws. Marcus Borg talks about conventional wisdom. Conventional wisdom is about the rules we live by. It is reflected in popular sayings like, "You reap what you sow" or "What goes around comes around."1 Robert Fulghum's ...
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Kristin Borsgard Wee
... publicly denounced the marriage. Herodias was furious. Herod was angry, too, but at least he had a conscience. He genuinely did not want to kill John. Mark tells us that Herod was confused by John's preaching but he liked to listen to him. Herod respected John and feared him because John was a righteous and holy man. Unfortunately, Herod chose cowardice over courage. Rather than stand up for what he believed, he gave in to the selfish obsession of his wife. Herod ordered John beheaded and the head presented ...
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