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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2876. Witness to Angels
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Editor James S. Hewett
Six Soviet cosmonauts said they witnessed the most awe-inspiring spectacle ever encountered in space—a band of glowing angels with wings as big as jumbo jets. Cosmonauts Vladimir Solovev, Oleg Ackov, and Leonid Kizim said they first saw the celestial beings during their 155th day aboard the orbiting Salyat 7 space station. "What we saw," they said, "were seven giant figures in ...
2877. What Gets Into Us?
John 18:1--19:42
Sermon
King Duncan
... best of us have a part of our life that is in rebellion. You may be familiar with Melville’s classic novel, Moby Dick. It is the tale of Captain Ahab, who had a feud going with a great white whale. The captain had already lost his leg in an encounter with the great white whale and had become a brooding, unhappy, sullen, and terribly pessimistic man. Most of the time he kept himself closed up in his cabin. On one of those rare occasions when he was walking around the deck of the ship, he came upon the ship ...
2878. Sacrificial Love and Hedonism
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Editor James S. Hewett
Jesus said: "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me." Many years ago, college president William Banowski interviewed Hugh Hefner. He wrote of this encounter: I was made keenly aware of the universal appeal of Jesus during one of my conversations with Hugh Hefner in Chicago. As we talked, Mr. Hefner surprised me by saying, "If Christ were here today and had to choose between being on the staff of one of the joy-killing, ...
2879. Ten Good Things
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Editor James S. Hewett
... , perhaps the next door neighbor. For stopping your ears to gossip over the fence. For standing by your principles in dealing with your teenagers. For asking pardon, when in error, even of your child. For being square in business dealings with the newsboy. For accepting the stewardship of "another" child. Encounter, published monthly by the National Research Bureau, Inc.
2880. Second Opinion
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Editor James S. Hewett
A tourist came too close to the edge of the Grand Canyon, lost his footing and plunged over the side, clawing and scratching to save himself. After he went out of sight and just before he fell into space, he encountered a scrubby bush which he desperately grabbed with both hands. Filled with terror, he called out toward heaven, "Is there anyone up there?" A calm, powerful voice came out of the sky, "Yes, there is." The tourist pleaded, "Can you help me? Can you help me?" The calm voice replied, " ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... Holets spoke to this young woman, he heard God telling him that he was that someone. Even though Holets and his wife, Rebecca, have four children, he offered to adopt Crystal’s baby. With great joy, she agreed. When Holet told his wife of this encounter, she immediately agreed that this was God’s will for their family. Three weeks later, Crystal gave birth to a beautiful baby girl with serious addiction-related health issues. The Holets named her Hope. As Ryan Holet says, “I was led by God to take ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... their hearts that there was but one mediator between God and humanity. There was one way, one truth, one life, one shepherd, one door—and that was Jesus. They heard him teach, they saw him heal people’s hurts, they witnessed his death upon Golgotha and they encountered him in his eternal glory on the road to Emmaus, in the Upper Room and on the mountain where he ascended to the Father. And throughout the New Testament they tried to sum up the impact of his life on theirs. They called him Prophet, High ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... most common questions visitors ask the forest rangers in his park. Many people, he said, come to the park to hike one of the beautiful trails that wander through the forest, trails designed to display the magnificent trees and plants, to let the hikers encounter the array of wildlife in the forest, and to take hikers on to hilltops for breathtaking views of the countryside. But the most frequent question that visitors ask the forest rangers is not, “Where does this trail go?” or “How long does it take ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... the presence of the new king, the Magi stopped to ask Herod, king of Judea, for directions. Big mistake! It’s like a story that actor Michael Keaton told on a 2017 episode of the Late, Late Show with James Corden. It was about a strange encounter he had while he was filming a movie in Glasgow, Scotland. Keaton was leaving a restaurant one evening, and he couldn’t find his hotel. He was totally lost. He stopped to ask a passerby for directions. Turned out that the man was totally intoxicated. However ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... and waving his hands. “Who’s that?” asks one of the passengers. “I have no idea,” replies the captain. “But every year we sail past, and he goes nuts.” (2) Jesus is traveling along the border between Samaria and Galilee when he encounters a group of men with leprosy. Lepers were used to having others “sail past” them all the time. They were the outcasts. The unclean. Quarantined far away from their community, cut off from their families, prohibited from worshiping in the Temple. Everywhere ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... fact, author Philip Yancey says he once heard a theologian say that Jesus was asked 183 questions in the Bible, and he only answered three of them directly. Three out of one-hundred-eighty-three. So we need to pay close attention to Jesus’ answer here. (5) Remember, this encounter took place in the temple in Jerusalem. This is the last week of Jesus’ life. He knows that he has only days left to share the good news of the kingdom of God with the people. By the end of the week, he will be lying dead in a ...
Sermon
Dean Feldmeyer
... more. The safe path is present and clear. When Mary was told that she had been selected to be the mother of the Messiah, the first words she spoke were, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my whole being rejoices in God my Savior.” When the Magi encountered him they fell on their knees and worshiped. When the shepherds saw him they left glorifying and praising God. This is an occasion of joy. Such a simple word. Just three letters. One syllable. Why is it so difficult for us? Do you remember the old Geico ...
2888. Bedside Manners
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Barbara Brown Taylor
One of the cruelest things that religious people can do is to blame [a lingering illness] on a lack of faith. Barbara Taylor recalls a problem she encountered when she served as a chaplain at Georgia Baptist Hospital. A group of Christians decided that part of their healing ministry was to go to the local hospital and pray for people who had cancer. They would go into patients’ rooms, gather around the beds and pray that the patients ...
Sermon
George Reed
... of his day, a position we find him in repeatedly. This time it is over the observance of the sabbath. This is a story we need to hear, not only to understand the life of Jesus, but to apply it to ourselves as religious folks. In Jesus' critical encounters with the Pharisees or scribes or the Jews, we must avoid the temptation to look down on them by placing ourselves above them. The faults of the religious people of Jesus' day are repeated often in the history of the church and in our day, as well. The ...
Sermon
Richard Gribble
... athletic field? Do you listen to your parents and other relatives, and believe that God is speaking to you through them? Contemporary prophets abound in our society. Some may be archbishops, some may be pastors, but most are everyday people we know, love, and encounter. Let us, therefore, consider our call to speak God's word; let us be prophets. May we be Christ to one another. Martin Luther King, Jr., took seriously the challenge presented by Teresa of Avila and used his role as a prophet to boldly and ...
Sermon
Molly F. James
... , we do good works in community, we worship, and we celebrate together. But I think the most important thing we do is to hold the faith for each other because that is what keeps us going when we are struggling. And Lord knows, we will all encounter struggles in the courses of our lives. We will lose friends and loved ones. We will lose jobs and dreams will be shattered. We will be traumatized by the violence in our community and the world. We will feel discouraged by the enormity of problems in the ...
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Molly F. James
... family. There are libraries named after him on multiple college campuses. On the surface, she might seem to be just like Zacchaeus. One of the 1% who has been aloof to the needs and concerns of the other 99%. In our gospel today, we hear of Jesus’ encounter with the rich tax collector, Zacchaeus. And at first we all think we know where this story is going. We know what Jesus thought of the rich. He so often spoke critically or disparagingly of them. We might be expecting Jesus to be critical of Zacchaeus ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... ) That’s an excellent breakdown of an “Aha!” moment, isn’t it? I think we can all relate to those three stages. And I think that’s what John the Baptist was experiencing in this passage today. In Matthew 3, we read the first encounter between John and Jesus when they both started their public ministries. John announced Jesus as one who would baptize people with the Holy Spirit and with fire. He announced Jesus as the Messiah who would separate the righteous people from the unrighteous people. John ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... ? Most of us take it for granted that most of the laws in our society are worthwhile and reasonable, and we’re thankful for them. Laws are absolutely essential to keeping us safe and providing us with an orderly society. But ever so often we encounter a law that has unintended consequences. For example, many states enact laws to protect the general public from those who have previously committed a crime. One way they do this is by limiting the types of jobs that former criminals can hold. The state of ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... Jesus is the Messiah. Because of this, Jesus blessed him and changed his name to Peter—Rock, because the truth of his confession would become the rock on which God is building the worldwide church. Sounds like a great story, doesn’t it? Until we encounter a plot twist. Immediately after revealing to his disciples that he was the Messiah sent from God, Jesus told them that he must go to Jerusalem to contend with the religious leaders, be killed and rise again after three days. This completely caught the ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... so misrepresents his or her own behavior—who says one thing but does something entirely different. Phoniness is particularly deadly when it comes to the business of following Jesus. So many people have been turned off to Christ because they have had an encounter with a blatantly phony Christian. Years ago in Germany there was a young Jewish boy who admired his father and sought to imitate his father’s acts of piety and devotion as prescribed by the Jewish religion. This father was zealous in attending ...
2897. Don't Give In
Matthew 4:1-11
Sermon
David & Marian Plant
... its historical linkage to the wanderings of the Hebrew people as they struggled with their own temptations in their lives, being tempted by self-doubt, and an often quiet God who seemed to speak only to select people with way too much space in between encounters. You have likely heard that it bears an uncanny resemblance to our own lives. It shines a light on our experience with God, particularly fragile in the face of the temptations that are around us, but pointing us to the possibility that we can face ...
2898. Listening 101
John 4:1-26, John 4:27-38, John 4:39-42
Sermon
David & Marian Plant
... were about passages such as this one about Jesus and the woman of Samaria. Today’s reading is long enough that when read you begin to lose your place. But as drama (theatre) you can remember it well. You remember a woman coming to a well and an encounter with a strange man at a historic landmark of faith. You recognize that this man is not of the woman’s tribe but of a rival tribe and not always to be trusted due to the “bad blood” between the two tribes. You remember the man’s impertinence ...
2899. Clearing the Eyes
John 9:1-12, John 9:13-34, John 9:35-41
Sermon
David & Marian Plant
The scripture today is one of honest inquiry but turns quickly to a realization that what the disciples have known, or thought they knew, is no longer applicable. When it comes to encountering a blind person they turn to what they have been taught. If a bad illness or disability befell a person like the one that befell the blind man, it must be because he or his parents had done something wrong. Today, we understand that if a person is born blind ...
2900. Loving Made Real
John 13:1-17, John 13:31-38
Sermon
David & Marian Plant
... memories linger of a time when touch was not something to be isolated and infrequent from the daily pleasantries of life. Multiple children, the demands of a household, and a culture that began to push aside touch as important meant the amount of tactile encounters became less frequent. A lifetime later, as she would be almost limp in my arms, wet and slippery, attempting to keep some deep down imbedded sense of modesty to herself, the touch was foreign. It was awkward. That is how Jesus’ touch must have ...
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