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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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2926. What Must We Do?

Mark 10:17-31

Bulletin Aid

RobertT D. Ingram

... on us, but it is true. Responses to the Word Since this text pushes people to reconsider where their hearts are, what their real priorities are, and what kind of treasure they seek, then this might be a good time to challenge the worshipers concerning their financial support of the church's ministries. Invite the worshipers to pray the prayer of confession printed above. Invite the worshipers to surrender any and all things that they have placed before their love for God and their obedience to Christ. Have ...

2927. Holy Believing

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... vocabulary of time and space, and borrow pictures from the poetry of the ages. Maybe such cannot be avoided for good or for ill, nor can our dialogue about religion be completely free from it. What is needed, therefore, is serious caution and concern about the human frame of mind and heart behind it. Jesus was aware of this when he attempted to teach a mixed gathering of curious folk, whose thinking about his mission and his person was entwined with strains and threads of nationalism, ambition, religious ...

2928. Holy Friendship

John 6:60-71

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... : "His words were organically related to himself. When Jesus speaks we get himself." So far, so good; but there was more. Jesus' words were saving words. They were warm, instructive, and sometimes judgmental, but always they were the vehicle of his person, one whose human concern had the spirit of a God of love in them. Hence they were reconciling words. For those who hear and accept them, "There streams into our life an energy which enables us to live in a way which our flesh and blood could never achieve ...

2929. How Does Religious Conduct Work?

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... from them. (Father Damien, on the leper-infested island of Molokai, found he had to become a leper himself in order to be their helper and friend.) To live out the Christian life sincerely and to its fullest, only a groan will indicate the depth of our concern for struggling and needy humanity. It is easy to write a check, send a care box, or dole out welfare packages like bones to a dog. Can we blame such recipients if they spurn us or become irritated? Our conduct must be shaped by one who said, "Learn ...

2930. There Is Healing in the Touch

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... by touching, praying, or simply sharing on an emotional level.” I want to make three points about finding healing in the touch. First of all, every baby comes into this world needing to be touched. That need persists until death. As far as I am concerned, that need persists beyond death. The Disney movie, Three Men and a Baby, dramatized the hunger for touch with a unique style and humor. Our daughter-in-law gave us the unique experience of the value of touch when she privileged us to observe the delivery ...

2931. Would That God. . .

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... our best friends. What we do matters; therefore what we refuse to do matters also. We come to see the difference. It is we who need to be putting to work the faith we claim to possess. Freed from fantasies, our faith gets down into the everyday concerns of our lives and starts to work. Facing these insights, we know that the old self must be discarded and a new one dared. When the faith we have gets to work, it becomes “worked into” everyday matters and decisions. We see ourselves in the best possible ...

2932. Giving with Open Hands

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... t give and expect anything in return.” Don’t give with closed hands. A friend had a protective mother. During his college years she often visited his dorm room, made an inventory of needed clothing and replaced each item. Bill never needed to think about such mundane concerns. When I knew him he and his wife had just had a child. No sooner was the child born than the mother came forth with a long, itemized bill, listing every item she had purchased for him. This so angered the couple that they dedicated ...

2933. Uzziah is Dead!

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... , Jotham, on the throne as a regent under him, and it was as if he himself still ruled. By his very existence, leprous or not, Uzziah kept the pieces of government together and created security. Then it happened! Uzziah died! There were alert and concerned people who took special note of his death. Isaiah, probably already acknowledged as a prophet, was among them. He, and others, knew that with Uzziah gone, a crisis was assured. There would be the exchange of power. Jerusalem and Judah would be threatened ...

2934. In Search of a Leader

Sermon

Robert Noblett

Anyone who has served on a nominating committee knows how crucial talented leadership is to any group, including the body of Christ. God, our story reminds us, shares that concern. God is unhappy with Saul’s leadership and sends Samuel on a mission to secure a replacement. Look Who Is Doing the Calling Perhaps the most salient features of this story is the fact that it is God who is doing the calling, with Samuel as his agent. Leaders in ...

2935. A Song Sung Blue

1 Samuel 1:1-20

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... over their disappointments and discouragements and failures. We need only call to mind the genre of music called “the blues” or the lyrics of some country and western songs and we hear about broken hearts, homes, and hopes. Rock music, likewise, expresses those concerns. A recent listing of rock songs that young people most enjoy included these titles: “Roll With It” "I Don’t Want to Live Without Your Love” “Please Don’t Go Girl” “I Don’t Wanna Go On With You Like That” “I Hate ...

2936. An Untouchable God?

1 Samuel 6:1-7:1

Sermon

Robert Noblett

The story of the ark’s removal to Jerusalem is vintage Old Testament so far as most of us are concerned. It features a storm-and-battle God, fearful and yet rejoicing believers, and a great deal of religious uncertainty. Reading it from the vantage point of the latter years of the Twentieth Century, we are apt to question its relevance for our day. But let’s not write it off ...

2937. God’s Kind of King

Jeremiah 23:1-8

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... proudly. “Who’s that?” asked the visitor. “Oh, he’s the son of an African king,” was the answer. “He never forgets that.” Remember who you are Ñ a child of the King, a person of worth. The Ruler-King In our text God says through Jeremiah concerning the Christ, the Messiah: “that king will rule wisely and do what is right and just throughout the land.” (v. 5) Naturally a king is a ruler. His subjects are expected to obey his laws. Christ the King is a ruler also, a ruler chosen by God ...

2938. Wisdom for the Living of These Days

Proverbs 2:1-22

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... in this case at least, intelligence was not the same as wisdom. The words of our text were written by a wise man. Traditionally, Solomon is considered the author of Proverbs. Wisdom and Solomon are practically synonymous. He will always be remembered for his wise decision concerning the two women who claimed the same living child as their own. Solomon ordered the baby to be cut in two with each mother receiving one half. The one woman begged Solomon not to do it, to give the living child to the other woman ...

2939. Adam’s Prime Rib

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... ; and he who refrains from marriage will do better.” The young man was at a loss for a reply for a moment, but then he came up with this: since Solomon had seven hundred wives and Paul had none, Solomon ought to be a better judge concerning marriage. Today’s First Lesson deals with the creation of woman and the institution of marriage. One infinitely wiser than Solomon, the Lord God himself, is the chief actor in this drama that goes back to the very beginnings of creation. From this ancient story there ...

2940. We All Sin So What?

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... , “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.” (1 John 1:8) Today’s society is marinated with sin, for it pervades every segment and level of society. It is human to err and we are all humans. So, why get concerned or excited about sin? Why is it so important that God would leave his throne to come to earth and discuss the problem with sinners? The Bad News of Sin When God comes to talk about our sins, at once we think of bad news in terms of guilt, accountability ...

2941. Here They Come, Singing

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... than steel of the same dimensions would be. It is fair to ask at this point whether such persons are specially included among God’s people in the church today. It is not enough to have slots designated for wheel chairs. There must be an intense concern and love for such “differently abled” persons, culminating in a desire to have them in our midst and to receive a blessing from them. Their talents must also be used in the mission of the church through its witness and service. In one church a mentally ...

2942. God’s Great Final Day

Daniel 7:1-14

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... four and a half billion years old. God existed before that. We have never seen a person who is more than four and a half billion years old, but “ancient of days” would certainly be an appropriate description. “His raiment was white as snow,” Daniel reports concerning his vision. If you have ever seen vast stretches of new-fallen snow in the high mountains, you know that it is blinding in its whiteness when the sun shines on it. Daniel also reports, “And the hair of his head [was] like pure wool ...

2943. King By Force

John 6:1-15

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... he had done. The point is that Jesus already knew himself to be the Son of the living God. He did not have to prove anything. When he healed people he was genuinely giving gifts; giving of himself. There were no angels as far as he was concerned. He simply desired the people to know who he really was. He wanted them to know that he was not just some physical healer among many, but Jesus, the Christ, the humble servant revealer of God. No conditions were needed to qualify for Jesus' life-giving water ...

2944. Changing The Rules

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... change the standing rules or laws of the game. We would say that it was fair for the special children to catch and throw the ball instead of having to volley the ball. This enabled all of the children to be part of the game. In our text Jesus is concerned that all of his children are a part of his kingdom life. And he would go so far as to change the rules and regulations and laws in order to integrate as many of his children as possible. The Pharisees and teachers used the law to exclude people from the ...

2945. The Spiritual Organ Of Corti

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... , the entire world about God's amazing grace. A friend who lives in an area of the country where there are many Native American Indian reservations, attended a church conference years ago. One of the workshops that he attended at the conference concerned the plight of the Native American Indian population as a minority group and how they have been completely forgotten. My friend decided to attend this particular workshop because he happened to live in an area where there were many reservations. His attitude ...

2946. God's Math:Lose Life = Save It

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... football and was a friend, and for some a father, to the players. He didn't have to change the way he ran his business. He didn't have to change the way in which everyone he related with he made feel special and loved because of the interest and concern he showed. He didn't need to change the way in which he gave of himself; the way in which he daily lost his life in service to others. Jim didn't do anything different. So he didn't tell anyone. He just lived his life the way he had ...

2947. Living By Faith And Trust

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... slight in build and shy in behavior. And she was kind, more kind than any of the other children. Everyone said that, too. So when she fell ill and could not even venture beyond the framing of the front door of her house everyone in the town was greatly concerned. Her parents were well-respected, for her father was one of the 10 men in town who ruled the synagogue. He had lived within the bounds of the town all his life. If anyone had a problem - any sort of problem - they sought out Jairus. He was kindly ...

2948. The M And M Factor

Mark 2:23-3:6

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... and must not be done. But, Jesus taught by example that we may do good work as a response to God's love and care that has already been given to us. The healing of that man's arm in the synagogue on the sabbath was done because God's concern for the man willed a strong arm. Jesus knew the power of God's Spirit and he sought to be a channel for that power wherever it could bring God's blessing and goodness upon life. The arm is strengthened. The lame walk. The blind see. The hungry are fed ...

2949. The Presence Of The Spirit

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Charles Curley

... why I continue to have trouble with a great deal of the traditional religious language which is being thrown around more and more these days. It has always seemed to me that our deepest beliefs are to be lived, more than they are to be talked about. I am concerned that we remember what great diversity there is in the vastness of God, and I become wary when someone tries to convince me that the Holy Spirit is the property of any one group of Christians. I once had an encounter with a former member of one of ...

2950. Send Me

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Charles Curley

... to eat, to sleep, to work, to raise a family - it all takes a lot of attention to planning and goals. Yet when God called Isaiah in the temple, Samuel in the sanctuary and Simon in the boat, that summons blocked out all the thoughts and concerns which normally fill a person's head. They left whatever former existence they had enjoyed, just for the sake of following where they were sent! These were certainly not well-thought-out, reasoned responses. It was more like an obsession. Is their experience totally ...

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