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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Sermon
Carl Hoefler
... and give praise to the Lord. This message from Isaiah is appropriate as we observe the last Sunday in Lent, and as we prepare to enter, through Palm Sunday, into the solemnities of Holy Week. Get ready to cut the palm branches from the trees, shed your coats, and fling them on the royal road to Jerusalem. Join the crowd of Passover-pilgrims. Shout with them their hallelujahs of praise to the Lord. God is coming: God is coming to turn history upside down, inside out, and right side up. In our Second Lesson ...
Children's Sermon
Wesley T. Runk
... the rainy season and hot and dusty during the dry seasons. Besides it was such a small hole for several lions to share. The food was awful and at times it seemed like they forgot to feed them at all. How Rehoboam hated being there. In time Rehoboam's coat grew shaggy and lost it's beautiful color. But worst of all was when the soldiers threw men into their den and expected his shaggy friend lions and himself to eat the man. Oh, how Rehoboam hated that moment when the lions fought over the man. It never ...
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Louis H. Valbracht
... that he'd had to buy his college student son a lot of football equipment this past fall. The friend asked if the college didn't supply this. "No," said the father, "I had to get him a seat cushion, a back rest, a lap robe, stadium boots, a storm coat, ear muffs, hand warmers, a pocket flask, a thermos bottle, and a food bag." Football equipment! But now even such things won't be necessary, because we can all sit at home and watch from our easy chairs, or if we should venture out to the stadia, they will all ...
279. The Scarred Hands
John 20:24-31, John 20:19-23
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Robert Allen
... around and asked, "Is there anyone else who would like to say anything?" From the back row, a man rose and said, "These other people may be able to offer some things I can't. All I can offer is my love." Then, he slowly removed his hands from his coat pockets. A gasp went up from the crowd because his hands were scarred terribly from climbing up and down the hot pipe. The boy recognized the man as the one who had saved his life and ran into his waiting arms. The farmer, teacher and the banker simply sat ...
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Carveth Mitchell
... easy when we think in our restricted vision that what we ask in our prayers is the way things ought to be. "If you, then, who are evil," Jesus said, "know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give ..." The fur coat? The healthiest body in the block? The winning points in the game? The million dollar deal? No, that’s not what Jesus said, is it? He said "How much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him." God’s supreme gift is the ...
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Carveth Mitchell
... slave to mammon. The possession of things - little or much - is a matter for prayer, in order that they may be our servants, and never be allowed to become our masters; prayer that they may be used as the owner God would have them used. No matter how we sugar-coat it or try to evade it, this is the cold, hard fact as Jesus stated it. No person can serve two masters. We cannot put our trust in God and mammon. It is not that we ought not, but rather that we cannot. It sounds simple, but true happiness, peace ...
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Wallace H. Kirby
... on the top. I worked on the top of that bench for two days. My first application of paint remover took part of the black away, revealing a hideous green color. After three more heavy doses of remover, plus a lot of scraping, I hit a thick, thick coat of white paint, which must have been the original covering, for the white had seeped through every grain of that wood. When I finally got all the paint off the top, I cleaned it with furniture refinisher and discovered a beautiful piece of wood. That was enough ...
283. Jesus Gave Himself
Philippians 2:5-11
Children's Sermon
... of picture comes to your mind when you think of Palm Sunday? [Let them answer.] What a wonderful picture Jesus must have been riding down the streets of Jerusalem with the people shouting and singing loud Hosannas and covering the streets with palm branches and coats. Jesus is someone you can never forget once you have heard about him. People used to wonder how anyone could be so perfect and still look like other people and live with other people. Sometimes we still wonder about that and ask ourselves how ...
Sermon
... from food harvested, in some cases, from farms and orchards on the other side of the planet. One person’s clothing on a given day may well testify to the world’s unity: he owes a debt to France by his shirt, Ireland by his necktie, Yugoslavia by his coat, Poland by his trousers, Germany by his overcoat, Spain by his shoes, Italy by his belt. His stereo is made in Japan, his camera in Hong Kong, his dinnerware in Red China. If he wears spectacles, they are a likely product of OPEC oil. The story could go ...
285. Cross Work
Matthew 5:27-30
Sermon
George Bass
... . And Jesus shows us just how impractical the Gospel actually is. He instructs the disciples and us, to... ...offer no resistance to wicked people who might hurt or offend you; ...turn the other cheek if someone hits you on one side of the face; ...give your coat as well as your shirt to anyone who asks; ...go farther than you have to when you are pressed into service by someone; ...respond generously to everyone who asks for financial help or a loan. Those maxims are surely lovely to contemplate in one’s ...
286. Who Is This?
Matthew 21:1-11
Sermon
... guilt that plague our lives and keep us from being all that we can be. But the truth of the matter is that no, we were not there when they crucified our Lord. We were not there to witness people lining the streets, waving palms, laying down their coats for Jesus to walk upon. They cried out "Hosanna, Hosanna," which means "save now." "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord." Even though we come to church and receive palms; even though we hear the Scripture which tells us what happened in those days ...
287. Compassion
Luke 10:25-37
Sermon
Harold Warlick
... Velveteen Rabbit. It is the story of a little boy's nursery. The nursery was full of toy animals. One day a new toy rabbit came to live there. The rabbit wanted to know the secret of becoming real. He asked the skin horse, who was so old his brown coat was rubbing off, how to become real. The old horse responded, "Real isn't how you're made, Rabbit. It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time ... then you become real." The rabbit then asked, "Does it hurt?" "Sometimes," he ...
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Harold Warlick
... life was visiting the famous Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. I had not anticipated that it would be a joy at all. I know little about art. Most of the art appreciation classes I took in college were taught by little men who wore bow ties and plaid coats with striped pants, and droned incessantly in monotone voices. And the day we got off the train at Central Station in Amsterdam had not started well. We went to a restaurant. The Dutch people allow their dogs into restaurants. So I had had a chicken salad sandwich ...
Children's Sermon
... the people stared at him at first, and then they began to let out great shouts of praise. "Hosanna! Hosanna!" they cried, which meant, "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" And while they were singing and crying out these words, they were taking off their coats and laying them in the street. Others began to cut branches from the trees that had long soft leaves, and laid them in the street also. It was like a carpet, a red carpet, and they meant it to be so. They wanted Jesus to know that he was ...
290. Different Worlds
Luke 16:19-31
Illustration
Brett Blair
... interviewed her as she made her rounds in that dreadful place. Throughout the program commercials interrupted the flow of the discussion. Here is the sequence of the topics and commercials: lepers (bikinis for sale); mass starvation (designer jeans); agonizing poverty (fur coats); abandoned babies (ice cream sundaes) the dying (diamond watches). The irony was so apparent. Two different worlds were on display--the world of the poor and the world of the affluent. It seems that our very culture here in the ...
Sermon
... one of these new little boxes that can be used to store things in closets. You can stack them, roll them, push them, and turn them upside down. When I put that little webbed box in my closet, I happened to look at all my clothing - trousers, shirts, suits, sport coats, and topcoats. Most of my clothing is there, not because I need it, but because I need it to glorify my body. It is there to make me look good before others and to help me feel good about myself. A lot of the physical fitness craze today is ...
292. Epiphany 7
Matthew 5:43-48, Matthew 5:38-42, 1 Corinthians 3:1-23, Leviticus 19:1-37
Sermon Aid
... new light he brought into the world in his teaching ministry. Specifically, he laid the foundation for contemporary non-violent attitudes and actions by radically changing the "eye for an eye" ethic of the past into caring responses (turn the other cheek; give your coat as well as your shirt, etc.) for someone who has wronged you. And love for one's enemy, which God required in the Old Testament, is elevated into positive action, which most of the martyrs took literally, "love your enemies and pray for your ...
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... Lord’s Day. One Sunday, while leaving church, the treasurer handed me a white envelope and told me to be sure to give it to my father. Au contraire, I put it in my breast pocket and promptly forgot about it. A week later, while putting the coat back on, I reached inside and discovered the envelope, remembering that I was supposed to have given it to him. Of course, by then, the bill collectors were knocking at our door. Christians dress up for Lord’s Day worship. This custom is linked to baptism and ...
294. You Figure It Out
Matthew 22:15-22
Sermon
... of us worry that no matter what we do, no matter which way we turn, there is no good and truly acceptable solution. It’s almost like finding yourself trapped in an alley by a man who holds a gun on you. Unknown to him, you have one underneath your coat. He wants to search you and to take your money, but if you let him, he will find the gun and likely kill you. Should you kill him first? Which choice is better? 2. God Gives Us Resources to Cope Is this some sort of cruel joke then? Did God ...
Sermon
Brett Blair
... , John admonished his listeners to repent. Second, he told them to share. In Luke 3:10 we read where a crowd approached John and asked of him: "What shall we do then?" In other words, what is expected of us. To this John responded: He who has two coats, let him share with him who has none; he who has food, let him do likewise." Sharing is so basically fundamental to our faith that anyone who somehow has not grasp this principle will miss a major thrust of this Advent Season. One of my favorite Christmas ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... realistic about the stables that come to even God’s people. The difference between the Biblical man and other men is that the Biblical man never gave up on God. Take the Old Testament figure, Joseph, for example. You’ll remember Joseph, the young man with the coat of many colors, who was stolen from his home, betrayed by his brothers, dropped into a pit, sold to slave traders, made a man-servant in a household in Egypt, lied about by his master’s wife and put in prison. Can one suppose that during all ...
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John R. Brokhoff
... he gave to the beggar and covered himself with the remaining half. This attire caused many to deride him as he continued down the road. But that night he had a dream in which he saw his Lord clothed in half of a soldier’s cloak. If we have two coats, Jesus urged us to give one to a person without any. God cares whether people are hungry and poor, but his concern to help depends upon our cooperation in sharing what he has given us. Care If We Perish? One night Jesus and his Disciples were in a boat on ...
Sermon
John R. Brokhoff
... of his brothers. When they returned home from keeping the sheep, Joseph was a tattle-tale. He told his father about their misbehavior. Moreover, he was his father’s favorite son, and this did not go well with the brothers. Jacob, his father, gave Joseph a beautiful coat of many colors, but none of the other sons was so favored. To add insult to injury, Joseph was a dreamer. One time he dreamed that one day he would be ruler and his brothers would bow down to him. The hatred became so intense that while ...
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Robert Bachelder
... students cheered him, and then they were quickly dispersed by the British. But Daggett, from under the cover of the bushes, kept on firing his fowling-piece at the redcoats until he was routed out. The British commander, seeing but one man in a black coat, exclaimed: "What are you doing there, you old fool, firing on his Majesty’s troops?" "Exercising the rights of war," replied the Congregationalist minister. "If I let you go this time, you rascal, will you ever fire again on the troops of His Majesty ...
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Richard F. Bansemer
... . The trip to Jerusalem would be detained. Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." And they called the blind man, saying to him, "Take heart; rise, he is calling you." What would you do but what he did!? He jumped to his feet, threw off his coat and ran. Ran. Stumbling, falling, running. It must have been beautiful. Like a child running out to meet his dad returning from a long trip. Bartimaeus. No pride. A lifetime of begging had made pride impossible. Begging. What do we think about begging? Crippled men ...
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