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
King Duncan & Angela Akers
... . (1) Today marks the fifth Sunday in the season of Lent, a period of 40 days set aside specifically for Christians to reflect on the events leading up to the death of Jesus. For the past three Sundays, we have studied three different people and their encounters with Jesus. Each person came to him with a different question. Each person came to him with a different need. To each person, Jesus revealed some part of his mission as the Messiah, the Savior of the world. But each one got an incomplete picture, an ...
3077. Secret Swerve
Matthew 1:18-25
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... —and she returned to Nazareth to let Joseph in on the “secret.” At first it didn’t go well. Joseph was not up for the dance. But he was also not up for the scandal. Although he was a pious man, he felt skeptical about Mary’s encounter with the Holy Spirit. Wouldn’t you? But he was also a good and kind man, who loved his betrothed and didn’t want to see her or her family submitted to scandal, disgrace, shunning, poverty, mistreatment, or death. He felt conflicted. But after a dream in which ...
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... of God. Yet he had and still has the power to move, form, and change us when we receive him. For some, John’s gospel preview is hard to wrap our heads around. It sounds spooky, cosmic, weird, and ethereal. And yet, those who have had spiritual encounters with God, through prayer, scripture, healing, or worship know the power of the “light” in their lives. They’ve felt it. And they know it. Despite what our rational minds like to believe and the way we like to think of our world in practical, simple ...
Sermon
April Yamasaki
... disciples knew the two figures were Moses and Elijah, but together, the two represented the Law and the Prophets, and each had their own mountaintop experiences with God. When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the Ten Commandments, his face was so bright from the divine encounter that the people were afraid, and Moses had to put a veil over his face to shield them (Exodus 34:29-35). On Mount Carmel, when Elijah prayed for God to come down, God answered with a bright flash of fire (1 Kings 18:36-38). Now ...
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... a boat on the sea itself. He taught from the shores and the docks. He taught from the hillsides. He taught from the rooms in his own home. He taught in the synagogues. He taught and healed as he walked along the road. He encountered countless people in whom something stirred when he spoke of good news, salvation, and redemption. Soon, word about Jesus’ teaching, proclaiming, baptizing, and healing spread like wildfire up and down the Way of the Sea –across borders and into regions entirely gentile, as ...
3081. Invictus
Romans 5:1-11
Sermon
Dr. Ronald Love
... most disinherited. We begin with suffering. We are all so familiar with suffering that we probably do not even have to discuss that point in this sermon. But, it would be good for us to know that Paul was familiar with suffering. Paul’s daily encounter with suffering gives credence to his solution. In Paul’s letter to the church in Corinth he offered a summary of the sufferings he endured in life. This rendition of hardships is related to Paul being a missionary. But, is the suffering of a missionary ...
3082. Bible Wagon
Ephesians 5:8-14
Sermon
Dr. Ronald Love
... is false- hood, resentment, stealing, evil speech, malice, impurity, imprudence, and debauchery. We have all experienced the fog created by unsavory behavior. We have all experienced the bleakness that accompanies people who are self-centered. We have all experienced gloom when we encounter corruption. This was a part of the society that surrounded the church in Ephesus, as it surrounds us here in this time and in this place. It is this unfruitful work of darkness that we are to ex- pose with the light ...
3083. The Sawdust Trail
Colossians 3:1-4
Sermon
Dr. Ronald Love
... life,” is spoken only once in the New Testament. It is a part of the story of when Jesus learned that his good friend Lazarus, who was the brother of Mary and Martha, had died. Jesus, on the road, two miles from the city of Bethany, encountered the sisters and learned of the sad news. Further, he was chastised for not being present to heal the one they so dearly loved. Approaching the tomb, Jesus was so overcome with grief the scriptures reported, “Jesus began to weep.” Jesus then called forth Lazarus ...
Sermon
Charley Reeb
... doubted God. One of the famous doubters in scripture doubted so much that doubting became his first name — “Doubting” Thomas. His signature scene appears in the chapter 20 of John. Appearances of the resurrected Jesus were happening everywhere. Most of the disciples had encountered him, but not Thomas. Here is what Thomas had to say about that: But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But ...
3085. Therefore Go
Matthew 28:16-20
Sermon
King Duncan & Angela Akers
... ) If we know one thing for certain, it’s that Jesus wanted his followers to be productive. He wanted them to take action. So let’s compare these instructions on how to sabotage productivity to Jesus’ instructions to his disciples in Matthew 28: 16-20. This encounter takes place just after Jesus’ resurrection from the tomb. His disciples are waiting for him on the mountain in Galilee. And when he appears to them, he gets right to the point: “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me ...
Sermon
Billy D. Strayhorn
... The private handed over his rifle and ran toward the north, seeking safety. But after only going about two or three hundred yards, he came upon another skirmish. So he ran to the east, and found himself in another part of the battle. Then he ran west, but encountered more fighting there. Finally, he ran back to the front lines shouting, "Gimme back my rifle, Cap'n. There ain't no rear to this battle no where!" (3) Life is like that. Sometimes it's a battle. Sometimes it's only a skirmish with ourselves. But ...
3087. Sola Fide
1 Peter 1:3-9
Sermon
Dr. Ronald Love
... ? Thomas was among the few like those in the Upper Room, in the garden, on the road to Emmaus, by the sea-shore, who actually physically saw the resurrected Jesus. For those who followed in the days, weeks, months, years, and even centuries after these encounters with the risen Lord, as Jesus said to Thomas he says to us this morning, “blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” There will never be any physical proof that Jesus walked the earth because those who come to believe this ...
Sermon
April Yamasaki
... good shepherd, did he mean then to cast the Pharisees as the stupid shepherds? Did he mean to proclaim judgment on them? After all, Jesus had healed the man of his blindness, and they had put the man out of the synagogue. At the end of their encounter with Jesus, some of the Pharisees were still divided between dismissing his words and being convicted by them (John 10:19-21). Today Jesus’ words present a challenge and invitation to all of us. To all of us as leaders - as parents, as church members, in our ...
3089. The Flow
John 7:37-39 · 1 Corinthians 12:3-13 · Acts 2:1-21
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... of light moves the rock from the tomb. Paul is thrown off of his horse by a voice and a supernatural light. The shepherds at Jesus’ birth. Jacob’s ladder. A burning bush. Mary’s visitation by the Holy Spirit. Pentecost. Each time human beings encounter the true presence of the Holy Spirit their reaction is a kind of “flow.” They are touched in a way that changes them, moves them, surprises them, elates them, and causes them to react with joy, thanks, and euphoric energy. Jesus describes it this ...
Sermon
King Duncan & Angela Akers
... means we are missing the joy and peace and hope of knowing the God who so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. And the second thing we learn from this encounter is that in seeing the truth of Jesus, we also discover our identity and our calling. After Simon Peter’s declaration, Jesus blesses him by affirming his identity as a “Rock.” Simon Peter’s confession of Jesus as the Messiah, Son of the living God, would become ...
3091. Overcoming Envy
Matthew 20:1-16
Sermon
King Duncan & Angela Akers
... . It has always been so. Sometime go through the Bible and count the many times people are said to be envious or jealous—and how much havoc they rendered because of this deadly state of mind. For example, as early as the first chapters of the Bible, we encounter the story of Cain and Abel. “In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on ...
3092. House of God
1 Kings 8:22-30
Sermon
Will Willimon
... that this house of God, as great and wonderful as it is, cannot contain God. Now, we know that we can't build a house for God. Few people believe that a temple or shrine contains God. We know that God is ubiquitous --everywhere. We can encounter God at home,(·yes Bill Stokes) on the golf course, in nature. But we human beings also need buildings, places, shrines-­ tangible, physical, specific places to experience God. None of this denies that you can experience God standing over your pots and pans at the ...
3093. The Paradox of the Yoke
Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... to feel hopeless and disillusioned sometimes, especially when it gets too heavy for our shoulders and hearts to bear. Think for a moment about a life experience that you have had that was particularly hard to go through. Rough terrain. Something tripped you up. You encountered a fork in your path, a tragedy, or a loss perhaps. At that point, your yoke, while usually manageable, may have started to feel very heavy indeed. What happens? You start to drag your feet. You slow up. You feel tired. You lose your ...
3094. The Grip
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... in your heart, if you are rooted securely and firmly in Jesus and his amazing gift of life, nothing can shake you, defeat you, or tear you away from your everlasting hope and God’s persistent love. No matter what happens in your life, what battles you encounter or what foes you face, when your faith is rooted in Jesus, nothing can bring you down. God’s grace falls upon all people. But whether you are ready to receive it depends upon the state of your heart. Today, I ask you to consider the readiness ...
3095. Listening for $5
Illustration
Maxie Dunnam
... . Did anybody call? You bet they did! It wasn’t long before this individual was receiving ten to twenty calls a day. The pain of loneliness was so sharp that some were willing to try anything for a half-hour of companionship. The truth is that every one of us encounters some person, probably daily, who would be willing to pay someone to listen. The tragedy is, we are not sensitive enough to identify them, or caring enough to respond. Will you start looking for those persons? Will you listen to them?
Sermon
Will Willimon
... seventy-eight, for the first time I actually realized, I felt, I knew that she was old. In less than three weeks, she had died. I'm talking about these sporadic moments which come to us, quite unexpectedly, when we experience time in ways unlike our normal encounters, when the curtain between the present and the future is pulled back and we know the future as if it were now. It changes us to stand, even for a moment, in the future. The teenager is playing one-on-one basketball with his dad. His dad shoots ...
3097. The Reckoning
Matthew 14:13-21, Genesis 32:22-32
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... of other intricate systems we barely even think about today, because we take them for granted! Math wizards! Yes! But listen, even for the best math wizard, there can come a time in their professional lives (or even in their graduate studies) when they encounter a “problem” that they just have trouble solving. Or maybe there’s a college course that just feels ridiculously tough. Or maybe they’ve come up against a make-or-break moment in their career, in which they need to get the right algorithm ...
Sermon
William G. Carter
... Psalm 69:1, 3) This is the experience of the beginning swimmer, the passenger in the swamped boat, or those who are in over their heads. In the day of Jesus, it was widely perceived that the sea was the abode of demons. Remember the story of Jesus encountering the demon-possessed man who lived in a graveyard? The legion of unclean spirits inside the ill man begged the Lord not to send them “back into the abyss.”26 Jesus did it anyway, casting the demons into a group of unclean pigs, who dashed down the ...
3099. Ready!
Mark 13:24-37
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... to God’s ultimate victory. It is a word of hope to a persecuted faithful who, when the end is finally realized, will finally receive a godly reward. The phrase is be ready for it. The Christian church has preached this theme for generations. Thus, we encounter the two mini-parables that Mark quotes. The first involves a fig tree. No curse this time as with other references in the gospels. This time, a simple observation. The disciples had asked for a sign (Mark 13:4), so Jesus offers one. Most of the ...
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... , or comprise God’s army. These terms are used typically in contexts emphasizing the grandeur, power, and/or mighty acts of God. By the way, those cute cuddly little cherubs on Christmas cards do not reflect the Biblical image; after all, most every time someone encounters an angel in scripture, the first words out of the angel’s mouth are fear not. Who would be afraid of one of those chubby little munchkins? So, where did the angels come from? The Bible does not say other than to affirm that since ...
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