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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301. Forgiven!
John 12:1-11
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Lee Griess
... is wiped clean calls for a new start, and that's what God's forgiveness does for us. It offers us a new start. A new start, knowing that we are forgiven, then gives us the power to offer forgiveness to others. If we know ourselves as sinners made acceptable to God only by the grace of Jesus Christ, how can we possibly refuse to forgive another? It is impossible. George Whitefield was one of the greatest evangelists that ever lived. He was a true man of God, and yet when he saw a condemned man going to the ...
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W. Robert McClelland
... , guilt and regret. Its deepest lessons are taught the worst of all possible ways. Man is the only creature with potential, but this potential is found only in, through, and despite the bumbling, awkwardness of human development. (We) become men and women by risking regret, accepting guilt, and learning from failure."5 They know, even if we do not, that sin is a fact of human existence, as is the color of our eyes or the set of our jaws. The only possible ethical imperative, therefore, is - as Luther would ...
303. Baptism of the Lord
Luke 3:1-20, Isaiah 61:1-11, Luke 3:21-38, Acts 8:9-25
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John R. Brokhoff
... the water was used, we do not know. But we do know that while Jesus was praying, the Holy Spirit came upon him like a dove descending from heaven. Jesus heard God's voice: "You are my own dear Son. I am pleased with you." It was a voice of acceptance and approval. Now Jesus was sure who he was and what his mission was. Now he knew the meaning of life. He found his reason for living. He faced a herculean task: the salvation of humanity. The Setting The Church Year. In the church year the first Sunday after ...
304. Proper 8
Luke 9:57-62, Galatians 5:16-26, 1 Kings 19:9-18, Psalm 16:1-11, Luke 9:51-56
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George Bass
... of the crucial problems of the church in this day, as well as in Jesus' day. How can the church obtain enough pastors to do the work of Jesus Christ in the world? 2. This much we know; he calls people who have heard the good news, believe it, and accept the gospel of God's grace with all their hearts, minds, souls, and strength. He calls people who love him and his Father, not simply people who are interested in a career or a new and different way of life. 3. He wants people to answer his call without delay ...
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William J. Carl
... knew the shepherd. Why was she in tears? Was it because she knew she was about to meet her maker? I don’t know. But I do know this. She came to the table of the Lord for her last time in penitence and hope. She came to the table accepting the sustenance of Christ, which is what we should do every time we partake of the sacrament. Don’t come to the Lord’s table unless you mean it, for the Lord’s table is set with an invitation and a warning. The invitation is only to those who are ...
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George Johnson
... ground because of fear. That was a mistake. It is also a mistake to put our heads in the sand and deny the seriousness of the environmental crisis. We must continue to become more informed and more alert. It is a life and death situation. 5. Accept The Economic Aspects. Ecology and economics have a close relationship. They both have the same root meaning: the right ordering of relationships in the household. The trouble we are in is caused, to a large degree, by over consumption, the drive for more and more ...
Eulogy
Lawrence Ruegg
... the name of God: and it begins with the word "therefore." "THEREFORE" - because of all that God has done for you - "Therefore I appeal to you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice ... that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect." You may think that the initials of ____________ are [A, B, C]. If that were the only truth, then there is little that we could celebrate today: "God gave; God took away; and somehow we must bless the name of God." I am here to testify ...
308. Redrawing The Landscape
Multiple Scriptures
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Harold Warlick
... chance of survival than two people naive about the importance of relationships. Consider this. Here's Susan. She's an honors student. She has a 4.0 GPA at a major university. She's a class marshall. She's excelled in every course. She has been accepted to medical school. But Susan is lonely. She thinks sex is a way to become intimate. She's also one who closes off conversations when her angry feelings start to come out. She's a perfectionist. The thoughts of people not pulling their weight or a professor ...
Eulogy
John M. Braaten
... to be loved because life is for sharing. So, to recover happiness, they must forgive and forget. We adults tend to nurse grudges, dwell on misfortunes, shift blame, and thus experience much unhappiness. Would that we could become like children, knowing how to forget, and accepting our friends without conditions or demands. Then we would be able to say, as Saint Paul did, "I have learned in whatsoever state to be content," or as J_ said, as he lay dying, "It's okay. It's okay." Another attribute of children ...
Eulogy
Louis M. Pratt
... had the confidence that, because of his faith in Christ, though a situation might cause him great agony of soul, no situation had the power to destroy his faith or to cause him to lose confidence in Christ. Part of his strength came from Paul's willingness to accept whatever came, to be "satisfied" with any situation in which he found himself. At times, all we have a right to ask God for is the strength to play the hand that life has dealt us. This is a "strange victory" to those who demand success in all ...
311. Step Two - Hope
Mk 10:46-52 · 2 Cor 12:7-10 · Is 12:1-6
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John A. Terry
... missionary in the history of the church, the author of much of the New Testament, who had a "thorn in the flesh," a debilitating weakness, that made his life unmanageable. If anyone earned God's favor, it was Paul. He prayed to God to remove it. Nothing doing. So he accepted the power to be able to live with it. "God's power," he assures us, "is made perfect in weakness." It is only when the clay is made weak, when it is wet, that a sculptor can form it. So it is with our lives. When we are weak, when ...
312. Monday Morning Faith
Matthew 21:23-27, Matthew 21:28-32
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Johnny Dean
... to Him I freely give." In our confession of faith, we say, "I believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God, and I accept him as Lord of my life." And when we pray the Lord’s Prayer, we pray, "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it ... sort of philosophy of life, like Zen Buddhism or transcendental meditation. It’s just a set of intellectual propositions you can either accept or reject, and either way it doesn’t really matter all that much. Let me say this as clearly as I can: ...
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Robert Allen
... City, we usually think about what that event meant to Jesus. Today, we are thinking not only about what it meant to Jesus, but also what it meant to Jerusalem. If only Jesus had stayed away from Jerusalem, what a relief! The city as a whole did not want to accept him. The city as a whole did not want to crucify him. To be honest, I believe that the city as a whole would have dodged the issue about Jesus if they could have. After all, why did they have to make a decision that would split the city wide ...
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Carl Jech
... that the Jewish people are an enduring sign of God's faithfulness. Sad to say, it may well be that one aspect of anti-Semitism is the overt or subliminal feeling on the part of some Christian people that since Jews so stubbornly refuse to "accept Christ" they must be somehow less than fully human and can, therefore, be treated accordingly. It goes back to the old mistake of thinking that the New Testament condemns "the Jews" when, in fact, what the Gospel of Jesus really condemns is self-righteousness - the ...
315. We Prefer Justice to Mercy
Luke 15:11-32
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Lee Griess
... Susie names and hurt her feelings. I'm sorry I did that." Hobbes replies, "Maybe you should apologize to her." Calvin thinks about it for a moment and then responds, "I keep hoping there's a less obvious solution." We have trouble accepting those whom God accepts because we take God's acceptance for granted and God's forgiveness as our right. We are much like the elder brother who preferred justice to mercy. We have worked for what we have (or so we think), and it's unfair that everyone else should not have ...
316. Proper 22
Lk 17:5-10 · 2 Tim 1:1-14 · Am 5:6-7, 10-15
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John R. Brokhoff
... God and appeal for social justice. Outline: Love of money causes you to - A. Hate the honest person - v. 10 B. Steal from the poor - v. 11 C. Accept bribes - v. 12 2. If You Want to Live. 5:6-7, 10-15. Need: Who doesn't want to live? God also wants you to live. ... text tells us how we can find it. Outline: If you want to live - A. Seek the Lord - v. 6 B. Love the good - v. 15 C. Accept God's mercy - v. 15 Lesson 1: Habakkuk 1:1-3, 2:1-4 1. Waiting for God or Godot? Need: This lesson brings up the perennial ...
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... he offers. Just when we would like to know what it is that is going on, he is silent. Just when we most feel the need of a telltale clue, he tells us nothing. Jesus stands before the stranger called Matthew and says, "Follow me." Matthew accepts the invitation without question or hesitation. All that the evangelist offers us is the fact that "he rose and followed him." You and I would like to know why. What in the world happened that would cause this man to leave his lucrative administrative post? Why ...
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Various Authors
... taking the towel and the basin that Thursday evening and washing the feet of those "crippled disciples." His acceptance of Judas with his greed, of Peter with his impulsiveness, of Nathanael with his questioning, of Thomas with his doubts, of James and John with ... their impulsive behavior - all make me aware that he accepts me even though I am often crippled in spirit. I was standing in the emergency room of a hospital some years ago ...
319. You Figure It Out
Matthew 22:15-22
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... waste deposited underneath our landscape. There is no escape from the problems. We have gotten into nuclear energy production and the consequences are nagging at us. Some 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 ...
320. A King Worth Having
Zechariah 9:9-13
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John R. Brokhoff
... the necessity of obeying the Law to get God’s mercy, we are free to be ourselves. We can stop fretting about our failure to live up to God’s requirements and just be ourselves to live and love. Christ frees us from ourselves. Basking in his love and acceptance, we do not have to worry whether we made it with God. We did not make it; he made it for us. Now we can live and laugh, dance and sing. This is in keeping with Zechariah’s admonition: "Rejoice greatly ... shout aloud!" It is time to celebrate ...
321. Father Damien
Luke 17:11-19
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Carroll Gunkel
... a sense of urgency. He had much to do; he had so little time in which to do it. Every man has far too little time to fulfill his potential. Damien remembered, I am sure, St. Paul’s words to the Corinthian Christians when he said, "... behold, now is the accepted time; behold now is the day of salvation."5 There was never enough time for Damien to do all he needed to do. There is never enough time for any of us to do what needs to be done. Therefore, if a good deed needs to be done, do it ...
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Kent Moorehead
... love for the Best, we dedicated our best. But how many other times have we come and gone through the familiar acts, performed the necessary functions, and it meant worse than nothing. That is all that happened. Abel was sincere and his gift was acceptable to God. Cain had an ulterior motive and his gift meant nothing. The result of this was that there seemed to be recognition that Cain had relinquished the prerogative of being the first-born, and he was dispossessed of his spiritual birthright. When this ...
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Kent Moorehead
... utter the truth, it is not to be taken. And the one test above every other test that we must insist upon is this: Is the thing that is said from this holy place Christian? If it is, then we’re under a certain high compulsion to accept it - not because of its dogmas, not because Jesus said it, but because it’s true - and because it’s true, Jesus said it. Suppose we set forth the most indispensable characteristics, or better yet stipulate the qualifications for being a Christian liberal. This is what I ...
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Frederick C. Edwards
... you forever," he says. Indeed, if we invite one who is alienated from us to return home, there must be an end to our anger and mistrust, or it won’t work. You can return home, but on your part it has to be with new eyes - the eyes of acceptance of one’s own part in the problem. It also must be with forgiveness on all parts and the willingness to move forward into a new relationship. Nothing will erase the past. The only answer is to cover it with love. A priest in Los Angeles has worked for years ...
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Edward Chinn
... and integrity. Reflecting on the value of a good name, Bishop Allison wrote: "Every enterprise I know that frees people from hang-ups - from Alcoholics Anonymous to group therapy - is at bottom an attempt to good-word a person, enabling him to accept himself by being accepted." The New Testament word for this "good-mouthing" is logidzomai, meaning to regard and treat as good. That word appears in Paul’s Letter to the Christians in Rome as the word reckon: "Reckon yourselves as dead unto sin" (Romans 6:11 ...
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