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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Phil Thrailkill
... way. You become a sharp tool in the hands of your Creator. Loving difficult people is what God does with all of us! CONCLUSION My friend Thad Hinnant sent an email this week. I promised to use it in this sermon. It seems that a group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, "What does love mean?" Here are a few of the answers: “When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even ...
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Michael Milton
... —I will give You my life, but what do I get in return? To some degree he is probably all of us who have left all to follow Christ. In the Bible, he is Peter. Common to both the rich young man and Peter is the question that I am posing—What’s in it for me? What’s in it for me is a major theme with some ministries that claim to be Christian. When I was finally able to do so, I turned on the TV in India and discovered a preacher who sounded like he was from Oklahoma ...
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R. Robert Cueni
... of the issue by saying that for eighteen years the woman had been doubled-over for some psychological cause. Now what might that be? What psychological problem or spiritual crisis could keep a woman bent over for nearly two decades? A minister posed that question to a group of women in the church. They had some interesting observations. "What bent her over?" One woman answered, "Her children. Eighteen years is the minimum sentence for accepting the responsibility of being a parent." What parent has not ...
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Richard J. Fairchild
... of her own, asked the kids one day, "If all the bad children were painted red and all the good children were painted green, which color would you be?" Think about it. What color would you be? Red or Green? It is a tough question isn't it when you pose only two options. One very wise child answered the teacher: "Striped" The reason I am going on about this point is simple. It seems to me that in the frame of the story - everyone but Jesus is striped. It is the same in the world today. We are a curious ...
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Mark Trotter
... in this world, the starvation of people, especially children. You can't do that and be a Christian. So Judas' question is a good question. "Why was this perfume not sold and the money given to the poor?" It is a good question. But this story poses the question differently. It asks, is there a time when extravagance is appropriate? The setting is Mary and Martha's house in Bethany. The text begins this way. Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from ...
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Richard Gribble
... is highly unlikely that Jesus will raise us like Lazarus, but our day-to-day journey in life finds us numerous times in various forms of chains from which we need to find release. Jesus is the one who can release us and set us free. Today's gospel poses an interesting question that might have come to you as it has to me on several occasions: Why were Jesus, Martha, Mary, and Lazarus such good friends? What was the nature of their relationship? We do not know the answers, but we do know that they were very ...
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Richard Gribble
... God asks of us. Jesus is the one who can unbind us from these restraints and set us free. In today's gospel, we hear how Jesus conquers death and encourages us to be transformed. What needs transformation? The answer can be found through a question posed in today's gospel. John reports of the "Beloved Disciple," "He saw and believed." What did John see and thus believe that day? He saw that the tomb was empty and realized that his life was full, cluttered with many things. The question for him was - could ...
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Stephen M. Crotts
... Jesus' words still ring true: "... give to God that which is God's." God calls us to make a complete commitment of life and possessions to him and then he will guide how we use them. The far larger commitment in life must be to God. Using the simple question posed made popular today, WWJD (What would Jesus do?) we begin to get at the heart of what it means to give to God that which is God's. What would Jesus do with my possessions? With my time? With my gifts and talents? With my priorities? With my love of ...
309. Trip Questions
Matthew 22:15-22
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Leonard Sweet
... Christ to answer a series of questions. Catechisms, confessions, and creeds are all taught by the Church as answers to the FAQs of Faith (Frequently Asked Questions)--of course with different answers found in different faith traditions. The problem with the question that the Pharisees posed to Jesus in today's gospel text is that it was a question designed not to clarify or codify. It was a question designed to exclude and indict. That's a problem plaguing us today as well. The church should be a place to ...
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Leonard Sweet
... - that is, the transformation from death to life that resurrection brings. 2. Threatened with resurrection also refers to the ones threatened, the persons who live as resurrected, those who struggle for the full resurrection of all men and women, and the threat they pose to a world that chooses unreality over reality. Are you threatened by resurrection this morning? Do you like life the way it is . . . do you really want the unreality of real life when the hyper reality of resurrection life is there as a ...
311. Unchained Melody
2 Timothy 1:1-2:13
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Leonard Sweet
... Of Not Knowing and Never Knowing (De Arte Dubitandi et Confidendi, Ignorandi et Sciendi , Studies in Medieval and Reformation Thought, 29 [Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1981]). Church historian Brian Gerrish tells Castellio's story and excerpts his unpublished book. In it Castellio poses to Duke Christoph of W?rttenberg how he'd judge his subjects if he ordered them to show up to meet him one day wearing white garments and instead, when he arrived, he found them arguing? Then, Castellio wrote, "Suppose further that ...
312. That Is SO God!
Matthew 11:2-11
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Leonard Sweet
... with fire, burning up the chaff as he sorted through the wheat (Matthew 3:11-12). Where was this fire and fury? Where were Jesus' judgments and justice? Despite the heaven-opening experience at the Jordan River, John had his doubts. And where is John when he poses this million-dollar question at Jesus? He is locked up in Herod's prison. In a few chapters Matthew will relate John's final martyrdom for little more than a royal whim (see Matthew 14:1-12). Before his death John will receive the answer to the ...
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Leonard Sweet
... reiterated the fact: there was no room in the inn. ‘Please, good innkeeper, this is my wife, Mary. She is heavy with child and needs a place to rest. Surely you must have some small corner for her. She is so tired. Wally relaxed his stiff pose and, for the first time, really looked at Mary. He paused so long that the audience began to get nervous. The prompter from the wings whispered: ‘Be gone!’ Wally repeated the whisper: ‘Be gone.’ Joseph sadly put his arm around the pregnant Mary; she rested ...
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Leonard Sweet
... many of us get stuck in. It is as though, if we refuse to acknowledge death, it will loose its ability to catch us up in its grip. There is an old story about three friends one afternoon who were vaguely contemplating the inevitability of their own deaths. They posed the following question to themselves: "When you are in your casket and friends and family are mourning upon you, what would you like to hear them say about you?" The first guy said, "I would like to hear them say that I was a great doctor of my ...
315. Patience
James 5:7-12
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King Duncan
... with some marshmallows and told that the experimenter has to run an errand. If the four-year-old can wait till the experimenter returns, he can have two marshmallows. If he wants to eat right now, he can--but he only gets one. This would pose a dilemma for anyone of any age. Have one marshmallow now--or delay gratification and get two. Kids would develop all kinds of strategies to enable them to wait--­sing songs, tell themselves stories, play with their fingers. What is most amazing is the impact this ...
316. Advent 3
Psalm 146:1-10, Isaiah 35:1-10, James 5:7-12, Matthew 11:1-19
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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... as the next distinguishable section of the lectionary text. Whereas vv. 2-6 operated from the perspective of John's questions about Jesus and Jesus' reply, vv. 7-11 show us Jesus' view of the Baptist. First, in vv. 7-9 Jesus poses a series of questions, rhetorical and didactic. Jesus offers and rejects superficial, nontheological evaluations of John; and then he registers the theological assessment of John as a prophet, more than a prophet! Next, Jesus makes pronouncements related to John both by quoting ...
317. Epiphany 4
Psalm 15:1-5, Micah 6:1-8, 1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, Matthew 5:1-12
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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... " is meant quite literally. The psalm most likely functioned as a litany to inform worshipers of what was required of them to enter the Jerusalem Temple. Structure. The question and answer format of Psalm 15 provides the central clue to its structure. Verse 1 poses the question to God concerning who may enter. This question is probably communal in nature and not being placed by an individual. Verses 2-5a provide the divine answer by listing a series of characteristics that create a profile of the person of ...
318. Proper 6
Matthew 10:1-42, Matthew 9:35-38, Romans 5:1-11, Psalm 116:1-19, Genesis 18:1-15
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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... laughing privately over this seemingly ridiculous promise in v. 12. The motif of laughing remains central to the rest of the story because in Hebrew it is the name of Isaac. Second, God asks Abraham in vv. 13-14 why Sarah is laughing and then poses the central question to the story: Is there anything that is too difficult for God? The Hebrew could just as well read: Is there any miracle that God cannot perform? Third, Sarah, who has been secretly listening, now realizes that her unbelief has been unmasked ...
319. Proper 8
Matthew 10:1-42, Romans 6:15-23, Psalm 13:1-6, Genesis 22:1-19
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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... for the line opens, "Therefore, . . . " clearly referring to the foregoing argument in order to draw conclusions from it and beyond it. Nevertheless, the admonitions and conclusions Paul begins to advance in v. 12 continue through vv. 13-14. Then in v. 15, Paul poses a rhetorical question that sets up the next section of his reflection: "What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace?" He launches his argument in v. 15b and continues to develop his position through v. 23, though his ...
320. Proper 12
Genesis 29:15-30, Matthew 13:31-35, Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:47-52, Romans 8:28-39, Psalm 105:1-45
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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... 26-28 make a strong statement about what we usually term the sovereignty of God, and, then, vv. 29-30 form a chain-like statement that declares, more than explains, what God's sovereignty means for believers. In turn, vv. 31-35 pose a series of rhetorical questions meant to provide further elucidation by eliminating certain misinterpretations and establishing by implication the correct understanding of Paul's teaching. Verse 36 quotes Psalm 44;23 to give an Old Testament precedent for Paul's pronouncements ...
321. Proper 21
Exodus 17:1-7, Matthew 21:23-27, Matthew 21:28-32, Philippians 2:1-11, Psalm 78:1-72
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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... closely on the implications of the previous passage and form part of the larger unit from 21:23 through 22:14. The lesson opens, establishing the setting, and then, with a rhetorical question we move to the parable, vv. 28-30. Then, in v. 31, Jesus poses another real question to the leaders (the first was in 21:25), and now, they answer. The remainder of v. 31 and v. 32 are a condemning pronouncement of the leaders by Jesus. Significance. The parable in its literary context and, most likely, Matthew in his ...
322. Proper 23
Psalm 106:1-48, Philippians 4:2-9, Matthew 22:1-14, Exodus 32:1-33:6
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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... to describe the earth at the time of the flood Genesis 6:11-12), and God's response is the same. He tells Moses in vv. 9-10 that he will destroy them and make a new people out of Moses. Moses intercedes for Israel in vv. 11-13 by posing two questions to God, which are linked to two requests or petitions. First, Moses raises a question about divine anger in v. 11b, but it is really a statement about Israel that reaffirms their status as God's people. Second, Moses raises a question about the Egyptians in v ...
323. Trinity Sunday
Genesis 1:1-2:3, Matthew 28:16-20, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, Psalm 8:1-9
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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... must conclude that it cannot be used as a Trinitarian text, for even if we identified the "spirit of God" with the Holy Spirit, we would still have to find Jesus someplace in the text to fill out our Trinity. If the question is posed somewhat differently, however, from the perspective of what the Trinity actually means for Christians concerning Who God is? and What this world is?, then Genesis 1 becomes a powerful Trinitarian text. By confessing God as Trinity, we celebrate God as being the original Creator ...
324. Mr. Hooper Is Dead
John 11:1-44
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Brett Blair
In the summer of 1981, Will Lee, the actor who played an adult character named Mr. Hooper on the children's television show SESAME STREET, died. This posed a difficult set of issues for The Children's Television Workshop, producers of the show. Should they deal at all with the subject of death? If so, how would they explain it to their 10 million viewers, most of whom are under the age of six? A staff writer describes ...
Sermon
James W. Moore
... our selfishness, our greed. You remember, of course, how attached Jack Benny was to his money. I love that routine where the hold-up man runs up to Jack Benny and shouts: "Your money or your life!" There is a long pause as Jack goes into that familiar pose with his hand on his cheek. Impatiently, the robber demands again: "I said your money or your life!" Jack Benny shouts back: "I'm thinking! I'm thinking!" Well, in the last few weeks we have been thinking and praying about our money… and our life in the ...
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