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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3326. John 2:13-22
John 2:12-25
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... places this dramatic scene at the very beginning of Jesus’ work. While most commentators assume this is simply a “re-mix” by John, who for theological reasons feels it is important to put the difficult relationship between Jesus and the Temple cultus out in front at the beginning of his public ministry, a few do still argue that John has a different tradition he is pulling from. In other words, some scholars believe there may indeed have been two such incidents in Jesus’ life. Whatever the case, the ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... places this dramatic scene at the very beginning of Jesus’ work. While most commentators assume this is simply a “re-mix” by John, who for theological reasons feels it is important to put the difficult relationship between Jesus and the Temple cultus out in front at the beginning of his public ministry, a few do still argue that John has a different tradition he is pulling from. In other words, some scholars believe there may indeed have been two such incidents in Jesus’ life. Whatever the case, the ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... know about the “paralysis of analysis,” and the dangers of a Nicodemite theological sophistication. The centipede, this insect with 100 legs, has no problem walking until you ask him how he does it. Then when the centipede starts thinking about putting down one foot in front of the other 99, it is immobilized. It can’t move. Or in the words of any old ditty about the caterpillar: A caterpillar in the sun Was happy, till a toad begun To ask, ‘Which leg comes after which?’ And left her wallowing in ...
3329. She'll Never Make It
Humor Illustration
... tower. I have received your message and I will talk you through it. I've had a lot of experience with this kind of problem. Now, just relax. Everything will be fine! Now give me your height and position." She says, "I'm 5'4" and I'm in the front seat." "O.K." says the voice from the tower. "Repeat after me: Our Father....Who art in Heaven...."
3330. Mark 16:1-8
Mark 16:1-20
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... sundown on the Sabbath, it is not until they are on their way to the tomb that it occurs to them that they will need to fill another need in order to fulfill their mission. Having watched Joseph of Arimathea roll the disk-like stone covering over the front of the tomb before they left, the women now belatedly wonder who might be available at this early hour to roll the stone away for them. Since the whole point of sealing tombs was to keep out grave robbers, the process of sliding the stone covering into a ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... sundown on the Sabbath, it is not until they are on their way to the tomb that it occurs to them that they will need to fill another need in order to fulfill their mission. Having watched Joseph of Arimathea roll the disk-like stone covering over the front of the tomb before they left, the women now belatedly wonder who might be available at this early hour to roll the stone away for them. Since the whole point of sealing tombs was to keep out grave robbers, the process of sliding the stone covering into a ...
3332. Doubt: The Prelude to Faith
John 20:19-23
Illustration
William L. Self
... think you are hiding. For you see, not to decide is to decide. You have decided that you want to hide in unbelief." The disbelief and the doubting for Thomas was not something that was rooted in fact. It was something that was inside of Thomas. Doubt is like a front porch. All of us go through it before we get into the house of faith.
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... is always hanging around outside your favorite coffee shop — all have both a past and a future in your life. A past that has perhaps been pock‑marked with obnoxious, even criminal behavior, peppered with loud late‑night music, populated with junky cars in the front yard, punctuated by daily rude remarks spewed out at the world. But this “brother or sister,” this one who is underfoot and overhead, is the one who calls forth FROM us the love God has FOR us. Our text this morning insists that Christ ...
3334. Tough Love
Illustration
King Duncan
In the book, God's Little Devotional Book for Graduates, the author has an interesting passage on mother giraffes that might help us. The first thing to emerge at a baby giraffe's birth, says the author, is its front hooves and head. "Minutes later, the newborn is hurled from its mother's body, falls ten feet, and lands on its back. Within seconds, it rolls to an upright position with its legs tucked under its body. From this position, it views the world for the first time and shakes ...
3335. Miracle?
Humor Illustration
One morning a man came into the church on crutches. He stopped in front of the holy water, put some on both legs, and then threw away his crutches. An altar boy witnessed the scene and then ran into the rectory to tell the priest what he'd just seen. "Son, you've just witnessed a miracle!" the priest said. "Tell me where is this man now?" "Flat on his back over by the holy water!" the boy informed him.
3336. The Choice Is Yours
Humor Illustration
... m sorry, but we have our rules." And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell. The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him. Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the people. They played ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... both these groups. The learned scholars from Jerusalem, as well as those who have known Jesus all his life, both fail to see the presence of the Spirit and the working out of God’s will in the person and actions of Jesus. Greatness is walking by in front of them, and they not only fail to recognize greatness when they see it. They attack it. Today’s narrative begins with a “focus on the family.” But it is not a pretty picture. Mark is the only gospel that records this extreme judgment and reaction ...
3338. Mark 3:20-35
Mark 3:20-30
Sweet
King Duncan
... both these groups. The learned scholars from Jerusalem, as well as those who have known Jesus all his life, both fail to see the presence of the Spirit and the working out of God’s will in the person and actions of Jesus. Greatness is walking by in front of them, and they not only fail to recognize greatness when they see it. They attack it. Today’s narrative begins with a “focus on the family.” But it is not a pretty picture. Mark is the only gospel that records this extreme judgment and reaction ...
3339. Johnny Cornflakes Comes to Dinner
Mark 3:20-30
Illustration
King Duncan
... party in Chelsea for out-of-town guests. They had worked very hard to make everything perfect: they had brought out their best linen and their finest dishes in order to make a good impression. But right in the middle of the main course the front door of the parsonage burst open. Into their dining room in all of his inebriated glory sauntered Johnny Cornflakes. Everyone was startled! Timothy later wrote that he suddenly knew what the Pharisees must have felt like. "Johnny Cornflakes was someone you'd hand a ...
3340. Ministry Everywhere
Mk 3:20-30
Illustration
King Duncan
... : they liked having people from the church meet them where they were without getting obnoxious. One night Paige was asked to leave a nightclub because, the manager told him, he was running off his business. Paige says it was no big deal. Anyway, as he stepped out onto the front porch, Paige noticed a big man sitting there with a can of beer in his hand, who was a bouncer for the club. "Looks like it's been a rough night," Paige said casually. The big man nodded and said it indeed had been. "I don't want to ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... Emma Sloan.” Miss Sloan was an elderly woman, single. She taught him in the primary department, and since there was nobody to teach his group as juniors, she went right on with them, and taught them for years. She gave him a Bible. She wrote in the front: “May this be a light to your feet, a lamp for your path. Emma Sloan.” She taught the children to memorize the Bible; she never tried to interpret it. Craddock says he doesn’t remember her ever explaining anything. She said, “Just put it in your ...
3342. I Want My Dollar Back!
2 Corinthians 8:1-15
Sermon
King Duncan
... church. Nathan’s parents were trying to introduce him to what it means to be in church. One Sunday they gave him a one-dollar bill that Nathan was to place in the offering plate. When the plate moved down Nathan’s pew, his parents held it in front of him and told him to place the dollar in the plate. Nathan balked. Finally his mother gently took the dollar from him. She placed it in the plate, and it was passed on down the pew. Suddenly the stillness of the offertory was shattered by a voice demanding ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... music industry, where he has rubbed shoulders with the “greatest” musicians of our time, he has learned one thing. And it’s a big thing. It’s not about who’s got a great voice, who’s a great singer. It’s not about who’s great at singing in front of a big crowd. It is about who’s got a great song. It’s all about the song, and having the right song to sing. Do you have the right song to sing? Are you signing the song of Jesus? Right in the middle of our text today there ...
3344. Only In America
Humor Illustration
Only in America....do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front. Only in America....do people order double cheeseburgers,large fries,and a diet coke. Only in America....do banks leave vault doors open but chain the pens to the counters. Only in America.... do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... to get the food up here even if you had the funds to buy it? Be realistic. Say a benediction and get us out of here.” But then another of the Teacher’s associates, a man named Andrew, speaks up. You see him nudging a small boy to the front of the crowd where the Teacher could see him. “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish,” he says, “but how far will they go among so many?” Andrew is probably trying to make the boy feel important. Andrew was like that. Children are ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... mother put her in a cute little pink dress. She showed up at school and the teacher said "Thelma, I want you to stand right there by your seat. You are not to sit yet." And so Thelma stood by her seat as the rest of the class marched in front of that seat and spat in her seat. An entire class of third graders. When they all went to their seats the teacher said to Thelma "You can sit down now." And yet, what did Jesus do when he wanted to heal the blind? He spat and he scooped out ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... big issue of it, and the church became divided. The minister felt as a matter of integrity that he had to back up his young assistant. And that is when the trouble really began. He said, “One Sunday my wife went up to sit in the choir and right in front of the whole congregation, two members of the choir got up and moved so they would not have to sit next to her. I couldn’t take it any longer, the way some Christians can treat other Christians, and so I resigned.” My friends, if you believe that the ...
Sermon
Cynthia Cowen
... . When the applause died down, Johnny assumed the starring role, and Ed McMahon's role decreased. Jesus came onto the world's stage to unveil the greatest story of love the world would ever witness. While he was yet in the wings, there was one out front preparing the audience for his en­trance, John, the son of Zechariah. As Jesus stepped forward to assume the major role in the drama already prepared for him, John, the supporting actor in this drama, cried out, "Here's the one you've been expecting ... the ...
Sermon
Cynthia Cowen
... knew his malice and feared his hate, And returned to their homes by another way.[1] Longfellow spoke of these kings, people searching for a sign from God, people yearning for a king, a spiritual leader, a Savior. Longfellow may have seen himself in these wise men when con­fronted with Matthew's account of their visit to the Christ Child. This is not a story of a road trip by men who had no idea where the path would take them. It is a revelation of the discovery at the end of that journey. It began as they ...
Sermon
Cynthia Cowen
... , and, of course, mom, auntie, grandma, or another family member - female or male - was to create it. Those who couldn't sew could make a placard or paper bag costume or wrap themselves in universal duct tape. Teddy and Mike were to be the front and back of a horse, translated into a spirited, knight's mighty steed. There were jousters, ladies in waiting, robed friars, Robin Hoods and merry men, court attendants, innkeepers, and peasants. Everyone chose their own role, but the king and queen were chosen by ...
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