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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Thomas Slavens
... is faced with a challenge, he or she usually tackles it enthusiastically. So adults do well, when we hear the voice of God, to act spontaneously. The Master appreciated those who acted spontaneously. Among his closest friends were those who did so. Such was the nature of the one who baptized him. So, too, he appreciated Andrew, the first Christian evangelist. Something in Simon the Zealot must have caused the Master to choose this impetuous man as one of the Twelve. When a woman of the city wet his feet ...
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Thomas Slavens
Freedom and Democracy Sunday • Freedom Sunday Of all God’s creatures, only humans can make free judgments. Only we can change our basic natures; only we can rebel against ourselves; only we can choose. Herein lies both our greatness and our misery. Thus, only we can question and choose our authorities. Only we can ask, “Says who?” Where did that idea come from -- that the consciences of human beings should be free? I suppose ...
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Thomas Slavens
... of people. Norman V. Pearce, a blind person, reminded in a subtle way those who have sight that for which they have to be grateful: I cannot see the moonlight on the sea,But I can hear the waves beat on the shore; I feast upon all nature’s melodyAnd thank my God and do not ask for more.18 The opportunity to earn a livelihood merits appreciation. For warm, comfortable clothing and homes and well-prepared food we should be grateful. For doctors, nurses, and wonder drugs, health and the healing process we ...
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Thomas Slavens
... the kind of God to whom one can commit a life? A second view of death is that it is a means to life. Christians believe that God has invaded the world and disclosed something about himself and his plans. The Christ, more than any other, disclosed the nature of God. This Christ said: “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die.”(John 11:25-26) For those with Christian faith, death ceases to be a leap ...
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Steven Burt
... that comes out of focusing on the little point. It’s like a tightly compressed hand grenade of awareness exploding in the mind. That realization, that sudden awareness that the world can be different than it appears -- that which Social Darwinists call the “natural order of things” can be changed, that there can be peace in a world of war and violence -- that realization of the possibility of the present Kingdom of God is what Jesus confronts his hearers with. His parable springs it on them, and ...
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James Garrett
... in them”; before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain. Remember your Creator when you are young. When you are young, your soul has just come fresh from God. Haven’t you observed how naturally small children can talk of God and Jesus? Why? Because they just came from there. But when you have been here for awhile, mowed the grass, bought a car, mortgaged a house, got married, had a few bad experiences you forget whence you came. Every birth is ...
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James Garrett
... Word of God is not always pleasant to hear. It does not massage the status quo at the expense of the truth. People don’t want their turf invaded, not even by a hometown boy. Walter Bagehot once wrote, “one of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.” The citizens of Nazareth were the favored people and they resented Jesus taking God’s Word of grace to others beyond Nazareth, especially to Capernaum. After all, Capernaum was heavily populated by non-Jews. Israel had been full of ...
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James Garrett
... to come as he chooses… Expect him to come, but do not expect him only in a certain way. At any moment he may break in… Always be in a state of expectancy, and leave room for God to come as he likes.12 Life is anything but predictable! Human nature is not fixed and settled. We live under hope. That hope is rested in God, not the situation. At the outset Simon is reluctant -- “We toiled all night and took nothing!” The words of a person who has already made the effort and failed. Why should he want to ...
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James Garrett
... does this have to do with real life?’ “And the other disciples likewise. “And Jesus wept.” We still have not learned the lesson. Jesus reverses the standard of value around which his kingdom is built. His love is radical, embracing everyone. Behavior is the natural expression of an inward goodness. You do as you believe. You believe as you do. Write that down and mull it over for a little while. You do as you believe. You believe as you do. Oswald Chambers in his devotional writings says, “The ...
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Brett Blair
... Carefully Taught." If you are not careful, you will get so caught up with the catchy tune and the pretty face and you will miss the biting sarcasm that is in this song. It reminds us that hates and prejudices are taught behavior. For children the natural order is openness. "I'ts Got to be drummed in their dear little heads, you've got to be carefully taught," goes the song. A seminary students told the story about a course he had to take with all the other beginning theologs called Supervised Ministry. It ...
3461. The Pitfalls Of Practicing Piety
Matthew 6:19-24, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:1-4
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John M. Braaten
... fly; Wash me, Savior, or I die." It's true, and it's great. But Jesus still talks about rewards, consequences. The Psalmist cried out, "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want." Later he said, "My cup runs over." But we are to notice very carefully the nature of the reward. What kind of rewards are they? What kinds of outcomes can you expect if you live obediently and faithfully? Well, it doesn't have much to do with having a higher standard of living. That isn't the promise. It doesn't necessarily mean a ...
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John M. Braaten
... surprise. But while Easter's revelation of resurrection is anticipated by us, it took the disciples completely by surprise. A person who has been dead for three days doesn't just get up and begin living again; that would violate all the accepted laws of nature. They were intelligent people; they knew that. So when Mary Magdalene, Peter and John encountered the risen Jesus, they didn't go walking off, hand in hand, into the sunset singing, "In the sweet by and by." Far from it! They were terrified. And we ...
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John M. Braaten
... think they're the only ones up here." It isn't just (name a denomination here) who think they are the only ones who have got this God business right. There are other denominations who also give the impression of exclusiveness and project the feeling that it is only natural that the blessings of God should fall upon them. They are probably just as amazed as we are to see that it "rains on the just and the unjust alike (Matthew 5:45)." I suppose that is not strange, since we have been brought up on a diet of ...
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O. Garfield Beckstrand, II
... above the waters. The body that was left behind still clung to the gunwale of the canoe. While the dragonfly explored the wonders of his wings and his new world, the other beetles were still crawling in the mud. He knew that he had seen a miracle of nature. Out of the mud had come a beautiful new life. The thought occurred to him, if the Creator worked such wonders with the lowliest of creatures, what must be in store for his children created in his likeness! That is our hope and our victory on this day ...
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Harold G. Skinner
... assurance from God Almighty of support and comfort. We hear the good news of the resurrection to eternal life. "I am the way and the truth and the life." "Death is swallowed up in victory." But we come here also with a variety of emotions because of the nature of this death. Relief that a long ordeal is over for ____________, her family and friends. Anger that this death was such a waste of life. Fear that forces are loose among us that can cause such havoc and pain. Remorse for not being more supportive of ...
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Robert Allen
... says, ‘and this too shall pass!’ ” There is something to be said for dealing with frustration in this manner. Whatever frustrations come your way in life, never give up because they will pass, they will not last forever, they will change. That is the nature of things -- there is always a change. So, whenever the frustrations come your way in life, don’t give in to despair or defeat or failure. Don’t allow the frustrations of life cause you to give up. Simply remember that whatever the frustration ...
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Robert Allen
... means owner and in the beginning, it had nothing to do with religion. But, Baalism gradually became a god, a god that offered his followers the things human instincts crave, a god of the flesh, a god who encouraged his people to follow their natural inclinations. Baalism was worshiped in indulgence, expressed in lust, and adored in selfishness. Baalism had no inhibitions and simply said, “If it feels good, do it!” Elijah saw the danger and called the people of Israel to make a choice. He said: “If the ...
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George Bass
... He, the very Son of God was marked for death just like we are! The difference is that Jesus’ death was unwarranted; he had done nothing to deserve death, was, in fact, obedient to the will of God “unto death.” And he wasn’t allowed to die a natural death; he was executed in an excruciatingly horrible manner -- nailed to a tree. His whole life was a journey to Jerusalem to be killed as a criminal. He knew that death was his destiny. Hadn’t he told his disciples three times, at least, about what lay ...
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George Bass
... Jesus) once meant ‘savior.’ In times from which the book of Genesis was drawn, men believed that if they could learn the name of a god, they would possess the god’s very power; for a name then meant almost a man’s or a god’s nature.”7 So maybe there really is something in giving our children biblical and baptismal names after all, because such names are reminders of the blessings that God gives his people in their baptism. They tell people that “the cross is still there.” The names given in ...
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Carlyle Fielding Stewart
... it. Happy is the person who goes down swinging. Happier is the person who gets up swinging. There is something strange about the Christian faith. The core truths of Christian spirituality reveal a logic which defies common sense and human nature, where negatives become positives, where crooked ways are made straight and high places low, where cornerstones rejected become the chief cornerstones, where faith the size of mustard seeds can move mountains and rock nations, where those losing their lives find ...
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Carlyle Fielding Stewart
... the walls of the city, residents were safe. It was impregnable against attack and it was virtually impossible for any standing army to penetrate its formidable barriers. Jericho was situated in fertile territory, with fresh water springs and other amenities of nature envied by many. But the Canaanites had spawned the wrath and judgment of God with their intense idol worship and evil practices. They were essentially a stronghold of rebellion against God, and the Lord promised his people that he would give ...
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Carlyle Fielding Stewart
... hallmark of true men. But there are men who talk a lot and back it up. Thank God for them. They can talk the talk and walk the walk. They too have favor in God's eyes. But it is clear that Joseph's invisibility was heightened by his quiet nature. Matthew puts no words in Joseph's mouth, but his presence is so vital to the well-being of his family that it is clear they could not have survived without his presence. You don't have to say much, just be much. Have presence and be present when people ...
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Carlyle Fielding Stewart
... for a short while, the hammer time people don't hang for the things of Jesus at all. They come with their nails and hammers and do their dirt, then go home. Theirs is no mission of mercy, but a mission of mess. There is something within human nature, the human personality, that gravitates toward and relishes in the darker side of life: those things which reek of the tragic and the disconcerting. We must all struggle at some point or another not to allow this darker side to take us over so that we become the ...
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Donald Macleod
... him. Then they went on to accept his word, observe his teachings in action, and come to grips with the truth he declared. To believe Jesus is living as if what he said about God is true, the good life in the long run spells victory, our human nature has a potential which God alone can bring to fruition, and the lifestyle described in the Sermon on the Mount is the only one that satisfies. Anyone who has doubts here must remember that Jesus underwrote all this with his own life. He never flinched, even from ...
3475. Playing By A Different Set Of Rules
Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43
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Larry Goodpaster
... Lo! the hosts of evil round us scorn thy Christ, assail his ways!” For those of us who name Christ as Lord and Savior, our understanding of life and of what God intended are assaulted and insulted when appeal is made to the base desires of human nature. We name as “evil” that which destroys, dehumanizes and denigrates God’s good creation of life. So, then, what do we do about the presence of the various expressions of evil in our world? Shall we name them and forget about them? Shall we ignore their ...
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