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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Elizabeth Achtemeier
... daughter forgave him for his sin, whereby "the molester got on his knees and begged for the mercy of God and his family" (p. 926). As a result, the prison chaplain agreed to baptize him into the Christian faith. The only baptismal "font" available was a plastic-lined wooden coffin, and so the prisoner, burdened with his sin, was lowered by the chaplain into the death of Christ and raised from the waters, washed clean of his past and given a future by the resurrection of Christ. From that time on, he was a ...
3502. Servant Song
Isaiah 50:1-11
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Elizabeth Achtemeier
... us one out of two marriages is failing. It is not easy to believe that the accumulation of wealth and goods is not the goal of living, when advertisers bombard us daily and the whole point of our labor seems to be to show a big profit on the bottom line. It is not easy to practice forgiveness or mercy or love toward others when most people are just out for themselves. It is not easy to believe that God is the Ruler yet, when evil and violence are all around us. Others who watch our activities and hear our ...
Sermon
Frank G. Honeycutt
... room to change us. "One of the greatest deceptions in the practice of the Christian religion," writes Dallas Willard, "is the idea that all that really matters is our internal feelings, ideas, beliefs, and intentions."2 Let me tell you something. We have bought into that hook, line, and sinker in the mainline church. "Faith is what I believe in my head," we say. And yet for my money one of the most devastating things Jesus ever said to would-be disciples was this: "Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord' and do not ...
3504. Get Rid of the Junk
Jeremiah 16:1--17:18
Sermon
King Duncan
... come out in a song. She took that fishing shack sign and wrote a gospel song called “10,000 Lures.” The chorus goes: “There’s vices and voodoo always enticing you, from the day that you’re born ‘til the day you leave this world, the devil’s got a line for you for sure, and 10,000 lures.” One of the verses goes like this: “He knows every weakness, knows just when to strike, you know he was an angel once and he knows what you like, for you it might be money, for me it might be fame, better ...
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... shaped by this commission. Only Disciples Can Make Disciples Register first what should be obvious: only disciples can make disciples. Steven Covey, the leadership guru of Seven Habits fame, has popularized the phrase, “Beginning with the end in mind.” The bottom line of the Great Commission is discipleship. That’s the “end” we must keep in mind. James F. Ingle and William A. Dyrness in their most recent book, Changing the Mind of Missions: Where Have We Gone Wrong?, have reminded us that “in ...
3506. If I Have Not Love
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
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Maxie Dunnam
... the world would have us) Not long ago I was preaching at a laity conference in Lake Junaluska, North Carolina. We had a couple of thousand people and they were a great audience. After my first sermon – people were doing what they normally do, graciously waiting in line to speak to the preacher. I saw a woman sort of hanging back. I guess that she wanted a bit more time than the usual greeting – and I gave it to her. She was not from North Carolina but from another state – had driven five hundred miles ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... by him in the Jordon. But no messianic complex controlled John. He knew a new mystery. “I baptize you with water for repentance; but he who is coming after me is mightier than I…he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.” The line of witnesses is endless; Paul experienced the mystery on the Damascus Road, cultivated it, then joined the refrain and sany of the mystery in these words: “ The secret is simply this: Christ in you! Yes, Christ in you bringing with Him the hope of all the ...
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... are inevitable. But also what I am saying is that there are not only judgments in life -- there is the judgment, the final judgment. There comes a time when all our second chances run out. In the parable of the wise and foolish virgins there a line that captures it all: “The door was shut!” Do you remember? When the foolish virgins failed to make preparation for the bridegroom, when he came and they had no oil, they scampered off to find oil. But too late -- when they returned the door was shut ...
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... place at the right time”? Get the picture clearly in mind. Jesus had been sentenced to death. It was Friday, the day He was to die. As was the custom, Jesus was compelled to carry his own cross to Golgotha, the place of execution. A large crowd lined the street in Jerusalem that Friday, because it was Passover. Pilgrims from all over the country had come to be in the holy city this holiest day of the Jewish year. One pilgrim had come all the way from Africa, from Cyrene, known today as Libya. His name ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... Psalm 30. This remarkable word of praise grabbed my attention: “You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy so that my soul may praise you and not be silent” (verses 11 and 12.) Then there was my favorite line in all the Psalms: “Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning” (verse 5). All of that was good for my soul…but that was not the fresh vision that lifted me. The fresh vision came from the plea of the psalmist. As he ...
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... ,” and then walked away. Now that’s not the kind of thing we ministers are accustomed to hearing. It upset the preacher, but he was able to shake it off and go on greeting the worshippers. Very soon, however, the same young man appeared in the line. He looked the minister in the eye, shook his hand again, and said, “And you preached too long.” Well, this really upset the minister. But he pulled himself together and continued to be as responsive as he could to the people who were greeting him. But ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... in urban settings. Are we going to them? II Go! And for what purpose? “Go make disciples of all nations.” Steven Covey, the leadership guru of Seven Habits fame, has popularized the phrase, “Beginning with the end in mind.” The bottom line of the Great Commission is discipleship. That’s the “end” we must keep in mind. Both mainline and evangelical churches have missed this to a marked degree. Forgive my blatant generality – but register the truth that is here. The liberal mainline church ...
3513. God's Say-So
Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16
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Maxie Dunnam
... we live and the kind of days in which you are called to exercise your ministry. In a recent international conference on preaching, John Stott said, “In today’s culture, you cannot be a popular preacher, and faithful.” I think he is right. The lines are too clearly drawn -- and the chasm between enlightenment culture and Christian discipleship is too vast. You can’t be popular and faithful. Add to that the fact that the church is in crisis -- it’s a crisis of faith and identity. In most mainline ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... trouble and the most satisfaction. So, Phillipians is a letter of joy, brimming over with expressions of gratitude and affection and love. The vivid story of Paul’s visit to Philippi is told not in that letter, but in the sixteenth chapter of Acts. In a few lines there in the book of Acts, the work of the Holy Spirit guiding the missionary endeavor of Paul and his companions is boldly stated. The Holy Spirit had prevented them from going to Bethesda so they went to Troas where Paul had a vision. Do you ...
3515. The Prize of the High Calling of God
Hebrews 11:1-40, Philippians 2:12-18
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... a life-size crucifix, a life-like statue of Jesus on the Cross, with this instruction: “Place this on the pillar opposite the pulpit, so that the one who stands in the pulpit to preach will always be reminded of his proper subject.” That is the bottom line, not just in our preaching but in our total lives. We must remember our proper subject. If we burn with the passion of our higher calling of God in Christ Jesus, burn with the conviction that Christ Jesus has made us His own, we will not go through ...
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... our limits, even our helplessness, in order to tap God’s power. But it is also true that miracles happen when we submit ourselves to Christ, and our will and His power combine to produce the miraculous. Look more closely at the man at the pool. One of the saddest lines in the story is his word to Jesus, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up.” It was in preparation for this sermon that this word slapped me in the face. Does that haunt you as it does me? I don ...
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... , and gave sight to many who were blind. It’s simply a statement, but it’s inserted in the text following the asking of the question, and preceding Jesus’ answer. At first reading it seems out of place. It’s not out of place. It’s a one-line detail of current happenings that sets the stage for Jesus’ response. And what is that response? Listen to verses 22 and 23: So he replied to the messengers, “Go back and report to John what you’ve seen and heard: the blind received sight, the lame walk ...
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... your calling clear. Paul is our model here. He was moved by an irresistible compulsion. You remember his word to the Corinthians (I Cor. 9:16b) “I am compelled to preach. Woe is me if I do not preach the gospel.” That compulsion placed Paul in impressive lines of people through the centuries whom God appointed to be his mouthpiece. You remember Jeremiah – listen to him: “His word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones, I am weary of holding it in: indeed, I cannot.” (Jeremiah 20:9 ...
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... one another.” The drumbeat and the cadence go on, reaching an electrifying crescendo in verses 19 and 20: “We love Him because He first loved us. . . if someone says I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar.” And then the summary – the bottom line: “And this commandment we have from Him – that he who loves God loves his brother also” (vs. 21). There’s no need to ask for clarification, is there? It can’t get any clearer than that. When you boil it all down, compassion is at the heart ...
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... one another.” The drumbeat and the cadence go on, reaching an electrifying crescendo in verses 19 and 20: “We love Him because He first loved us. . . if someone says I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar.” And then the summary – the bottom line: “And this commandment we have from Him – that he who loves God loves his brother also” (vs. 21). There’s no need to ask for clarification, is there? It can’t get any clearer than that. When you boil it all down, compassion is at the heart ...
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... your calling clear. Paul is our model here. He was moved by an irresistible compulsion. You remember his word to the Corinthians (I Cor. 9:16b) “I am compelled to preach. Woe is me if I do not preach the gospel.” That compulsion placed Paul in an impressive line of people through the centuries whom God appointed to be his mouthpiece. You remember Jeremiah? Listen to him: “His word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones, I am weary of holding it in: indeed, I cannot.” (Jeremiah 20:9 ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... Amy Johnson earn up to $200 a week. It’s easy money, she says. “You don’t do much, except suffer a little bit of your pride.” (2) What will they think of next? Advertising on the faces of college students. But this got me thinking along another line: Many people advertise what’s in their heart by what’s on their face. Let me tell you a story of two young people who made quite a stunning couple. John and Amy were two beautiful young people. He was captain of the high school swim team as well ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... hope, that the Spirit of Christ will one day dwell in every heart. Then there will be no wars, no terrorism, no hatred. That is our hope, our only hope as followers of Christ. Do you see any other hope? We keep killing terrorists and more terrorists step in line behind them. “Mole-whacking” is what some of our soldiers call it. You whack one mole in your yard and another sticks up its head in another part of the yard. Violence may keep the enemy at bay, but it will not solve the problem. Only the love ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... with a bit of tension in his voice, “I didn’t HAVE A SUIT, I HAD FILM.” The clerk asked the gentleman if he ever watched TV. He said, “Sometimes.” Then the clerk announced, “Smile, you’re on Candid Camera!” Do you remember the famous line as the shows goes off the air? Mr. Funt states, “Remember, when you least expect it, someone, somewhere may walk up to you and say, ‘Smile, You’re on Candid Camera.’” (1) Sometimes life is confusing, isn’t it? It would not surprise us at all ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... would have been banned in the late hours of the night just a few years ago. We have become a sex-saturated society, and the price on family life is getting higher and higher. How many of today’s divorces are the consequence of people crossing lines that were once regarded as uncross-able? Author Tom Wolfe wrote a best-selling novel titled, I Am Charlotte Simmons. It is based on extensive research on college and university campuses looking at all aspects of college life as it is being lived today. Those ...
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