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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Sermon
King Duncan
... their former employees, Robert W. Cox. He was fired for not smiling enough. Cox, suing the airline, contended that he had met all requirements for the job except for the smile. But the judge said that the airline's policy of requiring a "friendly facial expression" was essential in the competitive airline industry. So American Airlines is still doing what it does best, without Mr. Cox. (2) If we are in business, we try to impress our customers. If we are looking for a job, we try to impress our prospective ...
Sermon
Timothy J. Smith
... itself, cannot be my disciple." That's harsh. Uncomfortable. Jesus wanted the people to understand that being a disciple demanded their whole life ” not just the times when it was convenient. It was like the old ad they used to run for Pony Express riders: "DUTY IS HAZARDOUS, ORPHANS PREFERRED." Jesus wanted people to understand what they were getting into. In the first century, there was often conflict within families when one family member converted to Christ while the rest of the family did not. Jesus ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... OUR INADEQUACY. There are some people who are intimidated by church people. They see us as a collection of super saints. They are not drawn toward us. Rather, they prefer to avoid us because they feel so unworthy. We put on our pious expressions and people think we have it all together. Thus, like the Pharisee, we become unapproachable. And that's sad. In Gail Godwin's novel, FATHER MELANCHOLY'S DAUGHTER, the main character, Margaret Gower, describes one of her fathers' experiences as an Episcopal priest ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... , "I had an uncontrollable urge to stop right there and take him into my arms and hug him. But Papa, always the nurturer, spared me the trouble. He stopped and reached out to me, took me into his arms and spoke the very thoughts I wanted to express. `Don't be sad,' he said. `We've had a nice life together.'" (3) We remember those special persons and give thanks to God for the privilege of walking beside them and for their positive influence in our lives. ON THIS ALL SAINTS' SUNDAY WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... children. I'm sure you've heard of Marva Collins. She's the brilliant educator who founded Westside Preparatory School in Chicago in 1975. She has nurtured and cherished so many children, including three of her own. She has taken the children under her tutelage to exceptional heights. She expresses it this way: "God gives me a strong back to endure the pace of what is expected of me here and to be reminded that we eat an elephant one bite at a time...and if this is my last day on earth I will never have to ...
Sermon
Eric Ritz
... and blessing them. It was a poor village, so the mayor proposed that the folks set up a keg in the village square and everyone bring a pitcher of wine from their own cellar to pour into the keg. Then they would present the keg to the doctor as an expression of their love for all he had shared with them. On the appointed day, there was a steady stream of folks bringing a pitcher of wine to pour into the keg. That evening a presentation was made to the good doctor and the keg was taken home. The next evening ...
Sermon
Wayne Brouwer
... and embarrassed, an ugly beast cowering before a fairy princess. But words he could understand. With his gloved hands he fumbled through the book. He found the second act of "Romeo and Juliet". His voice was broken and squeaky, but he read the words that expressed what he felt: "See! how she leans her cheek upon her hand, that I might touch her cheek." And while he read that line, Madge Kendall slipped quietly into the seat beside him. She responded with the lines of Juliet, memorized from her years in ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... knows his sheep. The individual sheep in a flock all look alike to the untrained eye. A good shepherd, however, can tell them apart ” often because of their defects and peculiar traits. A man who was tending a large flock explained this to a Christian friend who expressed surprise at his familiarity with each animal. "See that sheep over there?" he asked. "Notice how it toes in a little. The one behind it has a squint; the next one has a patch of wool off its back; ahead is one with a distinguishing black ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... his escape with a tire iron with which he broke open the trunk latch. He said, "I knew my only chance was to get the trunk open. I was praying [and] I was prying like mad." One commentator later noted, "Praying and prying ” what a beautiful expression of the proper approach to trouble. Our approach is usually complaining and crying. How much better to pray and pry, praying as if everything depended on God, and prying as if everything depended on us." (4) Prayer is not a meaningless ritual. Neither is it a ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... 't love you." Obviously this is not a problem that is isolated to the church. There are families in which members do incalculable damage to one another because of caustic remarks. There is a saying in the Navy: "The captain bites his tongue until it bleeds." This expression refers to the way a ship's captain feels as he silently stands by while allowing a junior officer to bring the ship alongside the dock for the first time. (3) Many of us need to pray for the ability to bite our tongue ” unless we can ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... and his musical family traveled throughout Israel, singing and witnessing for the Lord. When he had a massive heart attack, they rushed him to Haddasah Hospital in Jerusalem. The doctor on call that day skillfully saved his life. After he recuperated, Peter expressed his gratitude to the medical staff. When they discussed the Holocaust, the doctor suddenly burst into tears. So did Peter. For as they compared notes, the doctor told Peter that he was one of those children Peter had rescued. Now, years later ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... profound preaching aimed at such a learned person, the professor finally presented himself for church membership. Later, after becoming better acquainted, Trice finally asked, "Which of my sermons during that month persuaded you to unite with our church?" This learned professor, with a somewhat puzzled expression, replied, "I don't know what you're talking about. A little old lady in a back row of the church made me feel so much at home by telling me how much she missed me when I wasn't there. That's why I ...
3613. Living With The Birth Pangs
1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11
Sermon
King Duncan
... lion. It was not the rabbit who was to be feared but the rabbit's powerful friend. (5) Perhaps you and I feel like helpless rabbits in the face of a world of change. But we have a powerful Friend. A hymn writer near the end of the last century expressed what you and I need to know as we come to the end of the millennium with all its uncertainties. It goes like this: "This is my Father's world, O let me ne'er forget That though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the ruler yet." "Labor ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... had done, the small ways that he had positively shaped the boys' lives. It couldn't have been easy for Frank to carve out a place in a readymade family. Hanoch wanted to do something to restore the lost relationship. As he reflected on the situation, he remembered Frank expressing regrets that he had never had a child of his own, one that would carry on the family name. Frank was the last in his family line, and it hurt him that the name would go to his grave with him. Hanoch knew what he had to do. He ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... go to my neighbor's drugstore the next morning for something, and he motioned for me to step behind the counter with him. I followed him into his little office at the back of the store. He put both hands on my shoulders and said, ˜Eddie, I can't really express what I want to say, the sympathy I have in my heart for you. All I can say is that I'm sorry, and I want you to know that if you need anything at all, come to me. What is mine is yours.'" Years later Edgar Guest reminisced upon ...
Sermon
Frank Lyman
... is not to teach people good manners, but to teach that life is good and holy. People who view life with gratitude are the most secure people in the world. They know that the spotlight doesn't always need to fall on them so they can express true gratitude. Insecure people are ungrateful and thereby bitter. In his book, The Person Reborn, Paul Tournier writes, "The farmer sows his wheat in the gray days of autumn. He knows in the springtime his field will be green with thousands of little shoots and that ...
3617. Thanks For All You've Done
Colossians 1:15-23, Colossians 1:1-14
Sermon
King Duncan
... , Stanley entered the aluminum business, and his hard work earned him quite a fortune. When Stanley Newberg died at the age of 81, he bequeathed his estate of more than $5.5 million to the government of the United States. His will states: "It is my expression of deep gratitude for living in this kind of government, notwithstanding its inequities." You and I are thankful we are residents of this free country. It is one of the free gifts that has been granted to us for which we ought to say "Thank you ...
3618. April Sky
John 20:1-9
Sermon
Frank Lyman
... palm branches in joy. The choice of palm branches was no accident, for palm branches were the symbol of the Hasmonean Dynasty, which had been the last time that the Jews had been a free people. By waving palm branches before Jesus, the people were expressing their willingness to allow Jesus to lead them in ousting the Romans! No wonder the disciples were excited--their turn had come, but now, less than a week later, the death of Jesus had shattered their hope. No wonder they said, "WE HAD HOPED . . ." Where ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... into a difficult exam with a piece of paper or with a living, breathing expert. Jesus was a living, breathing embodiment of the Law and the Prophets and much, much more. And he was standing there in front of them. They could hear his voice, they could see the expression on his face, the love in his eyes. They could reach out and touch him. Here was God in their midst, but many of them were blind. Here was the bridge they were seeking, but in the mist of their own doubt, they failed to discern it. There was ...
3620. Don't Look Down
Matthew 14:22-36
Sermon
King Duncan
... . The disciples were terrified. But Jesus said to them: "Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid." Simon Peter wasn't afraid. As usual, he acts on impulse. "Lord, if it's you, tell me to come to you on the water." I would love to have seen the expression on Jesus' face at that particular moment. Surely he worked hard to suppress a smile at Peter's audaciousness. That's one of the things he loved about Peter. He was a doer--a man of action. "Come," Jesus said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on ...
Children's Sermon
King Duncan
... ? Do you eat them all by themselves, or do you put them on sandwiches and stuff? There are two major kinds of pickles, sweet and dill. (Might want to taste these yourself, or give samples to the kids, or have another adult demonstrate the facial expressions associated with eating the pickles) Sweet ones are good and tasty and I could eat those kind all day. Then there are the dill pickles. Dill pickles taste really sour and they'll make your belly button pucker! Ooooeee! What makes the difference? Sweet ...
Sermon
Frank Lyman
... his reaction is also one of being convicted of sinfulness. This is the way God works. God confronts us not with threats but with goodness. If we're listening to God, then like Simon and Isaiah we are driven to an honest appraisal of who we are. C. S. Lewis expressed this by writing, "We are at present, creatures whose character must be a horror to God, (and) when we really see it, a horror to ourselves . . . I notice that the holier a (person) is, the more fully he is aware of that fact. "(5) Most of us are ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; rend your hearts and not your clothing." This is what Ash Wednesday is all about. Examining our hearts and putting those hearts right with God. THIS IS, FIRST OF ALL, A TIME OF REFLECTION. The French have an imaginative expression: RECULAR POUR MIEUX SAUTER, to step back in order to jump farther. That's a good thought. This is a time for stepping back in order that we might jump farther in our spiritual lives. In order to do that, we begin by reflecting on what ...
Sermon
Eric Ritz
... temptation, but deliver us from evil." It is better translated, “Let us not fall, when we are tempted by the evil one." A seminary professor used to say, “Good opportunities only knock once; temptation just seems to stay and knock unceasingly." Martin Luther expressed this thought in a hymn: “Though this world with devils filled should threaten to undo us." Further on he adds, “Still our ancient foe, doth seek to work us woe. His craft and power are great." Satan used external objects to test Jesus ...
3625. Destined For Greatness
Jeremiah 30:1--31:40
Sermon
King Duncan
... for depression, another gene for sociability, etc. When President Bill Clinton showed up for his first day of kindergarten, he was naturally friendly. "Hi," he would say. "I'm Bill. What's your name?" We are told that none of his classmates in Hope, Arkansas expressed surprise that little Bill was elected president of the United States. Bill Clinton was born to be a politician, as we sometimes say. Maybe the President could blame some of his problems on faulty genes. Do you see where I am leading? None of ...
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