Synonyms: touch, feel, sense of touch, tactile sense, tactility, contact, using one's hands, sensation, sense, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, notion, inkling, hunch, fancy, apprehension, presentiment, premonition, foreboding, love, care, affection, fondness, tenderness, warmth, warmness, emotion, sentiment, emotional state, compassion, sympathy, empathy, fellow feeling, understanding, concern, solicitude, solicitousness, tender-heartedness, brotherly love, sensibilities, sensitivities, self-esteem, ego, pride, opinion, belief, view, impression, intuition, instinct, estimation, guess, theory, hypothesis, thought, way of thinking, point of view, atmosphere, ambience, aura, air, mood, climate, character, overtone, undertone, tenor, spirit, quality, flavour, colour, aptitude, knack, flair, bent, talent, gift, skill, art, trick, faculty, ability, propensity, inclination, sensitive, warm, warm-hearted, tender, tender-hearted, caring, soft-hearted, sympathetic, compassionate, empathetic, responsive, receptive, intuitive, thoughtful
Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice
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3626. Are You the One?
Matthew 11:1-19
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... did you go out to see?" Jesus asks. "A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet." And then he goes on to place John in the forefront of the most revered voices of God. With the help of some historical information, there is another way of understanding of Jesus' questions. For example, scholars tells us that the reference to a reed may be an allusion to Herod Antipas, who placed a reed on his coins. Could the wind be John's preaching? Was Jesus asking the crowd if that is what they went out to the ...
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... with the Father...incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and was made man..." We remember the words of our confessional statements: "God and man, in two distinct natures, and one Person forever."(4) We believe all that even if we do not understand it any more than the "proleptic, salvific, hidden appearance of the eschatological kingdom of God." The theology is settled for us! "You are the Christ, the son of the living God." A second reason for not looking much at Jesus is that, for the most part ...
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... with self-esteem, neither is it the opposite. Nor is the self-denial to which Jesus calls the opposite of self-fulfillment. Just giving up things will not make one Christian; it will only make one empty. What is difficult for our culture to understand, indeed what it cannot understand on its own terms, is an orientation to one's life that is not focused on self at all...”(4) Turn your eyes upon Jesus, Look full in his wonderful face, And the things of earth will grow strangely dim In the light of ...
3629. Following Orders
Matthew 28:16-20
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... properly when we learn WHO this commanding general of the universe is and WHAT it is he would have us do. Making LEARNERS takes more than one hour a week on Sunday morning. What about this phrase, "all nations?" For modern Christians, we have no problem understanding that; it means missionaries are to be sent around the world. Yes it does, but it means something even more striking than that when we consider those men of Galilee who were the first to hear these words. To those men, all Jews, it meant that ...
3630. When Your Church Provokes You
Matthew 13:1-23, Hebrews 10:19-39
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... we are liable to listen to any voice that promises to help. The word is be careful. Be careful. But then Jesus speaks what strikes me as an incredibly comforting word; he says, "This is but the beginning of the birth pangs." Indeed. God's people understand this, even if we forget it at trying moments. Birth is a painful process, for both mother and child. Yes, many transitions are painful, but we know that blessing awaits when the process is complete. What sustains us in the dark moments is our faith. Have ...
3631. What's in a Name?
Luke 3:21-38, Luke 3:1-20
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... , reminding us that we have been named as God's own, with everything that means. That is vital to our walk of discipleship. Yes, that means there is work to do, and some would rather not hear that in the midst of a life that is too busy already. I understand. Barbara Brown Taylor writes, “I will never forget the woman who listened to my speech on the ministry of the laity as God's best hope for the world and said, "I'm sorry, but I don't want to be that important." Like many of those who sit beside ...
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... had shone in Dad's eye just moments ago had dried now. He wanted to reason with his first-born son, to make him understand just how much Junior's return meant, and at the same time, just how much Sonny's faithfulness through all the years had meant. " ... never know how grateful I am for all that you are and all that you have done. Everything I own belongs to you. But please understand, Junior...your brother...is important to me too. Even though he squandered what he had, he is back and he is again a member ...
3633. Head's Up!
Luke 21:5-38
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... greet us at every turn. Somehow we need to be reminded that this misery is not the end of the story. For me that reminder is right in the middle of this text. Jesus has said that terrible things are in store - we can understand his imagery to be apocalyptic, end-of-the-world poetry or we can understand it to mean the awful stuff that each of us confronts in the course of our lives (and that is the way I choose to interpret it this morning - I do not worry about the end of the world; I worry about the ...
3634. The "E" Word
John 1:35-42
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... it." Sad to say, that IS us...or at least it has been! What do you get when you cross a Jehovah's Witness with a Presbyterian? Answer: Someone who will ring doorbells but then, when someone answers, doesn't know what to say. Hmmm. In a way, I understand that. For many of us, what passes for "evangelism" is something with which we want nothing to do. In my files I have an old story the national news picked up which came out of the little town of Marion, North Carolina. Young Duffey Strode had been sent home ...
3635. Happy Birthday, Dear Church
Acts 2:14-41, Acts 2:1-13
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... who appear hopelessly taken with themselves and their private concerns. Even in the account of the Lord's ascension into heaven, they were still asking Jesus if he was about to throw out the Romans and give Israel back to the Israelites! The apostles do not seem to understand much at all. To their credit, they knew enough to do what they had been told: Go to Jerusalem and wait. Now, it was about to pay off. Pentecost. It began at daybreak with the sound of the ram's horn being blown and a priest standing on ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... in the world. God promised that no matter what happens, no matter how good or bad things may be, regardless of your joy or sorrow, God will not leave you alone." (6) That is God's promise to each of us. It goes part and parcel with our baptism. To understand that baptism is to become a new person. It is God who has saved us. It is God who calls us into a new life of service. It is God who goes with us. What good news! "Baptizatus sum" ” "I have been baptized." 1. Leewin Williams, editor, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ...
3637. True Excellence
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Sermon
King Duncan
... all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all that I have, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing." Now, let me make sure I understand this. St. Paul seems to be saying that I can be an eloquent preacher of the gospel, with my worship services broadcast by satellite around the world, but if I have a heart full of hatred and indulge in character assassination, I am a bunch of noise. I can have ...
3638. Now Is The Day Of Salvation
2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2
Sermon
King Duncan
... they didn't think it would make any difference. 25 said they thought so, but when asked what the difference would be, they weren't sure. 20 said it made all the difference in how they lived and believed. 10 said they didn't know, because they didn't understand what the cross was all about. (2) Is there something wrong with this picture? Only twenty per cent felt the cross made a difference in how they lived and what they believed? How sad. The cross is at the very center of Christian faith. The late R.G ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... love. Rigid obedience to the Law makes God's love appear to be conditional. The message of such faith is, "I love you only when you are obedient, only when you are sinless, only when you measure up to My standards." Can you imagine what a giant leap of understanding it represented when Paul was able to write in his letter to the Romans, "But God shows His love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us?" (5:8) That's a special kind of love, isn't it? It's unconditional love. There ...
3640. Role Models
Mark 14:12-26
Sermon
King Duncan
... could only have put good shoes on his father's feet for the last hour of his life. (4) There are parents today who would not understand that kind of sacrifice. What does it mean to serve? In a family, in a community, in a city? If you choose Jesus as a role ... that we can go out from this place and find people to serve. Particularly those at the bottom. Jesus' disciples did not understand that. After dinner they got into an argument about which of them was the greatest. Christ surely shakes his head in sadness ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... came over to give Kevin a going away present. Drake gave each of them a big hug. With big tears in his eyes he stood in the driveway, waving goodby as the family drove out of sight. Echoing in Kenneth's mind were Kevin's words, "Daddy, you don't understand. Drake is my very best friend." What we are talking about is a relationship of love, aren't we? That is the relationship that you and I can have with God. God is greater than any temptation. God is greater than any sin. But there is one thing more we ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... would be soon. After sobbing again uncontrollably, she said, "Sir, can't He wait a little while? My hair ain't long enough yet to wipe His feet." (5) This story of the woman with the broken heart strikes an universal chord. We all want to believe that someone understands how we got to this point in our life. We all want to believe that there is a merciful God whose nature and name is Love. We all want to believe our sins can be forgiven. Only Jesus can give us that assurance. He will give us that assurance ...
3643. Thankful Day By Day
Philippians 4:2-9
Sermon
King Duncan
... St. Paul writes, "Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus." That is a magnificent promise, isn't it? "The peace of God which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus." What many of us would give for that kind of peace. And all we have to do is offer thankful prayers. The novelist A ...
3644. Last Words
Luke 24:36-49
Sermon
King Duncan
... that people confronted with their last few moments on earth would want to say something memorable something important something lasting. Consider Jesus' last words, as recorded in our lesson from Luke's Gospel. Luke tells us Jesus opened his disciples' minds to understand the scriptures, and then said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... is difficult to recover. All reputable New Testament scholars agree on that. In the Gospels we do not so much see Jesus directly; rather we see him as he impressed and influenced those first disciples. We have to look at him through their eyes and understand him in terms of what he did to them. But, even taking the indirect nature of their testimony into account, the record is astounding. Jesus had an undeniable impact on the people who encountered him. He literally changed people's lives. Do you remember ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... true in the ministry. It is important for you to know that I am not perfect ” if for some reason you are laboring under that illusion. If you as a layperson think that I never have a problem, your immediate response will be, how could (he/she) ever understand what I am going through? It is important for you to realize that I, too, am vulnerable. That is true in many endeavors in life. Let's go back to our friends in sales. TV star Ed McMahon was telling about his experience as a door-to-door salesman ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... the big nose." And God says, "Be careful, there. You're talking about one of my children. I think he's beautiful." If we wanted to use biblical imagery, we could say that God's glasses are rose colored because of the sacrificial blood of Jesus. When we understand that God looks at us through rose-colored glasses, then we begin looking at others the same way. We begin looking for the good in others not the evil. When we do that, we will often see the self-fulfilling prophecy in action. People will return the ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... the love relationship Rocky had with Adrian in "Rocky?" She was the little wallflower who worked in the pet shop, the sister of Pauly, an insensitive goon who worked at the meat house and wanted to become a collector of debts for a loan shark. Pauly couldn't understand why Rocky was attracted to Adrian. "I don't see it," he said. "What's the attraction?" Do you remember Rocky's answer? Rocky said, "I don't know, fills gaps I guess." "What's gaps?" asks Pauly. "She's got gaps," says Rocky, "I got gaps ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... game. Maybe this itinerant teacher could give him the answer, "What must I do," asks the young man with great earnestness, "to inherit eternal life?" THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO SEE IS THAT JESUS LOOKED RIGHT INTO THE YOUNG MAN'S HEART. That is the secret to understanding this story. Jesus looked into the young man's heart. The writer of Hebrews tells us that "all are open and laid bare" to the eyes of God. Certainly this is a gift that Christ shared with his Father. Jesus knew the young man's heart. He knew ...
3650. Peace
Isaiah 11:1-16
Sermon
King Duncan
... Germans, who won 3-2. In some places, the spontaneous truce continued the next day as neither side was willing to fire the first shot. Finally, fighting was resumed when fresh troops arrived, and the high command of both armies ordered that further "informal understandings" with the enemy would be punishable as treason. Christmas ”a small pocket of sanity in an insane world. War is horrible. The young seem to suffer most in war. War has never been part of God’s plan for humanity. One last thought for ...
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