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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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3651. We Help Each Other

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Calvin Miller

... the unknoen Norgay. When someone asked Norgay why he didn't make more of it, why he didn't brag about it, he said, "We mountain climbers help each other." What a great model this is. We Christians have no need to be well known heroes. It is time we touched people and say very simply, "We Christians help each other. That's who we are."

3652. Never Alone in the Dark

John 3:1-21

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Max Lucado

... tried leaving a light on in the hall and a night-light on in Bob's room. Nothing she did helped; he was still scared of the dark and would cry out in the middle of the night. One night as she held him against her to comfort him, he touched her round abdomen. Little Bob asked, "Mama, is it dark inside there where my little brother is?" He was convinced that his yet unborn sister would be a boy. "Yes," his loving mother replied, "it is dark in there." As Bob thought further he asked, "He doesn't even have ...

3653. Get Down and Dirty for Lent

John 9:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... get you punched! Jesus had a strange sense of what was “dirty” and what was ‘clean.” He did not accept the boundaries that had been drawn by tradition and authority. He ate meals with the “unacceptable” — tax collectors, Samaritans, outcasts. He actually touched lepers, bleeding women, mad men, and Gentiles. And in today’s gospel text, he used his own spit and plain old dirt to make a mud-pie poultice of “polluted” stuff that he smeared over the face of an unsuspecting, unprepared blind ...

3654. What a Happy Soul

John 9: 1-41

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The prolific Christian hymn writer, Fanny Crosby, lost her sight as a young child. But it is obvious through her hymns that she was a person who could see wonderfully with the spiritual eyes of her heart. We see a touch of her insight in the following poem: Oh, what a happy soul am I! Although I cannot see, I am resolved that in this world, content I will be. How many blessings I enjoy that other people don't, To weep and sigh because I'm blind, I cannot and I won't."

3655. If I Can Be the Donkey…

Matthew 21:1-11

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Mike Hamby

Corrie Ten Boom is famous for helping many Jews escape the Nazis from the Holocaust during World War II by hiding them in her home. Her life through God's grace has touched millions of lives. Years ago, in a press conference following a ceremony in which Corrie Ten Boom was given an honorary degree, one of the reporters asked her if it was difficult remaining humble while hearing so much acclaim. She replied immediately, "Young man, when Jesus Christ rode into Jerusalem ...

3656. Matthew 28:1-10

Matthew 28:1-10

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Leonard Sweet

... the first to see the risen Lord. They respond to him as “Lord,” bow down before him, and assume a worshipful posture. Taking hold of his feet is a sign of supplication and they do not hesitate to worship him. Unlike the caution “do not touch” found in John’s gospel (John 20:17), Matthew’s text affirms Jesus’ genuine physicality. He has risen indeed. Jesus speaks directly to the women. He reiterates the angel’s directive that they are to “not be afraid” and are to go to the disciples with ...

3657. The Longest Walk

John 20:1-18

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Ray Pritchard

... to an end. To walk away and think about what used to be and what might have been. To walk away and realize, "I'll never be the same again." To play over and over in your mind the good times, the laughter, the crazy stories. To reach out and touch a face and find it gone forever. To cry until you can't cry anymore. To watch them bury your dreams and hopes and all that was good about life. To know it is over, done, finished, the end, and there is nothing you can do about it. To walk ...

3658. Sooner Than You Think

John 20:1-18

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Ray Pritchard

... earlier. Most of them were in their early 50s then; most are in their late 70s or early 80s now. It seemed as if the three decades in between had just disappeared. All this passed through my mind in a flash while I was speaking. I could reach out and touch my mother's coffin. I was standing three feet from where we buried my father. It was as if we buried my father last week, we were burying my mother this week, and next week someone would bury me. I had a tremendous sense of my own mortality, of the ...

3659. An Enormous Answer

John 20:1-18

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Frank Lyman

... through." What a magnificent statement of faith. Death is merely another event in the ongoing process of life something one lives through with Christ. The resurrection of Jesus reinforces these words from The Wisdom of Solomon: "The souls of the just are in God's hand, and torment shall not touch them…they are at peace."

3660. A Tickle in Our Ear

John 20:1-18

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Maxie Dunnam

... light on the 4th Floor West of Children's Hospital, for she had the time of her life, even though she was fully aware that she might die anytime. As she neared the end of her life, Katie talked a lot about going to Heaven. Because she could not see, touch became one of her means of communication. One of her favorite things was to snuggle close to her mother and rub her mother's ear. Not long before she died, Katie said to her mother with a smile, "When I am in Heaven, and you feel a tickle on your ...

3661. Will You Dance the Metanoia with Me?

Acts 2:14-41

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Leonard Sweet

... we thank our mothers for doing the “metanoia dance” with us. In a tribute to his mother, a poet wrote, “I am no man until I am your son.” “I am no woman until I am your daughter.” This morning we celebrate the history that shapes us, and get in touch with the past that blesses us and dances with us all life through. Will you do the metanoia with me?

3662. Because I Live (Memorial Day)

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... was terribly intimidated in class, so she never was able to communicate that she simply didn’t get the basic phonic concepts. But the computer didn’t intimidate her, and in one semester, she’d begun to read at her proper grade level. The most touching story, however, was a kid named Raymond, who had every problem in the book. A dysfunctional home, acute shyness, bad eyesight and zero academic performance. But in the one semester he had with the computer, Raymond caught up seven years of math. They got ...

3663. A Caring Presence: I Will Not Leave You

John 14:15-21

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John H. Pavelko

... you are fully recovered. Although you may feel absolutely helpless, when you feel my hand, you will know that I will not leave you." The next day the surgery went exactly as the nurse had told him. When Tom woke, he could do nothing. Before he panicked, Tom felt the touch of the nurse's hand and he was at peace. Jesus told his disciples that he would send another Counselor that would be along side them so that they would know that they would never be alone.

3664. Looking at Footprints

John 17:1-11

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Barbara Lundblad

... you stand looking up into heaven? Look at these footprints here on the earth." Jesus' muddy footprints are all over the pages of the gospels. Can you see Jesus' footprints in the wilderness? Each time he was tempted to claim earthly power and glory, he reached up and touched the words of Torah. One does not live by bread alone. Worship the Lord your God and serve only God. Can you see Jesus walking on the wrong side of the street with the wrong people? Can you see Jesus walking up to a sycamore tree, then ...

3665. Keepers of the Aquarium

John 17:1-11

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Richard J. Fairchild

Paul Harvey, the well known radio broadcaster, once said, "Too many Christians are no longer fishers of men but keepers of the aquarium." I take that to mean that we Christians are more concerned about preserving the Church than we are about touching the lives of other people, more concerned about preserving our "religion" than we are about helping people discover the source of wholeness, the fountain of living water that wells up to eternal life.

3666. Times Were Hard

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

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Trace Haythorn

The times were hard. The government, a huge bureaucracy that provided so many important things like roads and military support and the justice system, was hopelessly out of touch with the people. And the religious establishment wasn't much better. It seemed so focused on preserving the status quo that it had little or no vision for what might yet come to pass. When a prophet spoke out, they were vilified, punished, especially if they called into question the ...

3667. When the Caterers Weren’t Available

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... group of friends, decorated 100 pillowcases with fabric markers so that these foster children would have something pretty to carry their belongings in. She and her friends also included in each pillowcase an address book so that the children could keep in touch with family and friends. The pillowcases also held a journal, pens and a stuffed animal. Over a three-year-period Kassandra donated more than 1,000 of her Good Night, Sleep Tight pillowcases to foster kids throughout her state. One of those children ...

3668. Save Me, Lord

Matthew 14:22-36

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Leonard Sweet

... of everything I was trying to say both as a novelist and as a preacher, it would be something like this: Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the heavenly and hidden heart of it because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace. (Now and Then [1983], 87). And that grace will bring us home, face to face with God, where, as Augustine (354-430 ...

3669. Don't Be Afraid

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... ‑in‑law about their plan, just about the whole congregation packed into cars after the Sunday service and made their way to Jeanne’s home. She was lying on the couch in her living room, and they all marched through there blowing kisses or touching her hand. Then about 100 of them gathered on the front lawn and sang “Happy Birthday.” Writes Pastor Miller, “We stormed the barrier of her fear and of our own . . . from then on, visitors were welcomed . . . and able to come whenever she felt able ...

3670. Send Her Away!

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... out there causing us discomfort, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.” And then this woman gives a wonderful response, “Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.” Touché! You weren’t going to dismiss this worried mother with a casual off-handed remark. She knew who she was. She might be a Canaanite . . . she might be a woman . . . but she had a place in the world. She had rights as a child of God. And ...

3671. He Ascended Into Heaven

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... for his return to glory. The early scribe who, blessed with divine wisdom, completed the Lord's Prayer for oral repetition by adding the resounding phrase, "for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory" knew what he was doing. It was the perfect touch. That scribe knew from the depths of his being, Jesus "ascended into heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almighty." He deserved it. True, he wrote no books, composed no songs, drew no pictures, carved no statues, amassed no fortune ...

3672. The Day God Voted

1 Samuel 15:34-35, 16:1-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... was and got just a bit too big for his royal britches. It was time for a change. God went into the voting booth. That should say something to us. Sometimes a change in leadership is called for when those who have been selected to govern us begin to lose touch with the mandate the people have given them. When they begin to lead us in directions we feel they should not go, when they begin to grasp for more power than they have the right to take, it is time for a change. How did God make the choice for ...

3673. Jesus Christ, Superstar

Mark 14:12-26

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David E. Leininger

... we can come up with as we read the text. He tried to sit down with his disciples for a little rest and relaxation, but the people would not let him alone. No matter where he went, people clamored for his attention, and in particular, his healing touch. He was a superstar. These days, calling Jesus Christ a "Superstar" is not particularly startling, but in 1970, when the rock opera of that name came out, it was a jarring choice of words and caused quite a stir. Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber put together ...

3674. When God Is Gone

Job 23:1-9, 16-17

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David E. Leininger

... cirrhosis of the liver, folks who work long hours in the sun unprotected get skin cancer, deaths on the highway are caused by drunk drivers. There is another side to that coin. People who have never smoked get lung cancer, people who have never touched alcohol get liver disease, drunk drivers kill the innocent along with themselves, and natural disasters take their toll on all of us. For his part, Job is not satisfied with his friends' explanation. At this point in the story, Job is just as much convinced ...

3675. Where Would We Be Without...?

Romans 3:21-31

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... of Sacred Scriptures" and he began his work. Calvin stayed for two years until opposition forces ordered the two to leave. Farel, ready for a new challenge, headed for Neuchatel, while Calvin chose Strasbourg. Farel would not give up, however, and kept in touch with Calvin, joining supporters in Geneva in urging Calvin to return. In 1541, after months of indecision, Calvin resumed his work there. Geneva became a center of international influence. After visiting Geneva to sit at the feet of the master, young ...

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3651. We Help Each Other

Illustration

Calvin Miller

3652. Never Alone in the Dark

John 3:1-21

Illustration

Max Lucado

3653. Get Down and Dirty for Lent

John 9:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

3654. What a Happy Soul

John 9: 1-41

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3655. If I Can Be the Donkey…

Matthew 21:1-11

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Mike Hamby

3656. Matthew 28:1-10

Matthew 28:1-10

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Leonard Sweet

3657. The Longest Walk

John 20:1-18

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Ray Pritchard

3658. Sooner Than You Think

John 20:1-18

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Ray Pritchard

3659. An Enormous Answer

John 20:1-18

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Frank Lyman

3660. A Tickle in Our Ear

John 20:1-18

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Maxie Dunnam

3661. Will You Dance the Metanoia with Me?

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

3662. Because I Live (Memorial Day)

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

3663. A Caring Presence: I Will Not Leave You

John 14:15-21

Illustration

John H. Pavelko

3664. Looking at Footprints

John 17:1-11

Illustration

Barbara Lundblad

3665. Keepers of the Aquarium

John 17:1-11

Illustration

Richard J. Fairchild

3666. Times Were Hard

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

Illustration

Trace Haythorn

3667. When the Caterers Weren’t Available

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

3668. Save Me, Lord

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

3669. Don't Be Afraid

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

3670. Send Her Away!

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

3671. He Ascended Into Heaven

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

David E. Leininger

3672. The Day God Voted

1 Samuel 15:34-35, 16:1-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

3673. Jesus Christ, Superstar

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

David E. Leininger

3674. When God Is Gone

Job 23:1-9, 16-17

Sermon

David E. Leininger

3675. Where Would We Be Without...?

Romans 3:21-31

Sermon

David E. Leininger

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