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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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3701. Love Your Enemies Doesn’t Mean Don’t Make Any

Matthew 21:23-27

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . Jesus honed in on the performers of these most despicable jobs throughout his ministry. Jesus spoke with and reached out to exactly those who were supposed to be shunted off and shoved aside for the unredeemable “dirty jobs.” Jesus touched and healed the untouchable and unhealable — lepers, Gentiles, crazies. Jesus comforted a Roman centurion grieving for his daughter. Jesus extended his hand to those out of their minds, “possessed” by demons. But perhaps the most wretched refuse Jesus consoled ...

3702. He Longs to Dust Us Off

Matthew 21:33-46

Illustration

King Duncan

What we need to see today is that this same Jesus can help us when we feel rejected. There is a touching story about how a teddy bear sat high on a shelf in a department store that majored in rapid turnover of stock. But there he sat. He was a pretty, brown teddy bear, but he had a problem. He had on a cute pair of bib overalls, but the button ...

3703. The Water Witcher

Matthew 11:1-19

Drama

Arley K. Fadness

... the occult, I just ... Slick: (interrupts) I’ll hear no more of your prattle, Mr. Willard Adamson — you should know better — see you around. Joey: But ... it’s true ... Grandpa said so ... Slick: I don’t believe in anything I can’t understand, touch, or see — so there. (exits) (Grandpa and Joey go back to painting silently.) Joey: It is true isn’t it, Grandpa? (Willard remains silent.) Joey: Water witching and all that? Willard: (looks at Joey, puts down paintbrush, goes over to the pump and ...

3704. No Clues?

Matthew 1:18-25

Drama

Arley K. Fadness

... did it? Joe: I’m getting to it. Who do you think? A patron, the janitor, maybe the bartender’s deranged brother-in-law? (pauses) What’s the matter, hon? Damis: I’m not feeling good, Joe. Every morning, it seems —just not feeling right. Joe: Probably a touch of the flu — something going around. Here, I’ll get some Pepto-Bismol®. Good for a queasy stomach. Got a bottle in my squad car — I take it whenever I get a messy case to solve and when the stress level gets a few degrees too high. Damis ...

3705. Stable Talk

Luke 2:1-7

Drama

Arley K. Fadness

... portion of the Magnificat, using a psalm tone or any musical arrangement that she can handle) “My soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior....” Elizabeth: Wow — as you speak and now as you sing Mary not only have you touched my heart but I just got a kick — a definite movement from my little one — Oh, how wonderful — (Mary and Elizabeth embrace again, then Elizabeth freezes and Mary moves to the previous scene site.) Scene 3 (Mary resumes her seat near Joseph who unfreezes ...

3706. I Looked in Your Eyes

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Keith Wagner

... no love and knew in my own heart it would be useless to ask for a ride. But when I looked into your eyes, I saw compassion, love and the willingness to help. I knew you would be glad to give me a ride across the river." The rider was touched. "I'm grateful for what you are saying," he said. "I appreciate it very much." With that, Thomas Jefferson turned and rode off to the White House.

3707. Commissioned for Christ

2 Kings 2:1-12

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... chaplain, Commander-in-Chief US Atlantic Fleet. Upon retirement, Jake took up a new commission when he joined the staff of the Jesuit retreat house staff at Manresa on the Severn in Annapolis. With the Naval Academy visible from his bedroom window, Jake Laboon touched the hearts of thousands as a retreat master and confessor. In 1988, he was assigned as pastor of St. Alphonsus Church in Woodstock. There, after a short illness, he died. Because of his wide-ranging and high-profile assignments, as well as his ...

3708. Three O’Clock at the Temple

Acts 3:12-19

Sermon

Ken Lentz

... Charismatic Christians witness to speaking in tongues and dramatic healings. But there is more: Worshipers weep as they receive the body and blood of Christ. Sometimes those who exit the services exclaim to the pastor or priest, "You were talking to me today, pastor," or "You touched my heart!" Sometimes a man or a woman will make a silent vow to make amends with a neighbor or a parent or child. Sometimes guilt or doubt is exorcised from the soul. It happened at three o'clock in the afternoon. It can happen ...

3709. The Many Faces of God

Isaiah 6:1-8

Sermon

William J. Carl, III

... see, as in a dream at first, your own true face ... It's the face of love, because it's a face like Christ's."2 "Woe is me, for I am a man of unclean lips, dwelling in a people of unclean lips." The seraphim fly to him and touch his lips and the sting of forgiveness opens for him the human face of the God who loves and redeems, the God who will never let us go, no matter how bad we have been, the God who will give up everything to save even one of us. Of course ...

3710. Finding the Right House for God

2 Samuel 7:1-14a

Sermon

William J. Carl, III

... the volunteer of the year award in their hometowns? Or impressing future clients or business partners? There is no way we can ever know all the ulterior motives we have for doing good in our communities. That is the universal and radical nature of sin. It touches all of us and infects every part of our personalities. As Augustine once noted, "There is evil in every good person and good in every evil one." So, how was Nathan to know that David had anything nefarious in mind? Of course, Nathan blurted his ...

3711. Finding the Good Woman Part in Us All

Proverbs 31:10-31

Sermon

Donna Schaper

... one step further with Ruth. In chapter 2, verse 9 in the NRSV, Boaz tells Ruth, "I have directed my men not to bother you." In the New Jerusalem Bible, that verse reads, "not to molest you." In the King James Version, the verse is "not to touch you." The verb matters less than the protection being offered to women who were dangerously alone. Magdalene traveled with Ruth and Naomi all the way. She was the blood stirring in the veins of women who ordered the wine their own way. I think the proverbial woman ...

3712. God Begins Anew

Jeremiah 31:31-34

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... " (v. 34). To know God is a multifaceted matter. What would it mean to know God? Having referred to Yahweh as husband to Israel, there is of course that dimension of knowing that suggests deep marital intimacy. It also means to know the story, to be in touch with the tradition, to be faithful in the life of worship — to the liturgy. Finally, it is clear that for Israel, to know Yahweh meant to do justice and righteousness. "Is not this to know me? says the Lord. To judge the cause of the poor and needy ...

3713. Do Not Forget Your Servant

1 Samuel 1:4-20

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... misery of your servant, and remember me, and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a male child, then I will set him before you as a nazirite until the day of his death. He shall drink neither wine nor intoxicants, and no razor shall touch his head" (1:11). This is a rather detailed way of saying he will be a dedicated priest to the Lord! Hannah goes on weeping and praying silently. Eli the priest is sitting there, watching her. Eli is old, and his faculties aren't that good. He sees Hanna ...

3714. Are You a King?

2 Samuel 23:1-7

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... a chance. They are portrayed as a pile of extremely sharp and ugly thorns, so harsh and evil that you need to push them into the furnace with implements. "But the godless are all like thorns that are thrown away; for they cannot be picked up with the hand; to touch them one uses an iron bar or the shaft of a spear. And they are entirely consumed in fire on the spot" (23:6-7). The king can count not only on Yahweh's defense, but on Yahweh's blessing. David asks, "Will he not cause to prosper all my ...

3715. Which Mask Will You Wear?

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the trombone players came to a friend and asked, “Hey, Joe, fill in for me on the trombone at the concert. I’ve got a big date for that night.” The friend protested, “Well sure, but I can’t play the trombone. I’ve never touched one in my life.” “No problem,” replied the trombonist. “Just watch the other trombone players. Do what they do. Nobody will ever know.” Joe tried to explain that he was nervous about faking it on the trombone, but his buddy finally persuaded him that all he ...

3716. Words From a Father

Illustration

John Trent

Recently, I heard a touching story which illustrates the power that words have to change a life. A power that lies right in the hands of those [reading this article]. Mary had grown up knowing that she was different from the other kids, and she hated it. She was born with a cleft palate and ...

3717. Practice What You Preach

Illustration

... 's countenance fell at once. He said he wouldn't like to do that; there wasn't the warmth in that subject there was in others. I have noticed that people are satisfied when you preach about the sins of the patriarchs, but they don't like it when you touch upon the sins of today.

3718. Flat Earthers

2 Pet 1:16; 1 John 1:1

Illustration

Brett Blair

... told you about the coming of our LORD Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. And the words of John: That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched-this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.

3719. Funny but Critical Bible Erros

Illustration

Staff

... the unrighteous shall inherit the kingdom of God?" THE WICKED BIBLE of 1631 reported the Seventh Commandment as "Thou shalt commit adultery," a mistake that infuriated King Charles. He ordered all copies destroyed and fined all printers whose hands had touched the edition. MURDER'S BIBLE. This 19th-century faux pas had Mark 7:27 as "Let the children be killed" instead of "filled." PLACEMAKER BIBLE. a 16th Century printer had Jesus blessing the "place-makers" instead of "peacemakers." An American printer ...

3720. The Wonders of the Word

Illustration

... do the same, he sent for some books of the Bible in Braille. Much to his dismay, however, he discovered that the nerve endings in his lips had been destroyed by the explosion. One day, as he brought one of the Braille pages to his lips, his tongue happened to touch a few of the raised characters and he could feel them. Like a flash he thought, I can read the Bible using my tongue. At the time Robert Sumner wrote his book, the man had "read" through the entire Bible four times.

3721. God Makes No Mistakes

Illustration

... body, and the corps of cadets: "I would like to take this opportunity to express the appreciation of my family for the great outpouring of concern and sympathy from Texas A & M University and the college community over the loss of our son Bruce. We were deeply touched by the tribute paid to him in the battalion. We were particularly pleased to note that his Christian witness did not go unnoticed during his brief time on campus." Mr. Goodrich went on: "I hope it will be some comfort to know that we harbor no ...

3722. Wash Your Hands

John 13:8

Illustration

Boyce Mouton

... at the Vienna Maternity Hospital, suggested to the doctors that the high rate of death of patients and new babies was due to the fact that the doctors attending them were carrying infections from the diseased and dead people whom they had previously touched. Semmelweis ordered doctors to wash their hands with soap and water and rinse them in a strong chemical before examining their patients. He tried to get doctors to wear clean clothes and he battled for clean wards. However, the majority of doctors ...

3723. In the President's Pockets

Illustration

Charles Swindoll

... , but in 1865 millions shared quite a contrary opinion. The President's critics were fierce and many. His was a lonely agony that reflected the suffering and turmoil of his country ripped to shreds by hatred and a cruel, costly war. There is something touchingly pathetic in the mental picture of this great leader seeking solace and self-assurance from a few old newspaper clippings as he reads them under the flickering flame of a candle all alone in the Oval Office. Remember this: Loneliness stalks where the ...

3724. How to Spark a Feud

Illustration

Ron Kraybill

... other person cannot do anything practical to change the situation. Assume you know all the facts and you are totally right. The use of a clinching Bible verse is helpful. Speak prophetically for truth and justice; do most of the talking. With a touch of defiance, announce your willingness to talk with anyone who wishes to discuss the problem with you. But do not take steps to initiate such conversation. Latch tenaciously onto whatever evidence you can find that shows the other person is merely jealous of ...

3725. A Class Act

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John Berendt

... received a letter from Sadie Vimmerstedt, a widowed grandmother who worked behind a cosmetics counter in Youngstown, Ohio. Vimmerstedt suggested Mercer write a song called "I Want to Be Around to Pick Up the Pieces When Somebody Breaks Your Heart." Five years later, Mercer got in touch to say he'd written the song and that Tony Bennett would record it. Today, if you look at the label on any recording of "I Wanna Be Around," you'll notice that the credits for words and music are shared by Johnny Mercer and ...

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