Synonyms: renounce, relinquish, dispense with, forswear, disclaim, disown, disavow, discard, wash one's hands of, give up, stop, cease, drop, forgo, desist from, have done with, abjure, abstain from, discontinue, break off, refrain from, set/lay aside, desert, leave, leave high and dry, turn one's back on, cast aside, break (up) with, vacate, quit, evacuate, withdraw from, surrender, cede, yield, indulge in, give way to, give oneself up to, yield to, lose oneself to/in, uninhibitedness, recklessness, lack of restraint, lack of inhibition, unruliness, wildness, impulsiveness, impetuosity, immoderation, wantonness
Antonyms: keep, claim, continue, stick by, self-control, power through, achieve, defend, bear, hope, acquire, quick visit, adopt, continue along, adhere, remain, pursue, support, take up, keep up, reuse, advocate, stay, persevere, cherish, keep going, carry on
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351. Laban Pursues Jacob
Genesis 31:22-55
Understanding Series
John E. Hartley
... beasts, Jacob himself bore the loss, even when standard practice did not hold a shepherd accountable for losses beyond his control. For example, when members of the flock were torn by wild animals, a shepherd presented the remnants as proof of the nature of the loss, clearing himself of any responsibility. Furthermore, a shepherd was accountable for the theft of members of the flock during the day but not at night, based on the principle that what took place at night was ...
Understanding Series
Iain W. Provan
... . 5:20–27)? It is Azariah’s reign that sees the beginning of Isaiah’s prophetic ministry (Isa. 1:1; 6:1). Additional Notes 14:9 A thistle in Lebanon: The point is that a puny thistle (i.e., Amaziah), easily trampled upon by any wild beast, should not think too highly of itself in relation to the mighty cedar of Lebanon (Jehoash). It is a mistake to take the detail about the marriage as suggesting that Amaziah had proposed a marriage-alliance with Jehoash (as some commentators do) because nothing else ...
Understanding Series
Iain W. Provan
... . 5:20–27)? It is Azariah’s reign that sees the beginning of Isaiah’s prophetic ministry (Isa. 1:1; 6:1). Additional Notes 14:9 A thistle in Lebanon: The point is that a puny thistle (i.e., Amaziah), easily trampled upon by any wild beast, should not think too highly of itself in relation to the mighty cedar of Lebanon (Jehoash). It is a mistake to take the detail about the marriage as suggesting that Amaziah had proposed a marriage-alliance with Jehoash (as some commentators do) because nothing else ...
Understanding Series
John Goldingay
... returning to Zion have become two sides of the same coin. So now we are in a position to work out where this processional way leads. It is not just a road through a city, because it is the kind of road where there might have been wild animals. It is a long road, through potentially hazardous territory. But it will be protected, for the sake of those accredited travellers, to take them to Zion. And the close of the drama ties the whole chapter together. They arrive there shouting, like the transformed desert ...
Sermon
John Jamison
... of the Jordan River that was known as “the Wilderness.” It was an extremely harsh land with little water and that meant there was very little of anything else there other than sand, rocks, barren hills, and all of the things that came with those. Wild animals roamed, usu­ally very hungry and looking for something to eat. People did not live in the wilderness, simply because people could not live in the wilderness. If anyone was able to survive for any length of time in the wilderness, over two or three ...
Sermon
R. Robert Cueni
... . When he asked, Drago was told it was a party for Radnan. His brother had come home. Drago was outraged. He located his father and unloaded his anger. “Radnan nearly bankrupted the family. He humiliated you in public. For the past year and half, he lived like a wild animal. He is a sinner and you give him a party. I, on the other hand, stayed and worked. I followed the rules. I did everything right and you never gave me a party.” Yakob tried to explain to Drago. “Son, you are always with me. All I ...
357. The Death of John the Baptist
Matthew 14:1-12, Mark 6:14-29, Luke 9:1-9
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... wrote a one-act tragedy in 1863 in French called “Salome” which dramatized the story, adding its own twist to the ending. You could act out a play such as the one Wilde wrote, or you could write your own dramatic rendering of the story. You could also choose to have congregants play participating roles in acting out or reading the various character roles in the drama. Puppets are another way to either dramatize or narrate an event. Puppets can also be used ...
358. One Stone Faith
1 Sam. Chapters 16-19
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... Farming and shepherding in biblical days were the primary livelihoods of God’s people –the flock of Israel. In the days of young David, the job of shepherd was just as dangerous as today, in fact, more so. Sheep could be preyed upon not only by wild dogs, fox, wild boar, or birds of prey; but by lions and bear. A shepherd had to be alert, strong and hardy, quick to act, loyal to the flock. Sheep were raised on the green, lush hills of Bethlehem. In Jesus’ day, those sheep and lambs would be designated ...
359. Living a Jesus Powered Life
Genesis 9:1-17, Genesis 6:1-8:22, Matthew 28:16-20
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely, I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Noah Lands on Mount Ararat and the Holy Spirit Re-Plants Humanity into Dry Ground But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded. Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been closed, and the rain had stopped falling from the sky. The water ...
Sermon
David & Marian Plant
... help must be given without restraint by prejudice, jealousy, or disparity, and help must be received kindly in kind. Such is the way Christians and their shepherd create and reinforce a communal pen where all find protection each metaphorical night from wild predators, thieves, and bandits. Over the centuries, the purview of Christians became too small. Most recently we allowed our US culture to create and sustain the perfect environment for a Prosperity gospel and a numbing myopia. For example, as long as ...
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
Buddhist Proverb
Don't refuse to go on an occasional wild goose chase. That is what wild geese are made for.
Henry Haskins
363. Jesus' Advance Man
John 1:6-8; 19-28
Sermon
King Duncan
... that long since a prophet of God had lifted his voice to proclaim the word of the Lord. Probably you or I would not have been drawn to the preaching of John the Baptist. A man clothed in camel’s hair and wild animal’s skins and subsisting on a diet of locusts and wild honey living out in the wilderness would not seem to have much to say about the way we live our lives. His appearance was eccentric. His preaching was morbid—all about sin and repentance—calling people snakes and warning them of the ...
364. Returning
Isaiah 40:1-11
Sermon
Will Willimon
... . And when you hear the word "wilderness" you are not to think back-to-nature-freaks in their cozy pre-fab cabin in the woods, nor are you to have granola visions of hiking in the Adirondacks on your vacation. Wilderness for Israel was a place of wild beasts, temptation, sin, and bewildered wandering with no star to guide. It took Israel forty years of wandering in the wilderness finally to find their way home. I know a man that took forty years in the wilderness to find home. Dan Wakefield, in his popular ...
Sermon
Timothy W. Ayers
... very simply, there were some bad ones. A bad shepherd, often termed a hireling, would at times be hired to watch the sheep. When a wild animal, a wolf, or a lion as in the case of David in the Old Testament, would come along to have themselves a bit of ... hireling was hired to protect the sheep but to this bad shepherd that didn’t go so far as to go face to face with a wild beast. You could hear them as they ran crying out, “Feet don’t fail me now!” How completely the opposite of this is the shepherd in ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... advance team or security detail to prepare for his arrival. He didn’t even have a public relations firm send out a press release. Instead, he had John, a traveling preacher, who was chosen by God to announce the Good News. Dressed in wild animal skins, eating locusts and wild honey, John the Baptist would stand out in any congregation. Yet this was the man God chose to announce the coming of the Messiah. “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, `Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight ...
367. For the Glory of Christ
John 12:20-33 · Hebrews 5:5-10
Sermon
Billy D. Strayhorn
... off each petal. Unfortunately she ends on 'He loves me not" just as her husband walks in the door. The wife immediately turns on the dumbfounded husband and says, "Well, frankly, I'm not too wild about you, either." We need to realize that there are going to be times in the life of this family known as the Church, when we're not going to be wild about each other. And that's OK. But we don't give up on each other. And we're called to act in love towards each other even though we disagree. We do this ...
Sermon
Will Willimon
... turnip grower in Des Moines. Save these self-righteous speeches for your application to Law School. Come on, get loose, come on in and party.'' Jesus says, when just one of these was lost—the lost sheep, the lost coin, the lost boy—come home to heaven, heaven goes wild. I first met him, one night, when I was late on campus on a Friday. He nearly bumped into me on the side-walk, staggering, a gallon of vodka in his hand, singing. (Of course, I would not know a gallon of vodka if l saw it!) Each spring ...
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King Duncan & Angela Akers
... 2022. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/knitting-spies-wwi-wwii. 3. https://www.si.edu/spotlight/antibody-initiative/antivenom#:~:text=The%20French%20scientist%20Albert%20Calmette,produced%20in%20the%20United%20States. 4. https://pawsomeadvice.com/wild/snake-bite-statistics/. 5. “The Human Antivenom Project” by Kyle Dickman, May 16, 2019, Outside Online https://www.outsideonline.com/2395803/snakebite-antivenom-tim-friede?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=longreads. 6. “Boy Proudly ...
370. A Woman Dancing
Exodus 15:20, 21
Sermon
Will Willimon
... boundaries of no empire, even that one ruled by death. This God parted the Red Sea waters and rolled away the stone from the tomb, and those who gather to tell of his works do best through song and dance. Women, who never had anything to sing about, went wild with tambourines at the Exodus. A young woman named Mary sang at the good news of a Son, "My soul magnifies the Lord, my Spirit rejoices at God by salvation.") And it was two women who, came out to His tomb with spices to dress his decaying body, that ...
371. The Gracious Dream
Genesis 28:10-17
Sermon
Will Willimon
... to me before the day was over. I met him about 5:00. He told a story of sleepless nights, tossing and turning, wild meanderings which bad finally led him to the surprising question, "Does Go want me to do something special with my life?" Well, I ... Romeo and Juliet, Act Ill, Scene 111) Alone, vulnerable, nowhere, that's where we take up the saga of Jacob. It is night, time when wild beasts roam. And Jacob prepares to sleep with nothing but a stone for his pillow (28:11). The sleep of the exile is a restless ...
Sermon
King Duncan & Angela Akers
... from camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist. And his diet—Lord, have mercy! He ate a diet of locusts and wild honey. I don’t know the nutritional value of such a diet, but I suspect he didn’t have a weight problem. He probably didn’t ... ask for seconds at the dinner table. Maybe, if he had a blender, he could have made some fine locust and wild honey smoothies. Maybe. Maybe not. It would be easy for us to mark off John the Baptist as a mad eccentric on the basis of ...
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; he expected it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes (Isaiah 5:1-2) When we bicker and measure ourselves beside our brothers and sisters, no good can come of it. We will only yield “wild grapes,” as we are spending all of our time bickering and complaining and none of our time cultivating and growing. How do we stop this kind of comparison thinking? We need to focus on our ...
Understanding Series
William Nelson
... of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the might, and the glory, into whose hand he has given human beings, wherever they live, the wild animals of the field, and the birds of the air, and whom he has established as ruler over them all—you are the head of ... also may allude to the hunting practices of Mesopotamian kings. In reliefs they are pictured hunting lions, and they sometimes kept wild animals in captivity as a symbol of their power. Daniel 2:38 also anticipates 4:10–12, 20–22, where King ...
Sermon
Various Authors
... Endearment – John 12:1-8 7. Scandal - Luke 22:14-23:56 8. Night and Light - John 13:1-17, 31b-35 9. Faces at a Funeral - John 18:1-19:42 10. Creation Reborn - John 20:1-18 What If It’s ALL True? by Lori Wagner 1. The Wild Within – Luke 4:1-13 · Mark 1:9-13 · Matthew 4:1-11 2. It’s Okay to Cry – Luke 13:31-35 3. Fertilize Your Faith – Luke 13:1-9 4. The Prodigal – Luke 15:11-32 5. The Sweet Scent of Death – Luke 12:1-8 6. The ...
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