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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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3926. "If I But Touch..."

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... the person could answer: Oh, just fine, And we'd both go home... strangers who have known each other for twenty years. But now the minister asks us to look at each other. I'm worried about that hurt look I saw in that woman's eyes. Now I'm concerned, because when the minister asks us to greet one another, the man next to me held my hand so tightly I wondered if he had been touched in years. Now I'm upset because the lady next to me cried and then apologized and said it was because I was ...

3927. A Story Worth Sharing

Mark 8:27-30

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Die Without Jesus." OK. But I would rather it read "Friends Don't Let Friends LIVE Without Jesus." Or without the church. Or without the friendship and fellowship that comes with being an active member of a caring congregation. Or something like that. The concern about friends dying without Jesus betrays a belief that salvation is pie-in-the-sky bye-and-bye. Not so. A truly Biblical understanding insists that salvation (from the Latin salus - health) is a here-and-now experience as well, and is best found ...

3928. "A Friend Indeed"

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... the encounters seekers have with Jesus in Mark's gospel, this is the only one who responds to the Lord's invitation to "Follow me," with a deafeningly silent, "No way; I'm outta here!" Has it ever struck you that we find ourselves much more concerned about this man's reaction to Jesus than what Jesus' instruction to him was? It seems so. Most often we are saddened at this special fellow's "Affluenza" and the fact that he is apparently possessed by his possessions rather than the other way around. But Jesus ...

3929. When Your Church Provokes You

Matthew 13:1-23, Hebrews 10:19-39

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... a Jew for seven years, and I've never gotten anything. I've been a Presbyterian for fifteen minutes, and already they gave me this watch." "Fine. You can go off and join the Presbyterians," said his mother, wise in the ways of the world, and not especially concerned at the request. "But first help me hang up this wash."(1) Does young George strike a familiar note? Do we come asking, "What can the church do for me? What can I get out of it?" This is backwards, of course. The gospel begins with GIVING -- "For ...

3930. The Apostles' Creed: "Suffered, Dead, and Buried..."

Mark 15:1-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... was broken and Ghandi recovered. Through his suffering, he had so affected even those who disagreed with him that they were willing to give up what their leader considered wrong methods. Such is the stuff of moral influence. This is what some scholars want to say concerning the way the death of Christ affects us. We see what he went through and are so moved that we renounce our evil and everyone lives happily ever after. The only problem is there are lots of folks who have never heard the story, so they ...

3931. The News from Nazareth

Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... you, from a culture in which women did not count for much at all. A message here? What do you think? Back to our lesson. Two women. Relatives. Elizabeth and Mary. The passage we just heard from Luke's gospel is preceded by the annually-repeated annunciation to Mary concerning an impending blessed event:(2) "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus." Mary asks how this is possible since she is still a virgin ...

3932. Terms of Endearment

Luke 3:21-38

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... . So, after several days of standing in cold water dressed in a bearskin, he got to pretend to baptize Jesus. As he was waiting in the water for the shot, he warmed his hands on a cup of coffee with his head down. This might have caused Stevens some concern, for he called out, "How ya doin', Chuck?" Heston says he answered, "I'm okay, George. But I'll tell you this, if the Jordan had been as cold as the Colorado, Christianity never would have gotten off the ground." The climax of the scene in scripture is ...

3933. The Church Should Go to Hell!

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... you are the Son of God, [and the Greek in all of these "If" clauses carries the sense of "If you are (and we know that you are)"]...If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here. For it is written: 'He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'" What a spectacular stunt to leap from the Pinnacle of the Temple, drop the 450 feet straight down into the Kidron Valley, and land unharmed ...

3934. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... . Isaac was dominated by everyone. He was overshadowed by his father, henpecked by his wife, and hoodwinked by his son. But, you know, nothing ever seemed to upset him. He was a quiet man, mild of manner and gentle of heart. As far as religion was concerned, Isaac would have to be called a conservative. He broke no new ground of faith. He was content to worship his father's God, obedient to what he had been taught as a boy. He was really rather bland theologically. But there must have been something ...

3935. The Danger of Discipleship

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... it has never been my custom to accost people in the name of Jesus, so I just was shaking hands and visiting with him, but he took the offensive. He said, "I work hard, I take care of my family and I mind my own business. Far as I'm concerned, everything else is fluff." You see what he told me? "Leave me alone, I'm not a prospect." I didn't bother Frank. That's why the entire church, and the whole town were surprised, and the men at the café church were absolutely bumfuzzled when old Frank, seventy-seven ...

3936. Sonny Moneybags

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , so I can split this lousy dump." And the rest of the story we know. You can imagine Sonny's reaction when he heard of his brother's plans: "Goodbye and good riddance!" It had been a tough life for Sonny, as far as any self-esteem was concerned. At least when he had gone off to college, he had had a chance to blossom to a certain extent without always being outshone by his younger brother. But back on the farm it was the same old story: Junior, this...Junior, that...always Junior, Junior, Junior. Finally ...

3937. Leaping Lepers - Thanksgiving

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... down the road to the Temple. Just a few minutes ago they had been the ancient cast of one of the oldest "Survivor" dramas in history. No, they were not on some South Pacific island, but as far as the rest of Israelite society was concerned, that would have been preferable. Scripture was clear: "The person with such an infectious disease must wear torn clothes, let his hair be unkempt, cover the lower part of his face and cry out, 'Unclean! Unclean!' As long as he has the infection he remains unclean ...

3938. Head's Up!

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... not have the final word. GOD DOES! Some years ago, Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks did a wonderfully popular series of comedy sketches called the "2000-Year-Old Man" which prompted several hilarious albums. The premise has Reiner interviewing the age-2000 Brooks and inquiring concerning life way back when. At one point, Reiner asks the old man, "Did you always believe in God?" Brooks replies, "No. We had a guy in our village named Phil, and for a time we worshiped him." Reiner wonders, "You worshiped a guy named ...

3939. Hard to Believe

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... to rise from the dead on his ninth birthday as she had expected.(1) Crazy, they say. What would you say? To be honest, these questions are not at all new. Even in the life of the first century church the questions were raised. The Apostle Paul was concerned enough about the skepticism that he addressed the issue at length in a letter to the church at Corinth. He starts off by reminding them of the preaching that they have heard from day one: "Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, that he was ...

3940. East of Easter

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... over that clock, we are EAST of Easter. That should mean something to us. The question is, DOES it? Think about it for a moment as we reflect on those two friends we met in our scripture lesson. They were just like us. They had the same concerns that have been common in every age - keeping body and soul together, keeping out of trouble, keeping up with the Joneses, keeping in tune with the times, and now keeping a stiff upper lip in the face of dashed hopes and shattered dreams. Just like us. They were ...

3941. Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?' And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the scriptures concerning himself." So says our text. Wouldn't you figure that, at some point on this journey, either Cleopus or the Mrs. would have gotten more than an inkling of with whom it was they were traveling? Were they blind? They had known him in Jerusalem. Was he ...

3942. About Kissing

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... have to go far to kiss someone they were upset with. He was probably seated just a few seats away. Fighting in church is nothing new, obviously. Not our church, of course. Other peoples' churches. There was a news story out of Berlin, Germany recently concerning two women who came to blows in church. It began because one of the women couldn't stop sneezing. I guess the other thought she should take her misery outside. When the sneezing woman refused to budge, the offended woman made a particularly offensive ...

3943. No Time for a Knapsack Faith

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... glory is told by the heavens. This is the God in whom all of us believe, as do most of the world’s people. For many of us, however, this God of transcendence seems far removed from us, out of touch with our needs, our concerns--unapproachable, and unyielding. It is like a somewhat humorous true story that is told about Sir David Edgeworth, an Australian geologist and explorer. Edgeworth accompanied Ernest Shackleton on his expedition to the South Pole at the turn of the twentieth century, one of the most ...

3944. Mary's Song

Micah 5:1-4

Sermon

King Duncan

... to the church nursery. Bruce looked into the nursery to see a man sitting there. He was around thirty, extremely skinny, dirty, and ragged. He was sitting at a miniature table looking at a children's book. He didn't seem to notice the small crowd of concerned parishioners outside the nursery window. Everyone turned to Bruce, asking him what he was going to do. Bruce didn't know. No one seemed to know the man's name, how he had gotten there, or why he was so ragged and poorly dressed. The policemen didn ...

3945. True Excellence

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... 6) That's a smart soldier. Are you that smart? Am I? Only two things really matter in this world ” our relationship with God and our relationships with others. This is true excellence. Love is more than an emotion; it is concrete acts of caring concern. And it never ends. It is the only thing in this world that is eternal. 1. John R. Noe, PEAK PERFORMANCE PRINCIPLES FOR HIGH ACHIEVERS, (New York: Berkley Books, 1984). 2. "Momentary act of kindness will have lifelong impact." Abigail Van Buren, DEAR ABBY ...

3946. Messies Anonymous

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... ARE YOU ABLE TO ENJOY THE SIMPLE PLEASURES OF LIFE, OR MUST YOU SURROUND YOURSELF WITH TOYS? David and his brother, Michael, were complete opposites. Michael was a successful businessman, while David took seasonal jobs at dude ranches, parks and resorts. Concerned for David's welfare, businessman Michael tried to entice David with the so-called "good life." He would send David photos labeled "My new sound system" or "My new car." The campaign ended, though, when Michael received a poster from David showing ...

3947. Been There, Done That, No Thanks!

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... to our lives. For many of us, our hopes and dreams in life center around our jobs. That's not surprising. That's where we spend most of our time. Our jobs give us the resources for achieving our goals in life. It is natural that we should have dreams concerning our work. Research shows, however, that around age 45, those dreams begin to change. By then men begin to have some idea whether they are going to keep growing in their work or whether they have gone as far as they will go. If they conclude they have ...

3948. A Fishing Trip To Remember

John 21:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

A man showed up at church with his ears painfully blistered. After the service, his concerned pastor asked "What in the world happened to you?" The man replied, "I was lying on the couch yesterday afternoon watching a ball game on TV and my wife was ironing nearby. I was totally engrossed in the game when she left the room, leaving the iron near the phone. ...

3949. Who Says A Good Man Is Hard To Find?

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... quite dear to him. We can speculate that the servant was an older man who had been with the family for many years. Perhaps he had helped raise the centurion. But now this servant was critically ill and the centurion was quite upset. He was concerned about his servant and he wanted something done. It reminds me of something I read once about Will Rogers. One day Rogers was entertaining at the Milton H. Berry Institute in Los Angeles, a hospital that specialized in rehabilitating polio victims and people with ...

3950. Good News For Broken Hearts

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... he can see her heart. But there may be another reason. ONLY JESUS COULD SEE GOD'S HEART. There are many Christians who still have an Old Testament view of God. God is a God of judgement, of vengeance, of wrath. As far as these Christians are concerned, Jesus need not ever have come. For they will not listen to him, they will not heed his example of love and grace and acceptance. Maxie Dunnam tells a powerful story that comes from a novel by Alan Paton, the great South African writer. In this story which ...

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