Dictionary: Face
Synonyms: countenance, physiognomy, profile, features, expression, facial expression, look, appearance, air, manner, bearing, guise, cast, aspect, impression, grimace, scowl, wry face, wince, frown, glower, smirk, pout, moue, side, flank, vertical, surface, plane, facet, wall, elevation, dial, display, (outward) appearance, nature, image, front, show, act, false front, facade, exterior, mask, masquerade, pretence, charade, pose, illusion, smokescreen, veneer, camouflage, respect, honour, esteem, regard, admiration, approbation, acclaim, approval, favour, appreciation, popularity, estimation, veneration, awe, reverence, deference, recognition, prestige, standing, status, dignity, glory, kudos, cachet, effrontery, audacity, nerve, gall, brazenness, brashness, shamelessness, look out on, front on to, look towards, be facing, have/afford/command a view of, look over/across, open out over, look on to, overlook, give on to, give over, be opposite (to), accept, come to accept, become reconciled to, reconcile oneself to, reach an acceptance (of), get used to, become accustomed to, adjust to, accommodate oneself to, acclimatize oneself to, be confronted by, be faced with, encounter, experience, come into contact with, run into, come across, meet, come up against, be forced to contend with, beset, worry, distress, cause trouble to, trouble, bother, confront, burden, brave, face up to, meet head-on, dare, defy, oppose, resist, withstand, cover, clad, skin, overlay, dress, pave, put a facing on, laminate, inlay, plate, coat, line
Antonyms: dodge, fear, back, give way, back down, dodge, avoid, throw in the towel, withdraw, cave in, retreat, succumb to, lay down one's arms, throw in the sponge, defer, submit, escape, bashfulness, shun, evade, elude
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376. Epiphany 4
Lk 4:21-30 · 1 Cor 13:1-13 · Jer 1:4-10
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John R. Brokhoff
... gift. Lest love be misunderstood as moralism or sentimentalism, Paul combines love with faith and hope with love being supreme. Luke 4:21-30 The people of Nazareth react negatively to Jesus' first sermon. When Jesus read the Scripture, the congregation was so pleased that admiringly they asked, "Is not this Joseph's son?" It was a different matter when he preached. Their love turned to hatred. It seems that they wanted him to perform miracles as he did in Capernaum. For their lack of faith he was unable to ...
377. Magic Mountain
Matthew 17:1-13
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... about the glory of the Lord revealed in Jesus Christ. Once and for all, Christ would gain an eternal victory over death. Death always seems so final, so permanent, as if there is nothing that can be done about it, especially when someone you love and admire dies. One of my pastors, John Manz, told about such an experience: "I suppose because all of us have received bad news over the phone there is something about its ringing at an odd hour which makes the heart beat just a little quicker. That happened ...
378. Never Forgotten
Isaiah 49:8-26
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... , he journeyed by horseback to the sacred city of the Basque people, there to swear guaranties to their independence. The people of Navarre remember that, even today. They do not forget. Margaret, although she never left the Catholic church, was a great admirer of Luther. She read his works and encouraged the rise of Protestantism in France. When Calvin feared for his life in Paris, he sought her protection in Angouleme and found safety there. Margaret’s Protestant influence passed on to her children and ...
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... text is familiar enough. We are all familiar with the simple fact of this miracle. We all remember, more or less, how the people of Israel had been made slaves in Egypt, how they apparently had had to work to make those great pyramids that the world still admires. And we are also likely to remember the story of Moses and how he got out there in the desert to the place of that burning bush. For it seems that the Egyptians had been engaging in a bit of population control: The Hebrews were becoming too many ...
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... parents, calling them by their first names. It does not indicate a high regard, does it? Bishop Eugene Maxwell Frank was my first bishop when I was ordained an elder in the United Methodist Church in the Missouri East Conference. He became not only a greatly admired bishop to me, but also a dear and treasured friend. I can call his lovely wife, Wilma, but as much as they mean to me as beloved friends, the office Bishop Frank holds, means I simply cannot bring myself to call him Gene. Such familiarity seems ...
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... they want to present Jesus with an "either/or" decision. They want to force him into a no-win situation - darned if you do, darned if you don’t. And so they ask: "Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or is it not?" The trap is admirably well laid. For Jesus to say "Yes" would be to antagonize his countrymen and women who staggered under the yoke of Roman oppression, who resented paying any sort of tribute or tax, no matter how trivial, to the government occupying their homeland against their will. But to ...
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... , being called "Doctor" and "Deacon" and "The Reverend." They were impeccably pious. They prayed ostentatiously before every meal; they carried their Bibles with conspicuous pride; they expected and received public credit for every donation; they lived for the applause of their admirers. Yes, few people would have denied that Pharisees were great men, and they were all men, not a female in their ranks. But Jesus was not so impressed. It seemed to Jesus that though the Pharisees talked a good game, they ...
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... nearest willing hand (or rowboat or helicopter) and uses that. In the Samaritan story there is a subtle indictment of the institutional church. As is evident in his description of the priest and the Levite, as well as in other places, Jesus had no great admiration for the church leaders of his day. In his story he makes the one who was a real person, doing God’s will, a Samaritan - a sort of halfbreed, upon whom Jesus’ own race and institutional church looked down their noses. In our day, the indictment ...
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Edward Chinn
... worship. When the sailors who carried the coffin to its grave had finished their duty, they took the Union Jack flag from the coffin. A witness reported the scene this way: "With reverence and with efficiency, they lowered the body of the world’s greatest admiral into its tomb. Then, as though answering to a sharp order from the quarterdeck, they all seized the Union Jack with which the coffin had been covered and tore it to fragments, and each took his souvenir of the illustrious dead." This piece of a ...
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James R. Tozer
... and tribulations and work with them to accomplish his perfect purpose for us. This faith inspires us to rejoice in our sufferings. There is a woman who illustrates magnificently how a person can become strengthened, steadfast, and stable through suffering. I hold the highest admiration for her and asked for permission to tell her story. She wrote me: I rejoice if my tragedies and triumphs can possibly help someone, but I have to be honest - I was not a victim, I was an overt sinner. I had choices, and ...
386. Advent 1
Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122:1-9, Romans 13:8-14, Matthew 24:36-51
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... Psalm of the Day (LBW) is Psalm 122 This is one of the psalms sung by pilgrims as they "went up to Jerusalem" for the Passover celebration. By striking the notes of expectation, as they go up, and excitement, as they enter the city, the psalm serves admirably as a response to the First Lesson and a bridge to the Second Lesson and the Gospel. The church, ever since it began building shelters for the believers to worship in, has seen itself as pilgrim people who, like the Israelites, were on their way to the ...
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... . He had followed the star of Bethlehem from the sheepfields to the splendors of a newly built cedar palace. He was rich and famous. He was a Godfather more feared than Al Capone. He was a religious leader venerated with the same gusto as Americans express in admiration of a Billy Graham. He was an administrator and organizer of a loose band of tribes into a united nation called Israel. Sitting alone one night, David wondered what would happen to his empire when he went the way of all flesh. He longed to be ...
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... the moods, conflicting thoughts and emotions of a teenager. It was dusk, and I was faintly aware of birds calling outside my window. Soon, I would lie down to sleep. Another day would be finished - another day bringing me nearer to my marriage day. I had long admired Joseph, of the house of David. Our marriage was arranged when I was born. Joseph was strong and tall, and when I spoke with him he seemed kind and gentle. He would be a good husband. We would be happy. I yawned, and suddenly the room was ...
389. Palm Sunday
Mt 21:1-11 · Isa 50:4-9 · Ps 118
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Paul A. Laughlin
... majesty: that, unimpressed by earthly claims, we may stand in proper awe of you and your coming holy Reign. In the regal name of Jesus we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Eternal God, we confess our tendency to be fascinated with and to admire the rich and famous, the powerful and prestigious, the influential and impressive, and to ignore the values of humility and simplicity taught and lived by Jesus even through his triumphal entry into Jerusalem on a donkey. Forgive us our vacillation, O God, and help ...
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... your will and coming Reign. In his redeeming name we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Eternal God, we confess our seeming inability to grasp your many mysteries, and particularly the subtleties of your self-manifestation in a suffering Christ, executed as a criminal. We admire worldly "winners" and success stories, and despise the very kinds of "bleeding hearts" and "do-gooders" that most emulate Jesus. Forgive us, we pray, and help us finally to adjust our values in such a way that we shall at last be able ...
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... agents of your mercy and bearers of your grace. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Compassionate God, it hurts us deeply to confess how fond we are of the many kinds of earthly power, particularly wealth and politics; to admit how admiring we are of those who are powerful on those terms; and to recognize how little we avail ourselves of your heavenly power of love, which can move the mightiest of mountains and the heaviest of hearts. Forgive us, we pray, and teach us to abandon the ...
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... that is as vivid as any other. Symbols, of course, stand for something. They are not the thing itself, but a sign of the thing. Whenever we confuse the religious sign with the thing that it signifies, we run into trouble, just like the driver who so admires a stop sign that he runs right through it. The logic of symbols tells us that what Christians wear (or don’t wear) is not really the important thing. What’s really important is what’s going on underneath the symbols. And what is going on - or ...
Drama
... ) Come with me, Simon! Simon Barabbas ... (Puts his hands on Barabbas’ shoulders, causing Barabbas to have to look him square in the eyes) Barabbas, I respect you a great deal. I agree with you in many areas. I dislike the oppression and cruelty of Rome. I admire your courage ... your dedication to your cause. But I cannot go with you. (Turning away) I will not go with you. When I yielded myself to my new Commander, it was a lifetime vow. He taught me the truth about God. God doesn’t hate, he loves ...
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Edward L. Palmer
... never entered their minds that true joy could be found in weakness. Night after night, the Wizard of Yoj would walk out into the darkness shouting "I am the greatest!" Off in the distance was a white, marble statue of Hercules - a statue he greatly admired because it symbolized strength, power, and heroism ... all the things with which he identified. But as he walked and shouted through those pitch black nights, he never got close enough to see the statue for what it really was. He never noticed the small ...
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There was an oak tree here once. You wouldn’t remember it because you hadn’t been by here when its roots held firmly in the ground there by your feet, when its trunk invited the young to admire and to climb, and when its branches gracefully and dependably protected us from the intense heat of the midday sun. A beautiful tree ... not, perhaps, a model tree or a flashy display tree ... but one of depth. You knew it would be there when you came by. You could depend ...
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... a pilgrim. Some think setting out on such a pilgrimage is totally ridiculous. The Great King gives each one of us the freedom to say "no" to the adventure, at our peril. It is said of Albert Camus, the great atheistic philosopher, that Christian thinkers who admired him tried to picture him to others as a "secret Christian." Camus let it be known that he wasn’t keeping any secrets; he simply wasn’t at all enthused about the Christian Faith. He wasn’t interested in going on the pilgrimage. Camus wasn ...
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... one time or another: Something happens to those green, untested players who have warmed the bench forever and forever. Suddenly they seem to jell and come together. Against everybody’s expectations they begin to move, to execute smooth plays, to score. Out of admiration and sympathy, the crowd comes to life in support of their performance. Many a game has been won by the second team. Sometimes a star first-stringer gets his or her first opportunity at such a serendipitous moment. That’s God’s style ...
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Barbara Brokhoff
... the whole course of the history of the Christian Church might have been different. Stephen Was a Man "Full of Faith and the Holy Spirit" (verse 5) The Holy Spirit brings us to faith, and faith brings us to new life in Christ. Of all the things to admire in Stephen, probably his faith stands first. He had given himself so completely and unreservedly to Christ, that at no time do we see him doubting that the living, resurrected Lord was with him. Oh, for a faith like that - a faith that does not faint in any ...
399. A King Worth Having
Zechariah 9:9-13
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John R. Brokhoff
... . "Next time you’ve got a log too heavy for your men to lift, send for me!" Peace at Last! The promised king promises world peace. In our text, it is said, "He shall command peace to the nations." What a promise! Can this king do the impossible? Retired Admiral Gene La Roque reported in 1982 that since World War II, 270 wars and some 800 minor skirmishes and coup d’etats have been recorded by the Pentagon. Are we crying "peace" when there is no peace? Is world peace only a dream and an ideal and not a ...
400. As Good As God
Leviticus 19:1-37
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John R. Brokhoff
... garden. Every day thereafter, he would stand before his statue and try to pull back his shoulders and stand erect. After some years, his physique matched the statue! It is obvious, is it not, that the principle involved in this story is that what we admire, adore, greatly respect, and worship, we eventually become. A few years ago, Barbara and I served as chaplains for a week at the famous New York Chattauqua which is located along the shores of Lake Chattauqua. While there, we heard the story of an eagle ...
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