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Synonyms: thirstiness, dryness, parched, craving, strong desire, longing, yearning, avidity, hunger, voracity, keenness, eagerness, lust, appetite, passion, love, crave, want, covet, desire, hunger for/after, lust for/after, hanker for/after, have one's heart set on

Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

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376. Hard and Soft Hearts

Mark 10:2-16

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... longer so easily hide the truth. Then you discover what the other is really like because now he/she has promised to be with you until death parts you. Now you discover his/her stinky feet. Now you discover his/her short temper. Now you discover his/her disgusting personal habits. Now you get to see him/her early in the morning, sleep still blurring his/her eyes, sitting there on the toilet. Doesn't sound very romantic, does it? It really takes a lot of love to hang in there when your spouse is so unlovable ...

377. The Pushy Church

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Editor James S. Hewett

Just a few days before Christmas two ladies stood looking into a department store window at a large display of the manger scene with clay figures of the baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph, the shepherds, the wise men, and the animals. Disgustedly, one lady said, "Look at that, the church trying to horn in on Christmas!"

378. Bah Humbug Department

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George Bernard Shaw

... the subject of Christmas in these articles. It is an indecent subject; a cruel, gluttonous subject; a drunken, disorderly subject; a wasteful, disastrous subject; a wicked, cadging, lying, filthy, blasphemous, and demoralizing subject. Christmas is forced on a reluctant and disgusted nation by the shopkeepers and the press; in its own merits it would wither and shrivel in the fiery breath of universal hatred; and anyone who looked back to it would be turned into a pillar of greasy sausages. We must ...

379. A Stone in the Sun

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Editor James S. Hewett

... among the other lovely objects, a hard, gray chunk of nothing, downright ugly. The man was shocked. What had happened to the prize he had so carefully brought back with me across the continent? Where was the sparkle and the colors that had attracted me so much? Disgusted, he snatched it up and started for the trash can in the backyard. Then, just as he opened the kitchen door, a beam of light struck the stone. As though by magic, it began to shimmer, to glow again. In an instant the beautiful jewel tones ...

380. Your Attitude to the Narrow Way

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Editor James S. Hewett

Truth is narrow. If we were hiking and came to a wide river, and we learned that there was one bridge, down the river a mile or two, we wouldn't stomp in disgust and moan about how that was such a narrow way to think and that the bridge should be right there, where we were. Instead, thankful that there was a bridge, we would go to it and cross over. Or consider the following. When we go to the doctor, we want ...

381. The Poor Man in the Mercedes

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... Dives’ mansion and tried to sleep. Dives’ Dobermans wandered out to see the sleeping man. They perceived that he was no threat and quietly came over and licked the sores on Lazarus’ face. Each time he drove his Mercedes out the gate, Dives looked in disgust at the filthy piece of humanity leaning against the gatepost of his house and wondered why somebody didn’t do something to get people like that off the street. But that, of course, is not the end of the story. Eventually, both Lazarus and Dives ...

382. Do You Recognize Satan?

Romans 7:7-25

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Max Lucado

... -coating the truth. Don’t try to water down the power of sin. Second, Lucado urges us to accept God’s forgiveness. He calls chapter 7 in the book of Romans our “Emancipation Proclamation.” In chapter 7, Paul writes of his struggle with sin, his shame over his failures, his disgust with himself. But then, at the very end of chapter 7and the very beginning of chapter 8 declares, “There is, therefore, now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”

383. Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!

Matthew 24:36-44

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... the dark valley of a meaningless and empty life. It strikes us when we feel that our separation is deeper than usual, because we have violated another life, a life which we loved, or from which we were estranged. It strikes us when our disgust for our own being, our indifference, our weakness, our hostility, and our lack of direction and composure have become intolerable to us. It strikes us when, year after year, the longed-for perfection of life does not appear, when the old compulsions reign within ...

384. The Kitchen Table

Humor Illustration

King Duncan

One lady said, “My daughter had absentmindedly left her sneakers on our kitchen table. “That’s disgusting,” her husband grumbled. “Doesn’t she realize we eat off that table?” Then he went out back to work on the car. She said she then cleaned the kitchen table and left to do her grocery shopping. When she came home she couldn’t set her bags down anywhere. Sitting in the middle of the kitchen table was a car muffler.

385. The Problem with "Fawneys"

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... and read the Ten Commandments aloud.” “I have a better idea,” Mark Twain remarked. “Why don’t you stay right at home in Boston and keep them.” Twain knew the man’s heart. Phony. Hypocrite. Robert J. Morgan tells about the disgust many Americans felt when transcripts of the famous Watergate tapes were released. Many Americans were stunned to read of the unrestrained filthiness of language used in the Oval Office by President Richard Nixon and his associates. Nixon’s every sentence seemed ...

386. Grace Upon Grace

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

387. The Good Catch

Matthew 17:24-27

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... other of God’s children –all stones placed upon the “cornerstone.” But for now, the Temple is the center of faith for all Jewish people –even those following him. Was Jesus appalled by the Tyrian shekels used for the Temple at that time? Was he disgusted by the greed and corruption going on within the Temple walls by some of the officials? Was he tired of the tax being used to discriminate against some who couldn’t afford it? Most probably. But to ignore it would be a huge stumbling block to ...

388. The Funeral Crasher

John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14, John 14:15-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , not had enough faith. This is your story. Even after his own disciples have seen Jesus raise the dead at least three times with their own naked eyes, Jesus’ own disciples still fear and doubt. And Jesus’ response is not anger or chastisement or judgment or disgust. Jesus gives them assurance. Jesus stills their fears. Jesus tells them of the joy that is to come their way….because he IS the Way and he is preparing a place just for them! In 1973, Tony Orlando and Dawn sang a song that would become ...

Achievement: The death of an endeavor, and the birth of disgust.

Ambrose Bierce

What causes us to like new acquaintances is not so much weariness of our old ones, or the pleasure of change, as disgust at not being sufficiently admired by those who know us too well, and the hope of being admired more by those who do not know so much about us.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

No one is so completely disenchanted with the world, or knows it so thoroughly, or is so utterly disgusted with it, that when it begins to smile upon him he does not become partially reconciled to it.

Giacomo Leopardi

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated?

Henry David Thoreau

Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.

Nicolas de Chamfort

Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.

Petrarch

All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.

Sophocles

396. Do It Now!

Humor

A San Francisco executive posted signs reading "DO IT NOW!!!" throughout his factory hoping to inspire the employees to action. Several weeks later, a friend asked him how his staff reacted. He shook his head in disgust: "I wish you hadn't asked. The cashier skipped with $10,000. The head accountant eloped with the best secretary I ever had. Three typists asked for a raise. The factory workers voted to go on strike. And the office boy joined the navy!"

397. About That Anger

John 2:12-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Anger is like your engine light flashing—a beacon signaling that something needs care and attention.” (5) Jesus was clearly laying down some boundaries in our Bible passage for today. Jesus loved God and God’s people so much that he was disgusted and enraged by anything that violated them. And using God’s Temple to defraud people who genuinely wanted to worship God was despicable in Jesus’ eyes. There are times when people ought to express their anger at such practices. That is something that ...

398. Victorious, Victims

Luke 6:20-36

Sermon

Will Willimon

... limousine pulled up to the church door, and the officious mortician helped her from the car, I looked at her, and she emerged wearing a red hat. A red hat. And at his funeral she would only let the church sing Easter songs. I saw old death slink away in disgust. His great defeat ruined by that red hat. You see, Jesus’ word of blessing is this: You can turn it around. Don't let them make you a victim. Turn the other cheek, go the second mile, laugh when they want you to weep, when they expect your coat ...

399. Not Your Lips, but Your Life

Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. (3) And he’s only one example of numerous public officials who expected the general population to restrict their activities during the pandemic but did not live up to those same standards themselves. We love to roll our eyes in disgust when we catch prominent people acting hypocritically. But we all have problems with moral and ethical consistency. We all fail to meet our own standards sometimes. That’s not an excuse, it’s a reality. Somehow our hypocrisy radar fails us when we ...

400. Never on Sunday

Mark 2:23-3:6

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... than making that argument, they said nothing and Jesus, for the first and only time, shows that he is angry toward them. These religious leaders who had perverted the law in such a horrible way that it made it illegal to heal a suffering soul disgusted him. With that, he healed the man’s hand and the Pharisees left and began to conspire with the Herodians, a political group for whom they, heretofore, have had no use. Their conspiracy was to kill Jesus, not because he was wrong but because he embarrassed ...

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Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

Showing 376 to 400 of 411 results

376. Hard and Soft Hearts

Mark 10:2-16

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

377. The Pushy Church

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

378. Bah Humbug Department

Illustration

George Bernard Shaw

379. A Stone in the Sun

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

380. Your Attitude to the Narrow Way

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

381. The Poor Man in the Mercedes

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

382. Do You Recognize Satan?

Romans 7:7-25

Illustration

Max Lucado

383. Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!

Matthew 24:36-44

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

384. The Kitchen Table

Humor Illustration

King Duncan

385. The Problem with "Fawneys"

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18

Sermon

King Duncan

386. Grace Upon Grace

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

387. The Good Catch

Matthew 17:24-27

Sermon

Lori Wagner

388. The Funeral Crasher

John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14, John 14:15-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

Achievement: The death of an endeavor, and the birth of disgust.

Ambrose Bierce

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Giacomo Leopardi

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated?

Henry David Thoreau

Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.

Nicolas de Chamfort

Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.

Petrarch

All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.

Sophocles

396. Do It Now!

Humor

397. About That Anger

John 2:12-25

Sermon