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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3976. Galatians 2:15-21
Galatians 2:15-21
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Leonard Sweet
... . Paul asks: If one follows Christ instead of the law, thus stepping outside the law and, in Jewish eyes, becoming a "sinner," does this make Christ a "servant" or "minister" of sin? Obviously, some had been arguing this case. By turning their backs on mandates of the law, these new Christians were actually making Jesus into an advocate of sinfulness. Paul confronts this argument head-on. He realizes the danger it represents. In the mouths of Christian Judaizers, this line of reasoning horrified those who ...
3977. Ephesians 2:4-25
Ephesians 2:4-25
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Leonard Sweet
... of punishments, God nevertheless continually breaks God's divine rules and provides ways for us to avoid punishment and find ourselves back in a loving relationship with God. Verses 14-15 reminds us of a specific example of God cheating, as it were ... days of the God's history with the Hebrews. The First Testament text from Chronicles similarly illustrates how God finds ways to finagle us back into God's good graces. John 3:16 then magnificently sums up the most remarkable example of God's merciful love in all ...
3978. Philemon 1:1-20
Philemon 1:1-20
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... love directed towards fellow Christians, not love for Christ himself, that is specifically being praised. Paul's praise for Philemon here is based upon the active nature of his faith. This is a participatory faith, not just feel-good fellowship leading nowhere. Paul shifts back once again to focus on love in verse 7, citing it as the cause of his own joy and the "refreshment" or strengthening effect it has had on the Christian community Philemon serves. By the end of this first section of his letter, Paul ...
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... 's entrance. Its weight and size are emphasized to the reader by the worry in these women's voices. Note that Mark's text uses the passive voice to describe what the women see when they first approach the tomb "the stone...had already been rolled back." By using this passive voice, Mark is able to maintain tradition and avoid directly naming God or God's stone-rolling activity. Clearly, however, Mark's text suggests that God is the only one who could have moved away the stone. In verse 5, the women enter ...
3980. Luke 19:1-10
Luke 19:1-10
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Leonard Sweet
... the pericope a contentious theological battlefield are the words of Zacchaeus in verse 8: "Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, 'Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.'" In the Greek, the tense of these verbs is present, which leaves unclear whether Zacchaeus is here offering a defense of his character as a response to the complaints of the crowd, or whether he is announcing a change of character ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... then baptized, and joined his companion in the dressing room. The second man was having difficulty wriggling out of his wet trousers. He extricated one leg and gave a kick to free the other leg. Unfortunately his foot skidded on the wet linoleum floor, and back down into the baptistery he went on top of the preacher and the third candidate. As he went, he desperately grabbed the sheet shielding the dressing area and carried it with him into the pool. Meanwhile, the first man had removed all his wet clothes ...
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Leonard Sweet
... . Jesus' Ascension into glory provides a dramatic, uplifting ending to Luke's first book. Why then does he repeat this scene - with several notable differences - at the beginning of Acts? Luke gives his revised version of these events in 1:1-3, moving Jesus' Ascension back an additional 40 days from his resurrection. The 40 days of instruction the disciples receive from their risen Lord echo the 40 days Moses spent on Sinai. Just as God spent 40 days with Moses to effect the creation of a people, so Jesus ...
3983. Jesus Is Contagious!
1 Corinthians 9:1-27
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... is a “good infection.” It actually works to wake us up! And it not only wakes us up. It wakes up those around us, and it spreads its wake-up call to all who are within its influence. It’s time to put the “yawn” back into our faith. It’s time to “yawn” others back to faith. It’s time to infect others with the love of Christ, and rather than think in and sink it into yourself, think it and link it to others who are in need of the good news of the gospel. Jesus turned the Hebrew understanding ...
3984. Healing and Wholeness to Many 
Mark 1:29-39
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Urban Legend
... another bite of the apple. "Mr. Professor, I don't know much about the great thinkers you mentioned," as he took still another bite of his apple. "Mr. Professor, I admit I haven't studied the Bible like you have," as he finished his apple and dropped it back in the bag. "I was just wondering, this apple that I just ate, was it sour or sweet?" The Professor responded, "How could I know? I haven't tasted your apple." To which the old preacher replied, "With all due respect, sir, I was just wondering if you ...
Sermon
Mike Ripski
... revealed to them. The Apostle Paul uses the image of a veil that makes our minds hardened. He says that in Christ the veil is pulled back. We are able to see the Light of God in Christ. We are able to hear the Voice of God in Christ. When the biblical witnesses ... am well pleased.” That day at the Jordan River was one of those “thin places,” where heaven and earth met. The veil was pulled back for the truth to be seen and heard. It was true for Jesus and it is true for us. On God’s behalf, the Church ...
Sermon
Mike Ripski
... offering. That is, if Esau doesn’t destroy them once he finds out they belong to Jacob. And, the conniver plots, if Esau does destroy them, he’s saved the other half of what he possesses. He sends his wives, children, slaves, and flocks ahead, while he stays back. He spends the night by the River Jabbok. During the night he is assaulted.. It’s dark and he can’t tell who it is. A man? An angel? A divine-human? As daybreak approaches, the stranger says, “I must be going.” Jacob, again true to his ...
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Mike Ripski
... test. “Mrs. Leonard gave the test to everyone in the class, and finally it was my turn. I knew from past years that as we stood at the door and covered one ear, the teacher at the desk would whisper something and we would have to repeat it back…things like, ‘The sky is blue’ or Do you have new shoes?’ I waited there for those words which God must have put into her mouth, those seven words which changed my life. Mrs. Leonard said, in her whisper, ‘I wish you were my little girl.’” (Homiletics ...
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Mike Ripski
... so familiar with the story that it’s easy for us to miss how radical Matthew’s witness is. To relate, go back to the late ‘60s, when churches refused to allow African-American persons to attend worship. I recall the Saturday morning at ... known. It is Herod, who is kin to Jesus, who obeys his fears. It is Persian magi, who obey a dream, and don’t report back to Herod but go back home a different way. IV. The Wise Men and Their Gifts These Wise Men are wiser than they know. They bring gifts that are ...
3989. Loneliness
Mark 1:40-45
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We need a community around us. Years ago, when speaker of the house Sam Rayburn heard that he had terminal cancer, he shocked everyone when he announced that he was going back to his small town in Bonham, Texas. Everyone said to him: They have got the finest facilities in Washington, D. C., why go back to that little town. Rayburn's words have been quoted so often that some of you have probably heard them. He said: "Because in Bohman, Texas, they know if you're sick and they care when you die. We need ...
3990. Breaking Satan's Claim over Humanity
Mark 1:9-15
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Ben Sharpe
... what does it all mean?" asked Susan, when they were somewhat calmer. "It means," said Aslan, "that though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know. Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of time. But if she could have looked a little further back into the stillness and darkness before time dawned, she would have read there a different incantation. She would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery who was killed in a traitor's stead ...
Sermon
Brett Blair
... to go in a different direction with your life, and acknowledge God's love for you in Jesus Christ. That is what mankind needs. He needs the love of God. He needs forgiveness. She needs to recognize her need for forgiveness. He needs to be convinced of this love. Looking back on the last 100 years humans have been intolerably cruel to one another. God looks down and sees the evil but he does what we need most. He says I like you anyone. I love you regardless. I do not condemn you. I am sending you my son so ...
3992. No Time Left
John 12:20-36
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Brett Blair
... luck would have it, the quiet place he chose happened to be on one of the city's major jogging routes. No sooner had he settled back for a snooze when there came a knock on his window. He looked out and saw a jogger running in place. "Yes?" he said. "Excuse ... that, he got out a pen and paper and put a sign on his window saying, "I do not know the time!" Once again he settled back to sleep. He was just dozing off when there was another knock on the window. "Sir, sir?" said a jogger, seeking to be helpful' "it' ...
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Leonard Sweet
... in v.2, but at this point it is more a title of respect than a confession of faith. Peter and John respond to Mary’s news with a footrace retracing their steps to the tomb. John’s gospel describes in unusual detail a kind of back-and-forth tension between these two disciples. They start out running together, but the beloved disciple outruns Peter. The pale morning light now makes it possible for that disciple to peer into the tomb and observe the linens that had wrapped Jesus’ body still lying inside ...
3994. Pruning Process
John 15:1-17
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Merrill C. Tenney
... in his commentary on John: In pruning a vine, two principles are generally observed: first, all dead wood must be ruthlessly removed; and second, the live wood must be cut back drastically. Dead wood harbors insects and disease and may cause the vine to rot, to say nothing of being unproductive and unsightly. Live wood must be trimmed back in order to prevent such heavy growth that the life of the vine goes into the wood rather than into fruit. The vineyards in the early spring look like a collection ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... reached up and grabbed his! He was so startled he almost dropped his flashlight and let go of the hand! But instead, he reached back for someone to grab his hand, then someone grabbed that person’s hand, until a human chain was formed and the man trapped in ... we could pull the lamb? Then she was so exhausted she didn’t want to get up to take care of her baby, so I pretended to get back into the pen with her and she was so anxious to clobber me, she got up with no trouble at all. And that was only one of ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... themselves, and they’re broken. You have to be careful and have some kind of discipline. I’m going to close this sermon with a tribute to the Michael Jackson I shall remember the most. It’s Michael singing 20 years ago at the Grammy Awards, with a gospel back-up choir. He’s singing “Man in the Mirror,” and singing quite a bit of it on his knees. [You can find it on YouTube at the following url. Or you can just listen to an audio recording. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zpTQCQEFhg As you hear ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... see the insanity of man’s inhumanity to man? Why must we hate, why must we kill? There are still many veterans in our land who bear scars from the Vietnam War. Not only physical scars, but emotional scars. They served their country honorably, but they came back to a nation that was divided. No hero’s welcome for many of them. Instead, many of them were jeered and scorned. Many already had doubts about their own role in the war which made it even harder. Bishop William Willimon once told of hearing a man ...
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James Merritt
... wrong man three times." Proverbs 16:1 tells us, "We humans make plans, but the LORD has the final word." (Proverbs 16:1, CEV) Look back over the times in your life when God changed your plans. There are a lot of us that didn't marry the first person ... powerful to be reckoned with." (James 5:16, MSG) Let me ask you some questions. Do you have a prayer list? Can you look back in the past year and name five answered prayers that made a difference in your life? Does your prayer life encourage God by your ...
3999. Fish Bait
Mark 1:17, 1 Corinthians 15:2-4
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James Merritt
... that we are all sinners in God's eyes and separated from Him. II. Understand That Jesus Christ Died For Your Sins And As God Came Back From The Dead "It is this Good news that saves you if you firmly believe it - that Christ died for our sins, just as the ... are a sinner in God's eyes and separated from Him and you must know that Jesus Christ died for your sins and as God came back from the dead. III. Receive God's Forgiveness For Your Sins By Trusting Christ As Your Savior Romans 3:22 says, "Now God says He ...
4000. Friends
1 Samuel 18:1-4
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James Merritt
... you." "I love you not only for what you are making yourself, but what you are making me." III. Lead Your Friends Closer To God Go back and listen to verse 1 again and remember the context. "Now it came about when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of ... terrible sadness in his eyes. Christopher's heart went out to him and he walked over, picked up the boy's glasses and handed them back to him. He helped him pick up his books and asked him where he lived. As it turned out, his name was Kyle and ...
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