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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Humor
One cynic says to remind drivers to be careful in school-crossing zones. You never know when a frustrated teacher might jump out in front of your car.
Humor
Baseball great Joe Garagiola stepped up to the plate. Before assuming his stance, however, fervent Roman Catholic Joe took his bat and made the sign of the cross in the dirt in front of home plate. Catcher Yoga Berra, also a devout Catholic, walked out and erased Garagiola's cross. Turning to the astonished Garagiola, Berra smiled and said, "Let's let God watch this inning."
Humor
I predicted before the season that the University of Miami would go 12-and-0: 12 arrests and no convictions. "They were the only team to take their team picture from the front and the side." After being warned that there might be some University of Miami players in the audience: "OK, I'll tell the joke slowly."
Humor
Some of us are like the big Presbyterian Church where they took up a special offering one evening for missions. They received in the offering plate $200.03. When the pastor saw those three pennies in the offering plate he chuckled and said, "We must have a Scotchman here tonight." From the front of the balcony, a lonely voice said, "Hoot-man. There are three of us present."
Humor
A little girl lost her front teeth and it caused her to talk with a lisp. One day her grandmother was reading to her from her King James version of the Bible. She read such words as 'sayeth' and 'hath'' and 'doth'' and so on. After a while, the little girl exclaimed, "So God had his teeth out, too!"
Humor
A flashy, rich, socialite couple sat in front of a marriage counselor to explain their problems. The husband exclaimed testily, "This is a waste of time. We have a good marriage. I'm CEO in my company, we reap a bundle on the stock market, I buy her everything a woman could want, we live in a million-dollar house, we can vacation in our beach house or our ski chalet whenever we want. Who wouldn't be happy with that? But uh what's-her-name here says I don't pay attention to her!"
Humor
Charlie Brown in PEANUTS drags his beanbag chair in front of the television and turns the TV on. Announcer: "Boy, have we got bad news for you tonight." Charlie Brown: "How bad is it?'' Announcer: "We're not even going to give you the details at eleven!"
Humor
(Apology) I originally wrote, "Woodrow Wilson's wife grazed sheep on the front lawn of the White House." I'm sorry typesetting inadvertently left out the word "sheep."
Humor
There is a humorous story that comes out of John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign of 1960. After a stunning speech in San Antonio, Texas, to a large enthusiastic crowd assembled in front of the Alamo where a handful of Texans held off a large Mexican army, Kennedy wanted to make a quick exit. Turning to Maury Maverick, a local politician, he said, "Maury, let's get out of here. Where's the back door?" Maury replied, "Senator, if there had been a ...
When you get kicked from the rear, it means you're in front.
Traditional
Humor
One thing a human being can do that the lower animals can't is stand up in front of a crowd and put both feet in his mouth.
Humor
There is the story of the man who was watching his fourth football game of the weekend when his wife stepped in front of the television and said, "You love football more than me." He gently pushed her aside, stared back at the set and said, "Yes, dear, but I love you more than basketball."
Humor
A Sunday School teacher decided to have her young class memorize one of the most quoted passages in the Bible On the day that the kids were scheduled to recite Psalm 23 in front of the congregation, Ricky was so nervous. When it was his turn, he stepped up to the microphone and said proudly, 'The Lord is my Shepherd, and that's all I need to know.'
Sermon
Timothy W. Ayers
... that as the basis for understanding this passage and for viewing what we are doing here on this Wednesday then we can begin a very important journey toward a spiritual wholeness. In our gospel reading, Jesus says, “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others.” That seems to contradict our actions on Ash Wednesday. We come here and have ashes on our foreheads then head out to dinner, the mall, or to visit friends. Sometimes it is hard to put our practices next to the scriptures and ...
3990. Get the Picture?
John 18:1; 19:42
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Timothy W. Ayers
... them but all along they lobbied, pressed, and lied to get this rabble rouser to the cross. Jesus had called them whitewashed tombs. He had pointed out that they had followed the letter of the law but could not recognize the Messiah when he stood in front of them. Yes, they feigned shock, pity, and sorrow but inside each one of the religious leaders were filled with a secret joy, a smugness of religiosity, and a depth of self-righteousness. The Roman soldier moved to Jesus’ feet and crossed them. He was a ...
Sermon
Richard Gribble
... closer to Christ. Even though he was the Son of God, Jesus willingly entered our world, experiencing the human condition in every way, excluding sin. His obedience to God, by going forward and never hesitating to carry out his mission, despite opposition on many fronts, must be the example we follow in our lives. The Christian life will not be easy for those who truly live it to the fullest extent. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was only one disciple of Christ, but he serves as an excellent example of someone who ...
Sermon
Richard Gribble
... your turn to go to the academy and pursue your dream; I will support you.” Albert sat at the table and tears began to flow down his cheeks. He began to repeat, “No, no, no.” Finally Albert rose, wiped the tears from his face and holding his hands out in front of him said softly, “No, brother, it is too late for me to go. Look at what four years in the mines have done to my hands. The bones in every finger have been crushed at least once and I suffer from arthritis so badly that I cannot even hold ...
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King Duncan
... 1) It hurts, doesn’t it, to be betrayed, particularly by people who are supposed to have your back? If there was ever a victim of friendly fire, it was Jesus. John, in his account of the Last Supper speaks of that tragic moment that was to come right up front: “It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. “The evening meal was in progress, and the devil ...
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King Duncan
... But for many years, Colbert turned his back on his faith. After graduating college, he considered himself an atheist. But one day, while walking down the street in Chicago, Illinois, a stranger handed Colbert a small book containing the New Testament and Psalms. Inside the front cover was a list of verses to read if you were in need of help. Colbert flipped to the verses on anxiety. And as he read these verses, he says, “. . . for the first time, I understood the real meaning of the phrase, ‘It spoke to ...
3995. Imagine
Revelation 21:10, 22-26
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Will Willimon
... how motivated we become, the currently available solutions will be exhausted before her tragedy is set right. Our solutions crumble before that mother's awesome, unresolved grief. Do you appreciate how much courage it takes for a preacher like me to say that in front of a congregation like you? Most of us have been culturally conditioned to believe that we already have the potential to devise a new heaven and a new earth, that we are best described as bundles of untapped possibility. So I must make you ...
3996. Here
Luke 2:1-20
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Will Willimon
... in broad agreement with the church's goals, but our problem is with these stories, so concrete, particular. Like Martha, we are concerned about others in the broadest, most general sort of way, concerned when standing in the voting booth rather than standing on their front door stoop bearing a basket of canned goods and a turkey for Christmas. And yet....if we are to love as God loves, judging from Luke's account of the nativity, then somehow we must learn to love with a particularity and specificity that ...
3997. Returning
Isaiah 40:1-11
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Will Willimon
... . One Sunday Craddock says he looked out over his congregation and thought, "There she is with a couple of adult friends." Later, he realized she was there with Mom and Dad. When, at the end of the service, the invitation was given, Mom and Dad came down front to join the church. "What prompted this?" asked the young pastor, after the service. "Do you know about our parties," they asked. "Yea, I heard of your parties," said the pastor. "Well, we had one last night again. It got a bit loud, a little rough ...
3998. Homecoming
Mark 16:1-20
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Will Willimon
... adulthood. Such grief, the father must have felt. The son was still alive in the "far country," but the father didn't know that. Young kid, pocket full of cash, first time away from home, is an easy mark. Still, the father waited, looked down the road in front of the house, straining to see, hoping for sight of the son. We call it the story of the "prodigal son," but just as well we might call it the story of the prodigal (that is, reckless, extravagant) father. When the boy left home, the father recklessly ...
3999. Our Light
Genesis 1:1-5 · Mark 1:9-11
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Will Willimon
... . "They never told us about this in Astronomy 101,'' someone says. But no one laughs. They are filtering out of the fraternity houses now, one by one, gazing upward. The Law School Library empties its nocturnal inhabitants. Some kneel on the lawn in front of the Chemistry Building. The sheer, awesome, terror of it. The great unknown at last, fully, demonstrably known! Oh, there would be tears -- many sigh quietly to themselves, "If I had only known…" Others, who had previously believed, but not until now ...
4000. No Partiality
Acts 10:34-43
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Will Willimon
... can be on the First Class Deck when it goes down." The BMW's, the clothes, the career, the frantic search for fun, it's they're way of living with the wall. If we can't get over it, we might as well plant roses in front of it. Accept reality. Face facts. It all means: Know your limits. Learn to live with boundaries, including the biggest, most inviolable boundary of all. And then here comes this Fisherman, still breathless from scaling the wall to embrace an outsider, saying, "Truly I perceive, God shows ...
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