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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Drama
Arley K. Fadness
... ’s driver’s license, insurance coverage, and then.” I just got my driver’s permit last week. Did okay in driver’s ed but I guess I got distracted when I dropped my smart phone and tried to pick it up and then there was this semi-truck right in front of me. Where did he come from? Oh, I guess he was parked. I wonder what Dad will say? I wonder what Dad will do? (paces up and down stage) Let’s see, he could ground me for the next ten years. Or make me work at the warehouse the ...
4127. Carrying God's Mark
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
Children's Sermon
Various Authors
... having a great big black cross on my forehead is important? That question makes me think of the lesson we have today. Jesus says that if we’re really trying to do what God, wants us to do, we shouldn’t make a big deal out of doing it in front of other people. Like when we pray, we shouldn’t go outside and pray in a big group of people, making a show of it. That might not be prayer at all. Instead of really talking to God we might be trying to impress people about how good we are ...
4128. Carrying God's Mark
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
Drama
Various Authors
... know that I’m ready for Lent? Leader 1: That’s a good point. But you know what? In our lesson today, Jesus says that if we’re really trying to do what God wants us to do, we shouldn’t make a big deal out of doing it in front of other people. Like when we pray, we shouldn’t go outside and pray in a big group of people, making a show of it, because that might not be prayer at all. We might just be showing off so people think we’re praying, and so they’ll think ...
4129. Faith and Grace
Romans 4:13-25
Children's Sermon
Various Authors
... this morning? (Let them answer.) How about the word “faith”? (Let them answer.) To show you what they mean, I need a volunteer. Would someone be willing to be the person with FAITH? (Have one of the children volunteer.) What I want you to do is stand in front of me, facing away from me. Now, I want you to have FAITH. I want you to fall straight backward. Don’t try to catch yourself. Let yourself fall. Are you willing to do that? (Let the child answer.) Okay ― let’s do it. (Do it.) It took faith ...
4130. Does Your Dog Bite?
Illustration
Maxie Dunnam
One evening a fellow went up to the desk in the hotel lobby to register. A large dog lying in front of the desk made him nervous. The desk clerk greeted him. Uneasy, the man asked, "Does your dog bite?" The desk clerk simply said, "No." With that assurance the man decided he would pet the dog. Just as he put his hand down, the dog bit him sharply. In pain, ...
Sermon
Will Willimon
... news for you”--perhaps this would be enough. Schemes for human betterment abound. A dictator is toppled in one part of the world and the press goes wild--ignoring the rise of a dozen tyrants elsewhere. The glorious revolution mires and becomes a front for another regime. Today's “amazing scientific breakthrough” is tomorrow's medical disaster. The bright-eyed Freshman eventually learns the way the system works and becomes the Senior cynic. And if that's all there is my friend, then let's keep dancing ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... to read. As he worked his way through the book he became very impressed-not with the content of the book but with the notes penciled in the margins-the feminine handwriting showed insight and understanding as well as a bit of tenderness. He flipped to the front of the book and found the name of the book's previous owner-a Miss Hollis Maynell. Blanchard did some research and found her address way up in New York. He wrote her a letter. The following day he was shipped overseas. For thirteen months the two ...
Sermon
Mary Austin
... . She had gaps in her teeth, and holes in her stretched out shirts, but the brightness of her smile made you forget all of that. They lived in a battered house on a quiet street in a town that had seen much better days. I would climb up the front porch steps, which were slowly rotting away, and go into the living room, which was stacked high with things Mrs. Low thought she might need some day … or things someone had given her, that she planned to give to someone else. Each month it was a struggle to pay ...
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... by impatience can cause a variety of emotional, mental, and physical symptoms, such as irritability, prolonged anger, emotional distress, unhealthy triggers, breakouts, and even cardio-vascular issues, not to mention behavioral issues toward others. Do you honk your horn if the driver in front of you takes more than a second to start moving? Do you feel your blood rising when you stand in a long line at a restaurant or snack shack? Do you retort under your breath when your doctor is running late? Do you ...
Understanding Series
William Nelson
... ” (8:14) is more concrete. 8:15–26 This next section contains the interpretation of the vision. Verses 15–19 serve as an introduction, while the interpretation itself begins in verse 20. After seeing the vision, Daniel tries to understand it (8:15). Then he notices in front of him one who looks like a man (8:15). As elsewhere in Daniel, this refers to a celestial being (3:25, 28; 7:13; 10:16, 18). There follows a man’s voice, instructing Gabriel to tell Daniel the meaning of the vision (8:16). Since ...
Understanding Series
John Goldingay
... more directly on Syria and Palestine. Yahweh goes on at some length in describing Babylon’s willfulness, power, confidence, self-aggrandizement, military might, skill, determination, plundering, and enslaving. Again, we need not infer Habakkuk is relying on reports from the front, or on special revelations from Yahweh. One superpower is much the same as another, and is described as such. Whether this is bad news or good news, by implication the point is that this new superpower is heading Judah’s ...
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... representing the “center” of the religious elite fall to the edges in despair. The gospels are always a lesson in upside down and inside out. As Jesus says, “the first shall be last, and the last shall be first.” Or shall we say, “the fringe” shall be front and center, and the centered shall fall away. So what does this mean for us today? What does it mean to live “on the fringe”? On the fringe of faith? Faith happens on the fringes. Like the mustard seed that Jesus suggested to us as the ...
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... . That same Friday, before the weekend shows began, the royal family shared a video on Instagram of the royal guard (usually silent and staid) joyfully rocking it to Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off.” The band formed a semi-circle right in front of Buckingham Palace during the change of the guard. What a wonderful display of Britain’s youthful and fun-loving spirit. Later, social media captured a video of Prince William celebrating his 42nd birthday with his children Prince George and Princess Charlotte ...
Sermon
David Coffin
... company. The seasoned worker who trained for the job did not back down nor apologize for making these arguments. There was tension and friction in the air for the rest of the afternoon. On Monday morning, this same person was prevented from entering the front door of the company. They were asked to surrender their company ID badge. Their job was terminated! The boss’ daughter and her fiancée peeked outside the window to make sure there were no incidents that would entail in calling law enforcement. Life ...
4140. Charging the Assembly
1 Chronicles 29:21-26
One Volume
Gary M. Burge
Having addressed Solomon in front of the assembled leaders in chapter 28, David now turns to the entire assembly in 29:1–5. Most of this speech expresses the reasons why the leadership needs to fully engage (29:5) in the temple project. These include the inexperience of his successor Solomon (29:1a), the magnitude ...
4141. The Loaves
John 6:1-21
Sermon
David Coffin
... there were all working for minimum wage and were unhappy because they were working so hard for low pay. All workers had perpetual applications in other places of employment to get a job with more pay. Training workers for both the kitchen and front counter duties was a perpetual merry-go-round. I learned that other restaurant managers had their “favorite” and not so favorite employees. Restaurant work is hard, long hours. Being on salary as an assistant manager consumed so many hours and weekends, that ...
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... our theology, has also become a current “buzz word” in the confusion of our society today. No matter what “side” of the political spectrum we are on, we want to know “how” others cannot see the “truth” or “facts” that are right in front of them. Interestingly, this inquiry comes from both ends of that divide. That should tell us something. The answer is simpler and yet more complex than we might imagine. “Cognitive bias” itself can be hard enough to recognize, but when compounded by ...
Sermon
John B. Jamison
... see the Son of Man come on that cloud with power and glory and drive these enemies out of our land. Maybe today, God will send the heavenly armies and put an end to this darkness. Maybe today. Maybe today, after Jesus stood in the temple, right in front of everyone, and said that this very generation will not pass away until these things have happened. After all of this waiting, maybe it would be today. So, we wait. Advent is a season of waiting for God to act. The day will come, God will act. Evil always ...
Sermon
David Coffin
... county and was getting ready to leave the church office. It was early after lunch on a summer afternoon. A young man in his late twenties and his little one- year-old daughter suddenly walked into the pastor’s office, and crashed down in the chair in front of the pastor’s desk. The young man was noticeably shaken. The little girl was running around the office and in and out of the doors of other rooms. The man announced that his wife wanted a divorce! They had been married for less than a year ...
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... Have you ever had a run-in with a badger? If you have, you’ll know to avoid doing it again! Badgers can be snarly, vicious, and terribly aggressive, especially if you’ve come too close to their burrow or nest. If one passes on the road in front of you, give it a wide berth. Otherwise, you may be running for your life. With sharp teeth and a feisty attitude, the badger is a naturally aggressive animal with few natural enemies. One horrifying report from Lancaster, UK reports a two-day rampage by a badger ...
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... and the world. It sounds simple in theory. It’s not so simple in practice for most of us. Why? Because our “Acquisition” and “Achievement” mindset keeps us conveniently locked up in a multitude of “boxes.” And they are hard to break out of. [Show a ruler.] Here in front of you I am holding a ruler. We all know what it is. It measures things. It tells us how large something is. It tells us how much we are falling short or how far we need to go. Ever been to a carnival in which you have to be ...
4147. The Raising
John 11:32-44
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... witness to God’s grace, intervention, and miraculous power over life and death –a power we will witness again in Jesus’ own resurrection! The rock is our testimony. Jesus is who he says he is. And God’s supernatural acts can remove any barriers in front of us, any preconceptions of our belief systems and what we consider immovable and unchangeable. God can move a mountain if God wishes. The rock is our testimony! Today we celebrate the memory of all saints who came before us –all those we remember ...
4148. A Portion of Thyself
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
Sermon
Wayne Brouwer
... seem to go hand in hand. Indeed, someone told a story of an airplane that was experiencing problems. One of the engines had failed, and another was acting strange. The passengers were getting nervous. Some were beginning to panic. Finally, one fellow sitting near the front of the plane yelled out, “Is there a priest or a minister on board who can do something religious?!” There was; a clergyman got up, and passed his hat for an offering! Money and religion often go hand in hand! But maybe they should ...
Sermon
Wayne Brouwer
... best legal counsel for their “obviously innocent” relative. The angry brother, new Christian and newcomer to our worship services, did not know the unspoken protocol of “assigned seating” in our worship space, and had the audacity to plunk his family right in front of the woman whose brother had shot his brother. Now the newcomer worshiped with great urgency of heart, while the couple behind him and his common-law family fumed without worship. The funeral was horribly difficult. I knew too much and ...
Sermon
Wayne Brouwer
... of shepherd boy/King David, and reclaimed the dignity of the office Ezekiel celebrated in chapter 34 of his prophecy. Jesus said his sheep knew his voice and would follow him anywhere. He also mentioned, cryptically, that he had other sheep, not of the flock in front of him, and that he had to go and call them. The disciples must have thought about these things as they now stood with Jesus in the local cemetery. He challenged the keepers of the place, demanding that they roll back the stone covering the ...
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