Synonyms: touch, feel, sense of touch, tactile sense, tactility, contact, using one's hands, sensation, sense, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, notion, inkling, hunch, fancy, apprehension, presentiment, premonition, foreboding, love, care, affection, fondness, tenderness, warmth, warmness, emotion, sentiment, emotional state, compassion, sympathy, empathy, fellow feeling, understanding, concern, solicitude, solicitousness, tender-heartedness, brotherly love, sensibilities, sensitivities, self-esteem, ego, pride, opinion, belief, view, impression, intuition, instinct, estimation, guess, theory, hypothesis, thought, way of thinking, point of view, atmosphere, ambience, aura, air, mood, climate, character, overtone, undertone, tenor, spirit, quality, flavour, colour, aptitude, knack, flair, bent, talent, gift, skill, art, trick, faculty, ability, propensity, inclination, sensitive, warm, warm-hearted, tender, tender-hearted, caring, soft-hearted, sympathetic, compassionate, empathetic, responsive, receptive, intuitive, thoughtful
Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice
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4176. Acts 5:27-32
Acts 5:27-32
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... " in his own right, fully capable of extending divine forgiveness and granting "repentance to Israel." Clearly, Peter suggests that Jesus himself is now one with God working to dispense divine forgiveness and acting with divine authority. Peter completes his witness to this new understanding of the divine nature by also introducing the person of the Holy Spirit. In his declaration before the Jews, Peter reveals that it is the Holy Spirit which is "given" by God to "those who obey him" (v.32). Here, then, is ...
4177. Luke 11:1-13
Luke 11:1-13
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... Jewish tradition (Deuteronomy 14:1, 32:6; 2 Samuel 7:14; Jeremiah 3:19, 31:9; Hosea 11:1-3; Malachi 2:10). What is highly unusual is the relational metaphor that was not only important to Jesus, but one that he wished his disciples to understand and value. "Father," Jesus suggests, can be and should be used when one prays to God. God is linked to his creatures as parents are bonded to their children. Compare the simplicity of the address in this prayer, "Father," to the "Prayer of Eighteen Petitions" which ...
4178. Romans 1:1-7
Romans 1:1-7
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... s beloved in Rome (v.7a), grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ"(v.7b; compare with his prescript in 1 Thessalonians 1:1). The essential components of the salutation are in verses 1 and 7; everything else is details. Paul's self-understanding of who he is and what he is about is threefold: He is a "servant" (the word is doulous, slave) of Jesus Christ, he is "called to be an apostle," and he is "set apart for the gospel of God" (v.1). The congregation at Rome was composed of a ...
4179. Refusing to Quit
2 Timothy 4:5-8
Sermon
James McCormick
... . It hurts, doesn’t it, when we have done the best we know to do – we have tried, sincerely tried to do the right – and yet we are criticized for it. Maybe even chewed out about it. That hurts. And we feel like quitting. I understand that. I’ve been there. Then I remember Paul being rejected, and beaten, and ship wrecked, and thrown into prison and finally killed. I remember Jesus upon the cross. Most people had not said “Yes” to them. In fact, most people had rejected them – acted unfairly ...
Sermon
James McCormick
... today’s parable is the last one he ever told. In some ways, I think it is his greatest – I don’t know why it is one of the least familiar – because it catches up the meaning of the whole Bible. It’s really the gospel in miniature. Once we understand it, I think we will never be able to forget it. Mark calls it a parable, but it is not like the other parables. Typically, parables have one main point. Once you get the main point, you get the truth Jesus is communicating. But this story from Mark’s ...
4181. More Than Feelings (Weddings)
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Illustration
James McCormick
... than a feeling. I know that what you are feeling for one another at this moment is beautiful. And, all of us here, your family and your friends, consider it to be a special privilege to share in the beauty of this moment with you. But I hope you will understand when I say that there will be times in your marriage when you will not feel about one another exactly as you do just now. There will be times in your marriage when you will not like each other very much - and that’s normal. There is no-one in ...
4182. Back To Basics: The Three R's of Baptism - Sermon Starter
Mark 1:4-11
Illustration
Brett Blair
... and his sincerity, he understood that he needed to do something very basic before the nation. He needed to repent. It's amazing isn't it? Not even a president can escape the basic truths of life. It's like in elementary school. Our parents and teachers understand the importance of building a strong foundation for a child's future. So, we were taught the basics, the three R's: Reading, writing, and arithmetic. Ever notice that only one of those begins with an R. I always thought the fellow that came up with ...
4183. A New Way of Living
Mark 1:4-11
Illustration
Sarah Jo Sarchet
... Using her best pastoral care tone of voice, she said, "Cameron, do you really want to be baptized because everyone else is?" His freckles winked up at her and he replied, "No. I want to be baptized because it means I belong to God." She was touched by his understanding. "Well, then," she said, "How about this Sunday?" His smile turned to concern and he asked, "Do I have to be baptized in front of all those people in the church? Can't I just have a friend baptize me in the river?" She asked where he came up ...
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... new birth in water and the Spirit. As baptismally oriented as these words may have been for John's community, they could scarcely have had that same connotation for Nicodemus. As a Jew, a Pharisee, there is no reason to assume that Nicodemus would understand Jesus' words as a call to baptism. More recent scholarship has suggested that perhaps we should think as literally as Nicodemus at this point in interpreting Jesus' words. If Jesus is making a distinction between flesh and spirit in verse 6, why should ...
4185. Matthew 10:24-39
Matthew 10:24-39
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... disciple's soul. Jesus reminds his disciples that if the souls of halfpenny sparrows garner the attention and concern of God, then how can they doubt God's providential and protective presence for them? They may not see the pattern to God's plan or understand their own role within it, but that doesn't mean God is not attentive to every moment of their struggles. Verse 30 gently reminds these neophyte missionaries that there are some things only God knows. Thus, the final counsel offered here is still "do ...
4186. Matthew 10:40-42
Matthew 10:40-42
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... , which in turn is like receiving God. These interconnected relationships make God the original actor, the source for all missionary activity. God sent Jesus first; Jesus, in turn, seeds the disciples. The disciples, then, carry God's as well as Jesus' authority. Understanding this connectedness makes the extended logic of verses 41-42 more obvious. First, the reference to "prophets" can be taken literally, as prophets were understood to be ones who spoke for God, who were God's mouthpiece to the people. If ...
4187. Romans 10:5-15
Romans 10:5-15
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... both disappointment and urgency. He is saddened that his fellow Jews have not yet accepted the truth of the gospel, and he feels urgently called to reach these brothers and sisters in some way. Chapter 10, then, is a discussion of Paul's understanding of "righteousness," of sola fide in terms most familiar to his Jewish kinfolk. He employs both pentateuchal and prophetic writings to aid him in his designated task - witnessing to his "stiff-necked" friends. In verses 5-15, Paul proclaims the new relationship ...
4188. Philippians 3:4b-14
Philippians 3:4b-14
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... "the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus, my Lord." In verse 9 Paul reveals just why a relationship with Christ is worth more than anything else in existence. Paul's desire to be completely "found in him" is motivated by his new understanding of righteousness. What seems to be a rather lengthy series of thoughts in verse 9 is actually a very compressed presentation of what we call Paul's doctrine of justification by faith. Pharisaically defined righteousness from the Law has proved itself unattainable ...
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... 37:7; 63:11. While the vast majority of translations have chosen (perhaps out of a sense of synoptic unity?) to here translate Mark's eis as "upon," there may indeed be good reason to believe Mark intended the more forcefully internalized understanding of "into." Without any of the other gospels' historical and theological groundwork preparing the reader for Jesus' baptism, Mark needed to make the moment of baptism itself an indisputable event of special union between Jesus and God. Thus, Mark does not say ...
4190. Mark 14:1-15:47
Mark 14:1-15:47
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... day" (v.49). As a servant of the high priest, then, it is quite likely that this woman had seen Peter and the other disciples with Jesus on several occasions. Peter's denial is both immediate and awkward. His double insistence, "I do not know or understand," is stated poorly so that the Greek text's grammar reflects the panic and desperation of the disciple. Speaking with his body as well as with words, Peter moves out of the courtyard proper, only to stop and look at the gateway. In several Greek editions ...
4191. John 10:11-18
John 10:11-18
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... my life for the sheep." Verse 16 recalls the sheepfold language of verses 1-5, but now rather abruptly asserts the existence of "other sheep" outside that one sheepfold. Following on the heels of Jesus' declaration, "I lay down my life," this wider understanding of sheepfold suggests that Jesus' sacrifice is just as much for these "other sheep" as for those already in the fold. The debate over exactly whom John cast here as thieves, bandits, hired hands and wolves has been considerable but pointless, as is ...
4192. Acts 8:26-40
Acts 8:26-40
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... Servant Song (Isaiah 53:7f) when Philip joins him. When the eunuch confesses his confusion over this text, Philip eagerly provides the Christian interpretation. It is an interpretation based not only on the events of Jesus' life and death, but apparently on Jesus' own understanding of this scripture. As recorded in Mark 9:12 and Luke 17:25, Jesus himself concluded that the Son of Man and the Suffering Servant were one and the same. At Jesus' baptism, the heavenly voice's assurance that he is the "beloved in ...
4193. Mark 5:21-43
Mark 5:21-43
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... type of suggestion will allow the crowd to doubt the miraculous event about to take place which appears to be Jesus' intent. Jesus' limited selection of witnesses emphasizes the need for his disciples to "be with him" if they are to learn and understand Jesus' special messages to them. Just as only those gathered about Jesus learned the full meaning of his parables (4:10-11), so only those gathered about him at this moment of miraculous restoration know Jairus' daughter was not awakened from sickness but ...
4194. Demons in Our Modern World
Mark 1:21-28
Illustration
Roger Ray
... Biblical stories about demons by telling me that he had heard them speak, that he had witnesses an exorcism. I hope he could tell me some really hair-raising stories. It took him several weeks to answer my letter and it took me a few years to understand his response. He avoided my request for a description of face-to-face encounters with the demonic. He didn't say anything about hearing them speak or of exorcisms. He did, however, say that there were demons in Papua, New Guinea and that he was shocked that ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... to capture and kill Harry Potter, but each time he fails. At last Harry asks the wise Headmaster of his school, Dumbledore, why Voldemort could not kill him. This is what Dumbledore tells him: “Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love. He didn’t realize that love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark . . . To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever. It is in your ...
4196. Jesus Is Contagious!
1 Corinthians 9:1-27
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... 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 of holiness on its head. Jews could not touch anything that was impure, unclean, or anything that was dead. That was what is meant to be holy, to be uninfected by ugliness and sin. To be separate from the sinner. To partition yourself off, as the temple was ...
Sermon
Mike Ripski
... weathered the storm, because it was built on the rock of God’s values. You see, it’s possible to gain the whole world but lose your soul, your life, in the process.” V. The Good Life Jesus’ parable of the two houses reveals two different ways of understanding what it means to live “The Good Life.” One way is the way of appearances. The prosperity gospel assumes that the more you possess the better your life will be. Jesus says that is a lie. And the storms of life will prove that it is. A pastor ...
4198. Then I Had Children
Mark 1:9-15; Luke 4:1-13
Illustration
Johnny Dean
... can go back inside and watch television. You can stay here and watch me trim the hedges. These are all the things you have my permission to do. But you can NOT go out into the street. It is very dangerous there. You cannot play in the street. Do you understand what I'm saying?" And Kevin solemnly nodded his head. "Yes, Daddy," he said. I let go of his hand and he ran straight to the curb, put one foot in the street, and then turned his head toward me and smiled, as if to say, "Foolish mortal!" Right then ...
4199. Lent 5
Jeremiah 30:1--31:40, Hebrews 4:14-5:10, John 12:20-36
Sermon Aid
John R. Brokhoff
... 's Son. 2. Hearts (v. 33). A new feature of the promised covenant was that it was not to be written on tablets of stone but on the hearts of the people. In the Old Testament the heart was more than the seat of feeling but also the seat of understanding and the will. People would accept, love and obey God from and with the heart in all sincerity and with a total devotion. 3. Know (v. 34). When God is loved with the heart, there is no need to teach someone who God is. The person will know God instinctively ...
4200. It's Not a Snuggie Love
Mark 15:1-15, Mark 11:1-11
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... approached Jerusalem the atmosphere of excitement that hung in the air suddenly electrified the crowd. Joy was palpable. Hopes were heightened. The crowd began to celebrate Jesus as he rode into the city on that colt, with an exuberance beyond any individual understanding. The cloaks and branches lain down before Jesus honored a King the crowd could not even begin to comprehend. The crowd’s “Hosannas” praise one who “comes in the name of the Lord,” without the crowd ever knowing that the name of ...
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