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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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426. Just a Little Faith Will Do

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... thought the game was hopeless. He called time and put in all the seniors for the last play of the game so they could say they ended their college football careers on the field. He told Randy to call any play he wanted, since in the coach’s estimation, they had zero chance of scoring. To the surprise of his teammates, Randy called play 13. It was a trick play that had never been used before in a game. It had never been used for good reason‑‑it had never worked in practice. Well, the impossible happened ...

427. What Should We Do?

Luke 3:7-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... do!" The father shouted back, "Keep feeding her nickels. We can use the money." (1) The world around us constantly tells us we're not worth very much. Big business practices seem to concur. We're only worth as much as they can get out of us. But the Biblical estimate of a single person's worth is beyond human comprehension. On the very first page, the Bible says that we are created in God's image. We are the creation of a God who loves us so much, values us so highly, that He sent His only Son to die ...

428. John 4:5-42

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... .13). The “water” Jesus offers, the “living water,” banishes thirst forever. No refills are necessary. Although the woman fails to grasp the true significance of what Jesus is offering, his startling words have grabbed her attention and raised her estimation of the man who sits before her. While she had first addressed Jesus rather callously as “a Jew,” she now respectfully refers to him with the title “sir” (“kyrie”). Abruptly Jesus changes the focus of their conversation from “living ...

429. Disillusioned Thomas

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... again. “Right,” Mitch says. “To test his faith. So I’m wondering . . . What do you think about that?” Morrie coughs violently, his hands quiver as he drops them to his side. “I think,” he says, smiling, “God overdid it.” (4) Well, in our estimation, God does overdo it sometimes. Not really, of course. But that’s how it seems. And some people with a weak faith can’t handle it. They become bitter. They blame God. And disillusionment sets in a disillusionment very much like that of Thomas ...

430. When Christians Pray

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... sign in the window and asked to see the office. It was what she wanted. So, she and her partner rented the space. Rachel still prays while swimming laps. “After all,” she says, “I’ve discovered God’s goodness stretches from A to Z!” (5) In my estimation, the miracle was not that Rachel and Jim found a renter. The miracle was that, as she swam those laps and affirmed the goodness of God using the letters of the alphabet, she experienced God’s closeness and God’s love. If we are awash in God ...

431. Answering Criticism

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

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Kent Moorehead

Think of the things that were said about Lincoln by his contemporaries - the calumnies, the caricatures, the unjust criticisms. But consider the accurate estimate of his style today. With what insight he wrote, when he said, "If I were to try to read, must less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how and I mean ...

432. What to Do with the Weeds

Matthew 13:24-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... will die in hell” and “I know what you did last night, and God doesn’t like it.” Young Freyer was furious. He walked up to one of the women who was carrying a sign and asked her if she thought she was really being effective. In his estimation it seemed as though many people were just walking away mad, rather than walking away in the love of Christ. The woman told him that in Matthew 5 Christians are told they would face all kinds of persecution. Freyer says he wanted to shake her and scream, “BUT ...

433. When the Impossible Becomes Imminently Possible!

John 6:1-21

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... 9:2). Jonah fled in the opposite direction to avoid God's call to proclaim his message to the great heathen city of Nineveh, whose citizens he regarded with disdain. In our reading, the disciples complained because the large crowd was an inconvenience by their estimation. Philip, according to the text, griped, "eight months wages" would not be enough to feed the crowd. Philip's was the stunted faith of the bottom line that will forever come up short. We see it in various forms. People with undersized faith ...

434. This Gospel Is for Our Children

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... as a whimper. Physical examinations of two-year-old babies demonstrated that they had unusually high amounts of the stress hormone cortisol in their blood. High doses of cortisol are known to result in brain damage and stunted growth in children. Dr. Carlson estimated that these children acted at about half their age. It is not enough to simply feed, clothe, and care for the physical needs of children. Touching is critical to their survival and long-term health.1 These parents bringing children to Jesus ...

435. Treasure Underfoot

Matthew 22:15-22

Illustration

Johnny Dean

A few years ago archaeologists at a dig in the biblical city of Eshtemoa dug up 62 pounds of 15th century jewelry. The gems and silver, taken separately, are worth about $7000. But the jewelry, the combination of the silver and the gems, has an estimated worth of over five million dollars! Do you know where the jewelry was found? It was buried about 18 inches beneath the dirt floor of a cottage that has been continuously inhabited for 500 years. People had been living within reach of a treasure, but for ...

436. Antagonist: Antagonists in the Church

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Kenneth C Haugk

... policies Functional feedback channels Job descriptions Broad base of responsibility Discipline that works Anticipatory socialization let people know plans United front within leadership Relating To Dormant Antagonists: Act professionally Keep your distance Be accurate, don't guess, estimate Avoid excessive positive reinforcement Tighten the reins Don't seek sympathy from others Don't form a committee to look into accusations, this only appears to give credibility to their charges Don't call for a vote ...

437. The Vasa Syndrome

Illustration

Brett Blair

... the king and the crowds, the ship heeled after a violent gust of wind. The "Vasa" slowly righted itself, but moments later it listed again so far that water washed into the lower gunport. To the amazement of the people on shore, the Vasa sank and an estimated 50 lives were lost. Rediscovered in 1956 and salvaged in 1961, it can be seen today in Stockholm. But the story doesn't end there. How mnay of you have heard of the Vasa Syndrome? The is term used in both management and marketing circles referring to ...

438. Symptoms of Groupthink

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Irving L. Janis

... of problem-solving. Among these are the limitation of discussion to only a few alternative courses of action, the failure to reexamine some of the initially preferred and now discarded courses of action, and the failure to seek information from experts within the same organization who could supply more precise estimates of possible losses and gains from alternate courses of action.

439. A New Way of Life

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Charles Swindoll

One Newsweek magazine reported on what it called the new wave of mountain men. It's estimated that there are some sixty thousand serious mountain climbers in the U.S. But in the upper echelon of serious climbers is a small elite group known as "hard men." For them climbing mountains and scaling sheer rock faces is a way of life. In many cases, climbing is a ...

440. A Forty-Year Desert Tour

Illustration

... were good for Paul, so that he might learn of Christ and be trained for service. Philip was detoured from many, to one. He went from winning multitudes, to winning one man, the Etheopian eunuch; from a great revival to a singular witnessing experience. This story shows the Lord's estimation of the value of one soul. Enoch and Elijah were detoured into heaven (Genesis 5:24, II Kings 2:11). Is today the day we will experience the same?

441. The Sum of Our Days

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Staff

Someone has calculated how a typical lifespan of 70 years is spent. Here is the estimate: Sleep..............23 years..........32.9% Work...............16 years..........22.8% TV....................8 years...........11.4% Eating..............6 years............8.6% Travel..............6 years............8.6% Leisure............4.5 years.........6.5% Illness..............4 years............5.7% Dressing..........2 years............2.8% Religion...........0.5 years.........0.7% Total..............70 years ...

442. No Waste of Saints

Illustration

Oswald Chambers

... that no one on earth understood what He was going through. Notice God's 'waste' of saints, according to the judgment of the world. God plants His saints in some of the most useless places. We say, 'God intends me to be here because I am so useful.' Jesus never estimated His life along the line of the greatest use. God puts His saints where they will glorify Him most, and we are no judges at all of where that is.

443. A Striking Encounter with Wildlife

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Charles Swindoll

... . I was afraid that with all the blood rushing to my head I might pass out." When he tried to toss the dead snake aside, he couldn't let go "I had to pry my fingers from its neck." Rathman, 45, who works for the Defense Department in San Jose, estimates his encounter with the snake lasted 20 minutes. Warden Dave Smith says of meeting Rathman: "He walked toward me holding this string of rattles and said with a sort of grin on his face, 'I'd like to register a complaint about your wildlife here.'"

444. Five Steps of Courage

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A total of 36,000 Sadhus (Hindu holy men) were part of the estimated crowd of 40 million attending the two month Kumbh Mela festival in India one spring. More than 200 American Sadhus of the Hari Krishna groups brought millions of dollars worth of Hindu literature to the festival. One of the partners in South India explained the purpose of the ritual bathing ...

445. How Big of a Risk Would You Take?

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... journey, the man . . . obviously a very wealthy man . . . called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. To one servant he gave five bags of gold. Let’s see, at the current price of gold, that would be a considerable amount of money. Someone has estimated it would total about two and one-half million dollars. To another servant he gave two bags of gold, worth about one million dollars, and to another servant he gave one bag, worth a half-million dollars. He gave to each of the servants, says Jesus ...

446. Yada, Yada, Yada

John 12:20-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... get me a Coke? The trouble around here is that nobody ever listens to me.” (1) Poor guy, nobody was listening. It was six days before the celebration of the Passover. Passover was a massive celebration in Jerusalem. Josephus, the notable Jewish historian, estimated that over two million people were attracted to the great Passover Feast. Devout Jews from all around the Mediterranean came to offer their sacrifices to God and to pay their half shekel temple tax. We’re told that 256,500 lambs were slain at ...

447. Preparing the Soil for Unexpected Good

John 12:20-36

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Charles Hoffacker

... vision of the heavens! And the products of it all will be mainly evil historically considered. But the historic vision is, of course, not the only one. All things and all deeds have a value in themselves, apart from their 'causes' and 'effects.' No man can estimate what is really happening in the light of eternity. All we do know, and that to a large extent by direct experience, is that evil labors with vast power and perpetual success in vain: preparing the soil for unexpected good to spout in." [I have ...

448. The Awesome Power of a Mustard Seed (Father's Day)

Mark 4:30-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... . It began with only the Master and twelve disciples and an unknown number of women. We must not forget the women; they were there from the very beginning giving their support, sharing their witness. But look at how much that tiny group has grown. It is estimated that there are now 2.1 billion (yes, billion) Christians in the world (about one third of the total population of the planet), and we are still growing. While it is true that churches in the West have slowed their growth, and some churches have ...

449. I Want My Dollar Back!

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... in gold. Following his retirement, Yousouf headed back to Turkey with the gold he had won. On its second day at sea, however, the ship ran into a storm and started to sink. Yousouf jumped into the sea near a lifeboat, but the weight of the gold in his belt, estimated to be between $8,000-10,000, pulled him downward and he drowned. It’s hard to say which is worse. To have money and lose it or to become so obsessed with money that it costs you your life and/or your soul. St. Paul was writing to the ...

450. Religion and Politics

Isaiah 1:1, 10-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , Lyndon Baines Johnson. God is pleading for a turnaround and an outcome other than judgment. Do it and be blessed; don't do it and "be devoured." Religion and politics - as old as the ancient prophets; as modern as tomorrow's newspaper. In my estimation, it is impossible to keep them separated and, frankly, anyone who says so understands neither religion nor politics. Both have to do with not only deeply held convictions but the way we live our lives. In other words, what we believe determines how we ...

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