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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Sermon
Leonard Mann
... come to the House of Prayer for empowerment to live out that "Abundant Life." Biblical Christianity After a sermon in which the preacher had been working on the variety and the diversity of the dimensions of the gospel, a brother who thought he knew the Scripture from front to back wasn’t sure any longer whether he believed in the whole Bible; but he had been boasting that he did. When the sermon was over, he went up to the preacher and said to him, "Now do you really believe that everything in the Bible ...
Sermon
Leonard Mann
... . How else do we know God? By judgment. Whatever the mystery of evil, we can’t wash our hands of the wrong we do. Here’s an instance. I found a parking space opposite the front door of a certain colosseum. I pulled beyond the miraculous space so as to back in. The car behind me stole the space front-end first. The attractive lady exclaimed, "Oh, Bill, you shouldn’t!" Bill said, "What the hell!" Exact language, for he’d already arrived at the designated place. I didn’t let the theft trouble me ...
Sermon
Barbara Brokhoff
... my John, following them, He wore a white alb, cincture, stole, large pectoral cross - which was all totally new to the pastor’s six-year old daughter who sat in the second seat from the front. She has never seen a white-robed minister, the alb was new to her, the preacher a stranger, and she stood right up in front of everybody, and in a more-than-loud whisper said: "Who’s that? What’s that?" Then, apparently figuring it out for own satisfaction, she sat down and answered her own question, saying, "Oh ...
Sermon
Jerry L. Schmalemberger
... make fringes on their clothing, so they would be reminded of the Commandments. The Pharisees made them very large - so other people would see how pious they were. The Pharisees also liked the choice seats at meals and the front seats at synagogues. (The most honored seats in those days were in the front of the church!) The whole plan and practice of religion by these Pharisees was to call attention to themselves. Jesus says that our cause is just the opposite. We practice our faith in such a way that we are ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... Then he sat down. He was a large, overweight gentleman and when he sat down, he shook a piece of plaster loose from the ceiling which fell and hit him right on top of the head. He jumped back up and said, "I raise my pledge to $7000." Somebody down front said, "Lord, hit him again." That's one way to raise money for the church, but it's not the biblical way. I know of other non-biblical strategies that are used. A Presbyterian official was in the Denver airport waiting for a flight. He was approached by two ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... lost my mountain chalet, my yacht, and even my French villa, would you still love me?" "Of course I would," she cooed, "and I would miss you, too." Our emphasis today is commitment. In our scripture lesson for the day, Jesus sees the cross looming in front of him. He knows he has some sunshine followers around him whose discipleship is more than a quart low on commitment. So, he tries to teach them some hard facts of life. Jesus tells them and us three things about Christian discipleship: the costs are high ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... . Here you have a classic case of miscommunication. Like the little boy who visited his grandmother in New York City. She took him on a tour of the city, including the huge and imposing St. Patrick's Cathedral. When they got to altar area down front she said, "Under here is where all the cardinals are buried." He looked in amazement and said, “you mean the whole team? 1 " My favorite miscommunicator of all time was a businessman who attended a week-long business convention in Miami Beach. Actually, he was ...
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Bill Bouknight
... Anna's age. You know, women are usually more secretive about their age than men. From 39 to about 75, it's top secret. But after about 75, most women and men take some pride in their age. That is, unless they are in politics. Evidently, Anna was up front about her age. She must have known the truth expressed in the lyrics of that country song: "The older the violin, the sweeter the music." Anna had had only seven years of married life before her husband died. She spent all those others years as a widow. You ...
459. The Level Ground Beneath The Cross
Romans 3:21-31, Romans 3:9-20
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... bent to evil, a bias toward disobedience, a propensity toward selfishness, a tendency to rebel against God. Like automobiles with the front end out of line, we are tilted toward the ditches of sin. A few years ago, Chuck Colson, President of Prison ... . At the end of that service a lady in her mid-thirties (it was hard to tell because of the heavy make-up) came down to the front and gave her heart to Christ. She happened to be the madam of one of the most notorious brothels in the city. Ed talked with her and ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... Ten Commandments, his assistant Aaron led the Israelites in creating a golden calf, a God-substitute, which they could worship. You see, they wanted a visible god they could use as needed. If enemies were attacking, they could put the golden calf out on the front line and gain a tactical advantage. In times of drought they could caress the golden calf and get rain. They wanted a slot- machine god, a god they could touch for whatever they needed. Something in us wants to objectify, localize and control God ...
461. Reverence For Life
Exodus 20:1-21, Matthew 5:21-26
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... have had bills proposed in their legislatures which would allow deformed babies to be put to death. Dr. Kavorkian's so-called mercy killings have great popular support. The battle against murder and in favor of reverence for life must be fought on multiple fronts. This morning I just want to address three battlefields where the war rages. THE FIRST BATTLEFIELD IS THAT OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. Most Americans favor it. 81 percent of members of mainline churches favor it. I oppose it for two reasons: I don't ...
462. One Good Word - Thanks!
Lamentations 3:1-66
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... music draws the youth, and "while they are here, we offer them the Gospel." Eddie asked him if the loud music bothers the older folks. The pastor replied, "Yes, some don't like it. But the most supportive group is the little old ladies who sit down front." Then he added, "Of course, most of them are hard of hearing." Eddie Fox was excited when he returned recently to the United States. He landed at the Atlanta airport. The customs official asked him if he had anything to declare. Eddie said, "I declare that ...
Sermon
James Bjorge
... begged out for he really couldn’t believe the whole jest of the gospel story. It just didn’t make much sense to him. As he sat reflecting he heard the wind picking up velocity and the snow began to whirl. Suddenly there was a noise at the front picture window, and then another. He went over to check it out and he noticed that a couple small sparrows had flown into the glass pane and were fluttering in the snow drift below. He could then see many birds perched in the bushes ... shivering in the winter ...
464. Chapter I
Exodus 20:1-21
Sermon
Frank H. Seilhamer
... the family. Since it was my aunt’s birthday my grandmother had baked her a cake, and had gone out into the kitchen to put on the candles. She brought the cake, candles blazing, into the dining room, and pushing the dishes aside set it down in front of my aunt, motioning to the family to begin singing their birthday greeting. But before anyone could move, the thirteen-year-old girl suddenly sat bolt upright. Then she stood, and catching her breath, began to scream, "Dad, I can see! I can see you ... I can ...
465. Chapter II
Exodus 20:1-21
Sermon
Frank H. Seilhamer
... story of the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:15ff.) the matter is sharply drawn. In the Garden man is presented with alternative lifestyles. Either he can live lovingly with God, showing that love by keeping the directives of God front and center for his life, i.e., "Don’t eat of the fruit of those trees," or man can put himself front and center, be his own god, and do what he pleases, in the process leaving the Lord to take the hind-most. The issue, you see, is who will come first in your life or in mine? The ...
466. Chapter III
Exodus 20:1-21
Sermon
Frank H. Seilhamer
... out of the pulpit and fairly shouted, "And Jesus Christ died for you!" As I said that a little girl, sitting up in one of the front pews, sat bolt upright, shot her hand up to her mouth, gasped, and turned and looked up at her mother. From the pulpit I could clearly ... in those hell-holes is explosive. Instead of getting personally into the situation most of us are content to sit in front of our televisions and cluck our tongues. We shake our heads and sigh over the injustices faced by blacks and Mexican- ...
467. Chapter VI
Exodus 20:1-21
Sermon
Frank H. Seilhamer
... continually, or so it seems. Just look at the newspapers, the television screen, or listen to the radio any day, and there killing is front and center. Who isn’t aware of the fact that murder in the streets is now commonplace? You can’t walk down the ... of the boys broke loose and headed for an upstairs bedroom, with his brother in hot pursuit. Their mother, who had just come in the front door, in an attempt to intervene started up the stairs after them. She got to the bedroom door in time to see the two ...
Sermon
Michael J. Anton
... disgust and asking who’s telling the truth and can you believe any politician, have we seriously asked what God is trying to say to us as Christian citizens through this revelation of moral games in high places? World poverty keeps getting pushed off the front pages by issues and personalities with more flair for high noon dramatics. But what a sermon God is preaching to us through the drawn faces and emaciated bodies of those who continue to starve and die from it. We’re told the Vietnam war is over ...
469. WEAVER
1 Sam. 17:7; Job 7:6
Illustration
Stephen Stewart
... of the loom and bent the weft upward. 3. The horizontal loom was the kind most often used by the Hebrews. This consisted of two beams held secure by four pegs driven into the ground. The weaver sat in front of the loom. This particular type of loom is narrower than the other two. It was also easily moved, and thus in favor with nomads. Weaving was commonly practiced by both men and women, although probably more often by women, at least, in making materials for use in the home. ...
470. Advertised Goodness
Matthew 6:1-2, Matthew 6:5-6
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... is to give God an opportunity to heal the city, God will honor that. I worshipped in another church some time ago which handles the offering in a unique way. Those who are tithing, giving 10 percent of income, are asked to walk down to the front and place their tithes in the offering plates. Only then, after the tithes are received, are the offering plates passed throughout the congregation for the receiving of offerings. That custom made me a little bit anxious. I was relieved that no tither walked down ...
471. Aiming at Perfection
Philippians 3:4b-14
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... Republican, can you do that for the Democratic politician you dislike most? Do you truly want what is best for the militant Muslim who is trying to stamp out Christianity in the Sudan? My goodness, I have trouble feeling that way toward the stranger who cuts in front of me in traffic. Oh Lord, help me! My friend Dick Wills is pastor of Christ United Methodist Church in Ft. Lauderdale. Dick told me about a man who lives right beside his church. He started parking his van right outside Dick's office on church ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... farm couple. He was wearing overalls and she a gingham dress. After finishing their doughnuts, he got up to pay the bill. Then he came back to the table and stood in front of her. She put her arms around his neck, and he lifted her up, revealing that she was wearing a full body-brace. He lifted her out of her chair and backed out the front door to the pickup truck, with her hanging from his neck. As he gently put her into the truck, everyone in the shop watched. No one said anything until a waitress made ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... of people. If my kids follow in my footsteps, I want to be proud of them. Do I dare leave something comfortable in order to find something God-appointed?" Today you are probably holding a pledge card in your hand, or there is one in the pew rack in front of you. The idea of committing a fixed percentage of income off the top may scare you to death, especially in view of what you owe on your credit cards. Everything safe and prudential says, "Don't take on more than you can handle. Just give whatever you can ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... privilege of flying the colors for Christ. We are living in an increasingly secular culture that can punish people who are out front for Christ. Just ask Judge Roy Moore of Alabama. He dared to post a copy of the Ten Commandments in his ... ways to get out of your comfort zones for Jesus. Most of them involve some costs. None of us loves to sacrifice. If you get out front for Jesus, you could miss a promotion because the boss feels your scruples are a little too high to be flexible. A popular classmate may ...
Drama
Georgianna Summers
... d better get to class before Miss Hardgrader marks us tardy. [They start into classroom. Derek comes running in wearing a crown and carrying a sword.] Becky: Good heavens. Who’s he supposed to be? Danny: King Arthur. Who else? [Sits down on front row in classroom area. Miss Hardgrader enters.] Hardgrader: [Noticing chalkboard] Well, I see we have some new art work on the chalkboard. A perfect likeness. Anybody know who the artist is? [Everyone points to Danny who denies it loudly.] Marcia: [Noticing the ...
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