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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King Duncan
... Caesar’s image on it violated the second commandment as far as the Jews were concerned, the commandment regarding the creation of graven images. So the Pharisees and the Herodians, that is, those in league with Herod, thought they had a winning hand when they posed a question to Jesus about paying taxes to Rome. “Teacher,” they said hypocritically, “we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay ...
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Donna Schaper
... be. We understand. We also have a double nature. We may be very kind outside of our homes and very unkind inside. We may be lazy at work and full of energy at home. We may have a secret habit and hope that no one ever finds out. We may pose as a man of God but also have lust and also use violence. There are a great number of ways to be both good and bad at the same time — and most of us are both. We are people whom God both loves and chastens. We are often harder on ...
453. Don't Be Too Sure
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Source Unknown
Over confidence, coupled with negligence, can lead to sad consequences. This is the case when a person is so sure of himself that he becomes careless about little things that may pose a threat. For example, a stuntman named Bobby Leach. In July, 1911, he went over Niagara Falls in a specially designed steel drum and lived to tell about it. Although he suffered minor injuries, he survived because he recognized the tremendous dangers involved in the feat, and because he had ...
454. Regionally Arranged
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Staff
... seeking an effective way to arrange them. Initially, he placed the books on the shelves alphabetically by the author's names. That didn't work, because he had trouble remembering who had written what. Then he tried arranging them alphabetically by states. That posed problems, too, because some of the books were about regions, like New England or the Great Plains. Finally, he hit upon a solution. Books about New England went on shelves in the upper right hand corner. Books about the Great Plains states went ...
455. Monster Rehab
Matthew 23:1-39
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Leonard Sweet
... , and the Life. Tomorrow is Halloween. In case you somehow missed it, the big question on the commercials for “Party City” (for whom Halloween is their retail equivalent of Christmas) is “What will you be?” It is the exact same question Jesus is posing to his disciples and the other temple crowd listeners in today’s gospel. What will you be? Will you need to define yourself according to human measures? Will you claim yourself as better, more respectable, worthy of the head table, deserving of a ...
456. Flexing Your Muscles
John 11:1-44
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Billy D. Strayhorn
... . He didn't have an answer other than to display his well-developed frame. I was reminded that our spiritual exercises Bible Study and, prayer are for a purpose. They're meant to strengthen our ability to build God's kingdom, not simply to improve our pose before an admiring world. Jesus calls us out of the tomb, sets us free and calls us to move beyond ourselves into a life of faith, commitment, obedience and service. When we just come to Church and sometimes read our Bibles and just enjoy the fellowship ...
457. Birch Salad
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What's the most outrageous thing you would do for $10,000 cash? That's the question posed recently by Chicago radio station WKOX, which attracted responses from more than 6,000 people. The eventual winner was Jay Gwaltney of Zionsville, Indiana, who consumed an 11-foot birch, sapling leaves, roots, bark, and all. For the event, he donned a tux and dined at a table set elegantly ...
458. Personal Interests
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Charles Colson
... there were gasps, even catcalls. One indignant student stood to demand of Rhodes, "Who is going to do the instructing? Whose morality are we going to follow?" The audience applauded thunderously, believing that the young man had settled the issue by posing an unanswerable question. Rhodes sat down, unable or unwilling to respond... Basic human nature dictates that when an individual is left to make moral decisions without reference to some standard above self, he or she invariably makes those choices on the ...
459. Walk the Beam
Humor Illustration
... was then changed to one of the same beam suspended between two forty-story buildings. The student-executive promptly indicated he would not undertake the walk under such circumstances and certainly not for $20. Having seemingly made his point, the lecturer inadvisedly continued, posing still another question: "Supposing I were standing on one of the same two buildings holding one of your children over the edge and told you I would drop your kid if you didn't walk across the beam. NOW what would you do ...
460. Kids' Advice On Love
Humor Illustration
Questions concerning love and wisdom were posed to a group of children, ages five to ten. Their answers were remarkably astute and very enlightening, once again proving that all we need to know we probably learned in Kindergarten. WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE? On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and ...
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Leonard Sweet
... gospel has not yet discussed John’s baptizing activities, it is evident from the ensuing discussion with these questioners that in part it was that apparent “purification” act that brought this delegation of “The Jews” out across the Jordan. The first question posed to John, however, is not about authority but simply about identity — “Who are you?” It is John himself who turns the subject towards the person of the Messiah by emphatically declaring who he is not: “I am not the Messiah” (v ...
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Leonard Sweet
... gospel has not yet discussed John’s baptizing activities, it is evident from the ensuing discussion with these questioners that in part it was that apparent “purification” act that brought this delegation of “The Jews” out across the Jordan. The first question posed to John, however, is not about authority but simply about identity — “Who are you?” It is John himself who turns the subject towards the person of the Messiah by emphatically declaring who he is not: “I am not the Messiah” (v ...
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Leonard Sweet
... comedy involved. Although Ashton Kutcher’s “Punked” was a comedic but crueler version of Candid Camera, most undercover filming, catching people being themselves when they think no one’s looking, now ends up as an “expose.” From “Under Cover Boss” that has CEO’s pose as a hired hand in order to get the view from the bottom about how their company works to “Restaurant Stakeout,” where secret cameras film what none of us want to know about what is really going on in the kitchens of our ...
464. Listen for the Questions
Mark 4:35-41
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Joel D. Kline
The Scriptures include a significant number of life-and-death questions about meaning, purpose and value in life. Consider some of the questions posed by Scripture: What will it profit us if we gain the whole world but forfeit our life? (Matthew 16:26) Who do you say that I am? (Matthew 16:15) What are you looking for? (John 1:38) Who is my neighbor? (Like 10:29) What must I do to ...
465. Mark 6:14-29
Mark 6:14-29
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Leonard Sweet
... elicited from Herod. With effusive enthusiasm Herod promises to give the young girl anything she wants, “even half of my kingdom.” Herod’s pledge recalls that of Ahasuerus to Esther (Esther 5:3,6). Although his promise of property was mere braggadocios posing (since he “ruled” only at the pleasure of the true land-owner, Rome), his solemnly declared oath to the young girl would be seen as binding. Herodias’ influence over this whole scene is once again inferred by the daughter’s immediate rush ...
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Leonard Sweet
... elicited from Herod. With effusive enthusiasm Herod promises to give the young girl anything she wants, “even half of my kingdom.” Herod’s pledge recalls that of Ahasuerus to Esther (Esther 5:3,6). Although his promise of property was mere braggadocios posing (since he “ruled” only at the pleasure of the true land-owner, Rome), his solemnly declared oath to the young girl would be seen as binding. Herodias’ influence over this whole scene is once again inferred by the daughter’s immediate rush ...
Sermon
Cynthia Cowen
... bag from downtown merchants. The school board awarded the sixth grade first place for best era depiction. Their prize - a pizza party! King Richard and Queen Stephanie won for best costumes. As the newspaper photographer took their picture, their highnesses posed regally, noses in the air, proudly arrayed in gold satin, purple velvet, jewels, and metal crowns - no Burger King cardboard crowns for them. As Teddy and Mike took off the horse costume, Harvey the blacksmith turned in his personal ballot, "You ...
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Cynthia Cowen
... me in the arm." To forgive or not to forgive? That became the question. Only intentional forgiveness would restore their broken relationship. Sin separates us from God. Because we cannot fix that broken relationship, we need a mediator, one who intercedes between op­posing parties. Jesus is that mediator who enables us to forgive others. Are you able to relate to this example? Now let me appeal to the animal lover in you. There are cats, there are birds. There are hamsters, there are goldfish. But I ...
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Scott Bryte
... story was married to the seven brothers one at a time. One after the other. But when she's in heaven, it's a different matter. Heaven is all at once. It's about your whole life. So, who is this lady supposed to be married to? They could have posed the same problem with a much simpler question; one that sometimes gets asked today. How old are you in heaven? If you die as an infant, are you an infant in eternity? If you die at 104, frail and confused, are you frail and confused forever? Heaven isn't a ...
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David E. Leininger
... he says, "In principle, we can see any star that was ever made from the beginning of time if we knew where to look. So the question is, could we find a star that could be a good candidate for what showed up then?" He began by posing three questions he would ask when trying to find the answer to any astronomical event: When did it occur? What were its characteristics? Did anyone else see it? After beaucoodles of calculations Dr. Mathews concluded that the phenomenon was not a supernova or a comet because the ...
471. Life After Life
1 Corinthians 15:12-20
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David E. Leininger
... which he did — then he died. The next brother married her; he died. This first century Typhoid Mary went through seven brothers before she finally ran out (and I tell you, had I been number six or seven, I would have run out). The question posed to Jesus was, "In the afterlife, whose wife will she be?" Jesus responded, "Don't worry about that. Family relationships are going to be different over there." Different in what ways? I cannot answer that. But if the Lord says earthly relationships will be changed ...
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David E. Leininger
... week, the proportion who thought they could tell the story rose to 69%.[1] Surprise! The details are important. There is more here than a simple reminder about our ethical obligation to assist people in need. The story. Immediately we are introduced to a lawyer. He poses a question to Jesus as a "test" — "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" (Luke 10:25). In the typical fashion of the rabbis then and now, Jesus answers the question with one of his own. "What is written in the law? How do ...
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David E. Leininger
... ?" Truth be told, you can pray anything you want. My beautiful daughter, to whom this volume is dedicated, had a bedtime prayer one night when she was in kindergarten — having heard in school of the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and the danger it posed for the environment, she prayed, "Dear God, those people who are cutting down the rainforest, please kill them." If regime change is your heart's desire, then of course you can pray for it. Remember though, prayer is not a labor-saving device — no ...
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King Duncan
... how she reverences the Virgin Mother,” he whispered to one of his fellow priests. “Don’t be deceived by what you see,” the priest responded. “Many years ago an artist was commissioned to create a statue for the cathedral. As he sought a young woman to pose as the model for his sculpture, he found one who seemed to be the perfect subject. She was young, serenely lovely, and had a mystical quality in her face. The image of that young woman inspired his statue of Mary. The woman who now worships the ...
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Steven E. Albertin
... , had rejected Jesus as the Messiah. They had turned their backs on the very God who had chosen them. As a result many Christians had come to the conclusion that the Jews were no longer God's chosen people. They had rejected their election and were lost. That posed a very troubling problem. Did that mean that God had reneged on his promise to the Jews? Had God now turned his back on his own people? If God had rejected the people who had formerly been his people, what assurance is there that the same thing ...
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