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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... - with no end in sight - isn’t it remarkable these antagonists of Christ could have replied: "What do you mean, you’ll set us free? We’re descendants of Abraham, and we’ve never been in bondage to anyone." The only way I can explain this absurd response is to say they’d been overcome by the devil’s technique of the big lie. They were slaves - as Jesus pointed out: "Everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin" - but they couldn’t acknowledge it. It was much like another time when Jesus remarked ...
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... like Mozart will flower still more. The unfulfilled promise of the shortened lives of starving children will be realized. The love of our dear ones will be enjoyed in still greater intensity. The Sadducees - in spite of their craftiness - sometimes strike a responsive chord because the doctrine of the resurrection (on the face of it) seems absurd. Sometimes it sounds reasonable that this life is all there is. But living without that hope cheapens this life, tempting people to use one another as things. Our ...
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... up against the admission of the Roman centurion, "Lord, I am not worthy even to have you come under my roof ... Speak the word and my servant will be healed." It is this strange combination of our sense of unworthiness and faith that still catches Jesus’ attention and triggers his response again, "I have found faith in my people today, just as I did long ago." And all we can say, if his words apply to us, is "Thanks be to God for his wonderful gifts to us in Christ." Amen.
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... and that means that we must live it and use it in the service of God and our fellowhuman beings. For some reason or other, we get grace and good works confused so that grace eliminates good works rather than initiating them in the form of a loving response to the goodness of God in Christ Jesus. Instead of being in a position as Christians where we may do less than Simon and the Pharisees, grace and forgiveness mean that more is expected of the faithful followers of Jesus whO have received his grace than of ...
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... or evangelism committee members, or even neighbors who belonged to that congregation - ever visited them and invited them to join the congregation. The irony of the situation is that the people are wealthy, and I suspect would be quite generous in their financial response to the work of the congregation in that community and the world. Thank God that we do a respectable job in the area of education and social missions today, and that our worship is becoming more dynamic and meaningful. And I thank God ...
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... Sifford asked if his birth had not complicated his life for his mother and father, he replied, "Nobody ever loved a son more than I loved you." Sifford said, "Pop and I didn’t leave anything unsaid." And, in his turn, he told his father, "You and Mom are responsible for making possible everything I can achieve in life. There is no other way I can thank you enough for what you have done for me." And his father answered, "Only a father can know how good it feels to hear a son say that ..." So Jesus teaches ...
4782. Real Security
Luke 12:13-21
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... that only later does the truth of what he believes in - the American way of life and all that sustains it - come out. Suddenly he understands why his son died. He knew too much about the American involvement in the coup. And not quite accepting his role and responsibility in it all as a businessman, he threatens to sue the ambassador and the military people who not only knew of his son’s death but probably had approved of it. The sad thing about the movie is that it is a true story. The Christian life and ...
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... emergency and dispatch the appropriate help. Security subscribers will also have the ability to activate fire, medical and intrusion alerts by pushing a button on the alarm panel. Subscribers to cable home security systems enjoy greater security and quicker response to emergencies than ever before ... And this: Emergency alert capability is also a part of (the) ... cable system. Civil defense officials could alert subscribers to pending emergencies by overriding the audio and/or video portions of all cakle ...
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... Is not the produce of the land our own, without the sun and soil chemistry, because we have degrees in agriculture, and the latest methods, and machinery, and herbicides, and pesticides? Is it not our own capacity for work and our long hours in the field that are responsible for our success? Scarcely do we think of God as the giver of our gifts, or the healer of our diseases, or even as the forgiver of our iniquities. What gifts do we have that have not been earned? What has God done about malaria, or polio ...
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... than little tidbits of morality or vice or virtue. Their concern is not so much with our behavior and what we are up to as they are with God’s behavior and what he is up to. They bring the promise of the Gospel of the kingdom and impel response. They lay the kingdom claim upon our hearts and lives and impel us to submit. They have a way of pricking like a needle at those tender places where our weakness and our need for healing is most obvious. They speak assurance when the going is most rough. They ...
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... the records, we would probably discover, too, that he is top contributor. The other is an individual whose name is on the visitation list for special admonition. But no one wanted his name on a list for visitation. No one wanted to assume responsibility for bringing this man back to church or for restoring him to this respectable assembly. Rumor has it that his character is highly questionable, and that although we boast of our inclusiveness, inclusiveness can go too far. Furthermore, they feared that he ...
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Alton F. Wedel
... it off to others. The mood today is one that scarcely understands the terms. Even this good word "malefactor," for example, is a pulpit word that no one understands. Troublemaker, thug, thief, rapist, mugger might probably be better. But for whatever ill may be our character, are we responsible? Hardly! Society is the culprit for doing it to us. We were born that way. Peer pressures laid it on us. Or we did what our hearts told us to do, and we were told that if it feels good, we could do it, so we did it ...
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... richest nations of the world? Obviously, why not? God promised it, God owes it to us. Superpower in the world? Obviously, why not? Has not God chosen us to be the guardians and protectors and police force in the earth, and isn’t there just wage for such responsibility? The word we use is merit, not mercy. Gratitude is difficult in the midst of the abundance, and mercy is a strange word on the lips of those who feel abundance is their right. Well, Jesus did say that he came to bring life, and that we might ...
4789. Dodging the Thrust
Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:1-7
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Carveth Mitchell
... land." It would be easy today to dodge the thrust of this Gospel. The first dodge might be this: we could talk about sheep and shepherds; about coins and the floor of Palestinian homes. There would be several interesting things to say. For example: the shepherd was responsible for the sheep. If a sheep was lost, the shepherd must at least bring home the fleece to show how it had died. The shepherds were experts at tracking and could follow the footprints of a straying sheep a long way. It was often part of ...
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... try to listen to Jesus that we may become well, healthy, and strong? Will we strive prayerfully not to lose heart, but to be among those who preserve the seeds of faith on earth? No counseling is of any value unless it is embraced in an accepting, positive response. There is mystery, of course, in the presence of evil in the world. But there is no mystery concerning the stance God wants us to take and maintain with respect to it. If ever we are tempted to think God is unconcerned about the evil, or that he ...
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... not our ordinary lot. We spend a major slice of our waking hours at work. So this morning, in the setting of our worship, on this day of rest from our labors, pardon me for bringing up your job! But it seems to me that we Christians have a godly responsibility to come up with "a theology of work." Since we spend so much time at work, wouldn't it be good to have "a working principle" about our daily job? On the basis of our Bible text here - which includes the miracle of Jesus feeding five thousand - we want ...
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... news that God loves us and forgives us in Chrst, his son. It is the story of our salvation, the story of the cross and the open tomb. But along with that also goes the challenge of Christianity - the scintilating invitation to carry out God's will in thankful response to his good work for us. We are called to Christian living. If we are serious about that, I believe our text here this morning can give us a valuable guideline. We might say it like this: the way we do things is sometimes just as important as ...
4793. Saving Sinners
Matthew 9:9-13
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... there's nothing most of us are striving for more than to be an accepted, respectable person! We feel we've done a pretty good job at that. I am not considered a radical, and on the other hand I don't neglect my duty to others. I'm a responsible family man. I'm almost a model of what it means to provide for wife and children. At church, on the job, in school, I fit in almost perfectly. People seem to like me generally and I get along with folks. In my own mind I know that I slip ...
Children's Sermon
Object: Seeds (preferably vegetable or garden seed) Good morning, boys and girls, and Happy New Year to you. How many of you know what year this is? (Wait for response). What’s new about it? Did the world put on new clothes like a brighter sun or a bluer sky? No? Well then, what is new about it? You don’t know! I’ll tell you what is new, we all started over! That’s right, the new year means ...
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... ? Let’s see what else I have. How many of you have pets? A dog? A cat? Fish? Who feeds them? Have you ever forgotten? How would you like it if your mother forgot to feed you? Do you ever have to be reminded or do you think of your responsibility before you are asked? There are more ways of showing love than just saying, "I love you." If you say that you love God, but act like you have forgotten him, or if you say that you love God but do things that you know God wouldn’t like, then ...
4796. Sing With Joy
Ephesians 5:18b-19
Children's Sermon
... sing a special song and then we’ll see if anybody sings back to you. (Have the children sing "Praise Him, Praise Him - All ye little children" or any appropriate hymn. When the children have finished, let the choir stand and sing one verse of a very bright hymn in response). Wasn’t that wonderful? You sang a song like Paul said you should and the choir sang right back. When we talk or sing or read about God we are more apt to do the things he teaches us and the more we do sing and talk about these ...
4797. Cross Purposes
1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5
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John R. Brokhoff
... for us that we need not experience the same fate. Christ is our substitute. He went to the cross in place of us. During the Civil War, men were drawn by lot to join the army. A man by the name of Wyatt was called, but he had heavy family responsibilities. Another young man by the name of Pratt volunteered to go for him. He was accepted and he bore the name and number of Wyatt. In due time Pratt was killed in action. At a later date Wyatt was again called for service, but at the draft office he stated ...
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Brett Blair
... a spirit has crippled her. Jesus called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” We are told that she suddenly stood erect, and began praising God. I am not quite sure what to make of this spirit, but in some way it is responsible for this woman’s tragic circumstances. As we take a closer look at this story there are other spirits at work. Take a look at them with me. There is at work a crippling spirit. I. Because of her particular ailment she was bent over and her eyes were ...
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Wallace H. Kirby
... , and seemed secure in pursuing an advanced degree after some years of teaching. She immediately became active in the life of the church and was especially gifted in creating excitement in some of the programs. The staff was concerned about overloading her with responsibilities, but her graciousness in accepting them and the efficient manner in which she executed them made us eager to approach her with requests. When she asked for an appointment with me, I thought it might be to talk about her concern that ...
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Wallace H. Kirby
... an honest decision in any dispute." (18:5-8, TEV) He then points out that the man who robs and kills, seduces other men’s wives, cheats the poor, worships idols, and such other disgusting things does not live a good life and is responsible for his doom. Ezekiel, as God’s spokesman, tried to help his people understand that every individual should fulfill within himself or herself the covenant requirements. He could have spoken in general terms, telling the people to obey God’s commands and keep God ...
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