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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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26. Boasting

2 Corinthians 11:1-15, 2 Corinthians 11:16-33, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... letter to the Corinthians Paul reminded the church of how his manner among them “in weakness and in fear and in much trembling” served to emphasize that the persuasiveness of his message was not based on the latest wisdom of this world or rhetorical flair, but “in a demonstration of the Spirit and power” (1 Cor. 2:3–4). Paul had been sent to proclaim “Christ crucified” (1:23) and to live a correspondingly “cruciform apostolic” existence (2:1–4; 4:8–13), in order that their faith might ...

27. God's Sovereign Choice

Romans 9:1-29

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... in an attempt to justify the ways of God. A theodicy puts humanity and its questions at the center, whereas Paul maintains the focus on God’s sovereign purposes. Who are you, O man, to talk back to God? The address, O man, is more than dramatic flair; it is surely a reminder of the wide chasm which separates humanity from God. There is indeed a “madness in the human mind” which presumes to fathom God’s every purpose and which calls him to account when it cannot. That is the point of the potter ...

28. Boasting

2 Corinthians 11:16-33, 2 Corinthians 1:1-11, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

29. Paul's Vision and His Thorn

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

30. The Gathering at Cana

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ! You can’t trust the label. But you can trust the identity embedded in the wine! Jesus creates the finest wine God could create from the holy living waters of the “baptismal font!” It’s a “promise” flowing. But he doesn’t present it with flair, pomp, and circumstance. He doesn’t even give it directly to the wedding head caterer! He takes no credit for the wine, draws no attention to himself. Jesus works behind the scenes with the servants, telling them to fill to the brim the six jars of ...

31. The Death of John the Baptist

Matthew 14:1-12, Mark 6:14-29, Luke 9:1-9

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Lori Wagner

... Jesus Herodias’ influence over this whole scene is inferred by the daughter’s rush to her to find out what she should request. Herodias states succinctly what she wants: “the head of John the baptizer.” The dancing daughter outdoes her mother with a flair for the theatrical. With a kind of teenage slasher-movie delight in the gruesome and grisly, the young girl demands John’s head be brought to her “on a platter.” Herod’s response is to be “deeply grieved” (“perilypos”). This term is ...

32. Syrophoenician Lives Matter!

Mark 7:24-30, Matthew 15:21-28

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Lori Wagner

... notes that embellish the main melody. But yet without those little passing notes, the music would never be as rich and resonant. Every one of us is a grace note . . . we embellish the symphony of creation that is Jesus and our grace note adds flavor and flair and fullness to an already beautiful song. Your presence here in this community adds beauty and truth and goodness to this body of Christ known as [the name of your church]. No matter how much grace each one of us needs, there is enough grace to go ...

33. Joey and Nicky at Skull Mountain

Mark 15:42-47

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Lori Wagner

Prop: Anointing oil (preferably frankincense or myrrh) Joey and Nicky at Skull Mountain -- It sounds like a mystery like Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys, doesn’t it? Or for those with a slightly more sinister flair, a story by E. L. Stine. Intrigue, Mystery, Mayhem, and a good dose of the gruesome. And slightly Spooky. The events surrounding Jesus’ death were certainly strange and unusual. The High Priest and his family of former and future high priests had been pushing to get something done about Jesus ...

Starting out to make money is the greatest mistake in life. Do what you feel you have a flair for doing, and if you are good enough at it, the money will come.

Greer Garson

Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing, knowing that is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a sense of purpose.

Margaret Thatcher

36. Marinating in the Spirit

Matthew 13:1-23

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Lori Wagner

... you are cooks, you now the difference between a microwaved packed meal and a gourmet feast, made from “scratch.” The first is super-fast, quick and easy, but manufactured food. The second takes time and effort, love and commitment, some marination, and some creative flair. But the result is a superb feast. That’s the kind of “feast” Jesus offers us in the kingdom of God –an unforgettable feast for our weary souls and a never-ending side of peace and joy. This week and always – I challenge you ...

37. Jesus’ Recipe for a Kingdom Style Feast

Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

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Lori Wagner

... out advice to his inner posse not just about what to teach but about how to do it. I like to call it, “Jesus’ recipe for a kingdom style feast” or maybe more pointedly, “Jesus’ disciple-winning fish recipe.” For Jesus, with his usual parabolic flair, is giving his disciples six pointers on how to take the scriptural interpretations he is teaching them and infiltrate them into the world in a way that will change the world. Let’s look at what he is saying. At first glance, this part of Matthew ...

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26. Boasting

2 Corinthians 11:1-15, 2 Corinthians 11:16-33, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

27. God's Sovereign Choice

Romans 9:1-29

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

28. Boasting

2 Corinthians 11:16-33, 2 Corinthians 1:1-11, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

29. Paul's Vision and His Thorn

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

30. The Gathering at Cana

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

31. The Death of John the Baptist

Matthew 14:1-12, Mark 6:14-29, Luke 9:1-9

Sermon

Lori Wagner

32. Syrophoenician Lives Matter!

Mark 7:24-30, Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

33. Joey and Nicky at Skull Mountain

Mark 15:42-47

Sermon

Lori Wagner

Starting out to make money is the greatest mistake in life. Do what you feel you have a flair for doing, and if you are good enough at it, the money will come.

Greer Garson

Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing, knowing that is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a sense of purpose.

Margaret Thatcher

36. Marinating in the Spirit

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

Lori Wagner

37. Jesus’ Recipe for a Kingdom Style Feast

Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

Sermon

Lori Wagner

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