Synonyms: renounce, relinquish, dispense with, forswear, disclaim, disown, disavow, discard, wash one's hands of, give up, stop, cease, drop, forgo, desist from, have done with, abjure, abstain from, discontinue, break off, refrain from, set/lay aside, desert, leave, leave high and dry, turn one's back on, cast aside, break (up) with, vacate, quit, evacuate, withdraw from, surrender, cede, yield, indulge in, give way to, give oneself up to, yield to, lose oneself to/in, uninhibitedness, recklessness, lack of restraint, lack of inhibition, unruliness, wildness, impulsiveness, impetuosity, immoderation, wantonness
Antonyms: keep, claim, continue, stick by, self-control, power through, achieve, defend, bear, hope, acquire, quick visit, adopt, continue along, adhere, remain, pursue, support, take up, keep up, reuse, advocate, stay, persevere, cherish, keep going, carry on
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Dean Feldmeyer
... they are old enough to know that they got it, they still don’t know how they feel about it, so they just kind of ignore it. Some receive it in childhood and then, when they become teens, they try to give it back. They try to reject it by renouncing it. They think of it, when they think of it at all, kind of like those piano lessons they took when they were kids. They didn’t really hurt them but they didn’t do them all that much good, either, because they didn’t follow through on them. When ...
To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties. For him who renounces everything no indemnity is possible. Such a renunciation is incompatible with man's nature; to remove all liberty from his will is to remove all morality from his acts.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Understanding Series
William Nelson
... 4:25 The element you will eat grass like cattle is not in the dream (4:15). Some would add in a verb for eating or being fed to v. 15 from vv. 25 and 32 (see the Additional Note on 4:15). 4:27 The NIV supplies the word renounce for the Aramaic word peraq [4:24 MT], which means “to tear away” or “break off.” As mentioned above in the commentary, if it denotes tearing away from something threatening or harmful, it might carry the extended meaning “to redeem” (cf. Zech. 11:16; Exod. 32:2); Lam. 5:8 ...
29. Christmas Eve
Lk 2:1-20 · Isa 9:2-7 · Tit 2:11-14 · Ps 96
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Russell F. Anderson
... he comes in kingdom power. Moral revolution. Christians are not only saved from the penalty of sin to await Christ's coming in power but are being transformed morally and ethically in the interim between the Lord's two comings. This involves two things: renouncing godless ways and worldly ambitions on the one hand, and devoting ourselves to a life of good works on the other. Christ's salvation brought about a spiritual revolution in our way of relating to God but a moral revolution in our way of relating ...
30. Christ The King
John 18:28-40, 2 Samuel 23:1-7, Daniel 7:1-14, Revelation 1:1-3, Revelation 1:4-8
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Russell F. Anderson
... show? Epistle: Revelation 1:1-8 1. Sermon Title: The End Is Near, Never Fear, Christ Is Here. Sermon Angle: The book of Revelation was written during a time of persecution. Many Christians looked at what was happening with a great deal of fear and foreboding. Some renounced their new-found faith, under pressure. The word from John is a message of hope. The first part of the message is that "the end is near" (v. 3). Just hang in there a while longer, Christ was coming soon. The end of their earthly suffering ...
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John M. Braaten
... you, but it sure sent shock waves through our little town when we heard of it. Just think! tending pigs, the most unclean of all animals. To our Jewish way of thinking he had finally sunk into the gutter. Not only had he turned his back on his family and renounced all moral values, now he had rejected God and cut himself off from his Hebrew heritage. He brought shame upon us all! Let me try to put it in terms you can understand. How would you react if a boy who came from a respected family of your church ...
32. Moving Words
Matthew 10:1-42
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Larry Goodpaster
... whom you can never separate me. I defy you for you can do me no harm.” Living as we do in our Western, religiously-tolerant society, we may never face a crucial moment such as Chrysostom 16 centuries ago. We do, however, face similar temptations to renounce our faith, ignore our commitments, or compromise our loyalties. We will be tempted to deny we ever heard of the one called Jesus the Christ. We will be enticed to deny his power over our living with phrases like: “Come on, everyone else is!” or ...
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... who counted the cost before he went into battle with another king because he did not want to lose. He said, "Whoever is not willing to renounce all that you have cannot come after me" if you expect what you have to save you. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is not simply ... Jesus said that we must follow him all the way even if it means a cross. To refuse to commit our all to him, to renounce all that separates us from him, is like a person who plants one foot solidly in one place and tries to walk forward with the ...
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Barbara Brokhoff
... One could almost say, "Unless we change, we have not really returned!" Returning for Radical Change Bishop Dana Dawson was once called to a church to receive a group of young people into the church. It was time for the confirmation, and the bishop asked the question: "Will you renounce the devil and all his works?" The young lad standing in front of Dawson was so over-awed he just looked at him. The bishop repeated the question, but still no response from the child. Finally, Dawson said once more: "Will you ...
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Bill Bouknight
... the devil and the pomp and ceremony of this world's goods?" The boy didn't have a clue what the preacher was talking about. He thought that pomp was part of a woman's shoe. The preacher asked him the question again, "Do you renounce the devil and the pomp and ceremony of this world's goods?" The boy finally looked up and said, "Preacher, I will if you will." When we talk about our faith we should use words that people understand. The fewer big words and stained-glass expressions, the better. If I ...
36. Chrysostom's Commitment
Matthew 10:1-42
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Larry Goodpaster
... from whom you can never separate me. I defy you for you can do me no harm." Living as we do in our Western, religiously-tolerant society, we may never face a crucial moment such as Chrysostom 16 centuries ago. We do, however, face similar temptations to renounce our faith, ignore our commitments, or compromise our loyalties. We will be tempted to deny we ever heard of the one called Jesus the Christ. We will be enticed to deny his power over our lives with phrases like: "Come on, everyone else is!" or "It ...
37. Saved!
Mark 10:17-31
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Warren Thomas Smith
... , just like the young man, they lack. Or better: we lack! What is missing? We lack the one, eternal truth which Francis of Assisi found when he removed every stitch of clothing and tenderly handed it all to his furious father, saying, as he renounced the world and its respectable, upper-class values, that he was taking Lady Poverty as his bride. It was this same little friar who embraced and kissed the leper, simply because the leper was repulsive with running sores on his hideous, disfigured, unwashed body ...
38. Exposed!
2 Corinthians 2:12--3:6
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Harold Warlick
... longer than a night. You and I are the exposed, permanent materials which God uses to paint to the world Jesus’ vision of the Kingdom of God coming on earth as it will in heaven. This is why Paul uses such terms as “freedom,” “ministry,” “renounced secret and shameful ways.” In a country like ours where the disparity between rich and poor is growing and every 44 minutes an American child dies of the effects of poverty, a veiled faith will not work. We must do more than form clubs to discuss ...
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King Duncan
... who did give up, who caved in to Soviet demands and Communism's coercion was the son of a martyred Lutheran pastor. He was separated from his Christian mother as a youth, sent to Siberia, and brutally treated. "When I could not stand any more, I renounced Christ. I renounced my heritage," he said. "I wanted to be part of my peer group." Years later, he received his mother's last letter written in a language he no longer knew . . . in German. It was translated for him by a friend and he memorized it. "I have ...
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King Duncan
... English language. Second, he had to be a person of good moral character and show some understanding of American history and the Constitution. Third, you had to file an application and pay $50 with a federal court. Finally, on oath you had to renounce fidelity to any other country and pledge total allegiance to the United States. (5) The requirements for becoming a citizen of the United States are quite lenient compared to some other countries. For example, it is extremely difficult to become a citizen of ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... . Paul did that all the time. He called Jesus the second Adam. And he was always comparing Jesus to the first man, Adam. Adam, the man, grasps at equality with God. Christ renounced equality with God in order become man. You see the difference - the enormous difference? Adam grasped at equality with God, Christ renounced equality with God in order to be man. Thus, that phrase in verse 7 is crucial. Christ emptied himself. The King James Version which says, ‘made himself of no reputation,’ is inadequate ...
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Phil Thrailkill
... first of the United Methodist baptismal promises is explicit that we are fighting a battle on at least three fronts.2 This vow is fundamental; it tells us how the world is constructed and helps explain our struggle. First part, “Do you renounce the spiritual forces of wickedness” (meaning the personal evil of Satan and his angels)? to which you answer Yes. Despite our recent fascination with psychotherapy as the dominant model of ministry, Methodists believe in spiritual warfare, that all are subject to ...
43. Like None Other
Acts 2:14a, 36-41
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Mark Trotter
... of the New Testament is the authoritative example, and that example is almost always the baptism of adults who can renounce their sins and pledge their allegiance to Christ. So the Anabaptists rebaptized adults who had been baptized as infants, ... why churches that baptize infants and children also have a rite of confirmation at adolescence, at which time the individual then renounces their sin and pledges their allegiance to Christ. Until then, until they reach that age when they make their own decisions ...
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Mark Trotter
... their baptism. They said they didn't choose to be baptized. It was something their parents imposed upon them. They decided in adulthood that they didn't believe in God, so they wondered if there was some way to renounce their baptism, perhaps read the service backwards, or something, in order to nullify what had happened in the baptism. I said no. You have been baptized. You don't have to accept it, but you cannot deny it. Which means that you may not choose to believe in God, but ...
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Mark Trotter
... world is now erased. The first vow in the service of ritual for membership, called "the renunciation," has been restored now to the Methodist ritual. You will hear it if you come to the confirmation service at 11:00 a.m. We will ask those young people to renounce the evil powers of this world. But it is significant to note that it was dropped from the ritual at the beginning of the 20th century, and then restored at the end of the 20th century. It is as if living through this century we have discovered we ...
46. The Nativity Of Our Lord
Isaiah 9:1-7, Titus 2:1-15, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20
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John R. Brokhoff
... a program of activity, not a code of ethics but a person. He walked and talked, laughed and cried, lived and died. In Jesus we saw the love of God. 2. Renounce (v. 12). Should the incarnation make any difference in our style of life? Paul in this pericope says that one purpose of Christ's coming to earth was to persuade us to "renounce" irreligion and immorality. Because of the greatness of God's love shown in the incarnation and because of the cross, we cannot go on living in our sins as though Christmas ...
47. Give, Give, Give
Mark 12:41-44
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... life itself. And his ultimate gift was that of his son. What more cherished, more precious, more intimate gift could one give than that of his only child? If we want to achieve God likeness, we must be givers too. God does not ask us to renounce our possessions. He does ask us to renounce our spirit of possessiveness. He does not ask us to give up necessitates, but he does ask us to share out of our abundance. The deepest joy in life is not by taking all that we can get, but by sharing all that we have got ...
48. Forty Martyrs for Christ
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Lieghton Ford
... have our armor and even our bodies, but our hearts' allegiance belongs to Jesus Christ." It was midwinter of A.D. 320, and the captain had them marched onto a nearby frozen lake. He stripped them of their clothes and said they would either die or renounce Christ. Throughout the night these men huddled together singing their song, "Forty martyrs for Christ." One by one the temperature took its toll and they fell to the ice. At last there was only one man left. He lost courage and stumbled to the shore, where ...
Understanding Series
Gordon D. Fee
... this form (cf. “putting to death/bringing to life,” Rom. 6:5–14; “works of the flesh/fruit of the Spirit,” Gal. 5:16–26; “putting off/putting on” like a garment, Col. 3:8–14). Regularly, as here, what one must say “No” to (better, “renounce,” NEB) are worldly passions (Rom. 6:12; Gal. 5:24; Eph. 4:22), that is, desires that reflect the values of the present age with its antigodly mind-set. The positive side in this passage picks up language regularly used in these letters, which is ...
Understanding Series
Leslie C. Allen
... will feature in verse 4 and 10:6, 8, 16. Outsiders belonging to “the peoples of the lands” had no place in the new Israel, as the narratives of 4:1–4 and 6:21 had made clear, using similar language. The latter verse mentioned proselytes who had renounced such tainted practices. Here, however, conversion was not envisioned as an option, and racial purity was pursued on religious grounds. If one seeks to harmonize 6:21 and chapters 9–10, the reference in 6:21 could only be to nonexiled Judeans who ...
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