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
King Duncan
... which stood in his city's great cathedral. On the following day, he noticed the same woman again on her knees before the Blessed Mother. With great interest, Savanarola observed that day after day, she came and did homage before the statue. "Look how she reverences the Virgin Mother," Savanarola 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 ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... the spirit of the living God. At least, that is what the church is supposed to be. “I am building a church,” said a small boy playing with a set of blocks, “and we must be very quiet.” His father, eager to encourage this unexpected act of reverence, asked, “Why are we to be quiet in church?” “Because,” the boy replied, “the people are asleep.” Heaven help us if that is how we perceive the church or if that is the way others perceive us. The church of Jesus Christ must be the most alive ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... one of his fellow prisoners in the Gulag Archipelago is not broken, and the light in his eyes does not go out, as it seems to in all the other convicts. This is because each night in his bunk before the glimmering bulb is turned off, this man reverently unfolds some wrinkled pieces of paper that have somehow escaped the censor. On them are copied passages from the Gospels. The Book of Life was the secret of this man's strength and endurance deep in the darkest corner behind the Iron Curtain. (2) That is one ...
479. Freedom!
Romans 6:3-11
Sermon
King Duncan
... of freedom, however, far more important than the Statue of Liberty in the total scheme of things. It is, of course, the cross on which Jesus Christ died. Don't get me wrong. Political Freedom Is Important. Who among us did not watch with almost reverent admiration as a lone student stared down a tank in Tiananmen Square? Who could help having a tingle of excitement as we watched the destruction of the Berlin Wall? The past eighteen months has been one of the most remarkable periods in the long history ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... they are connected with a great event. Abraham Lincoln's fame rests partly on the fact that he freed the slaves and led the nation during a great war. He would not likely have become as celebrated a president had he served during peacetime. Paul Revere owes his fame to his fateful ride when he realized "the British were coming." Then there are those who names have been attached to familiar places. They lend their name to something that lasts: a museum (Hirshhorn Museum), a college (Bob Jones University), a ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... left his home and made his way to a monastery named "The Black Cloister." It was a troubling time for Luther. He had said goodbye to family and friends, he had thrown off all his worldly possessions and pretensions, he had entered the restricted and reverent life of a monk, but still he felt the terrible weight of his sins. Perhaps he wasn't doing enough. Perhaps he should give himself to more selfdenial, more discipline, more fasting, more praying, more reading of Holy Scripture. And he did and still the ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... Missionary Council at Madras in 1938. The meeting made a deep impression on the delegate. When he returned home, he tried to persuade his friends to buy small globes. He wanted his friends to hold these globes in their hands once each day, as they slowly and reverently prayed, "Thy will be done on earth." What a shock it must have been to Mr. Horton when World War II began shortly thereafter. It is not easy to build the kingdom of God using the bricks of this world. In talking about life under the sea ...
483. Eat And Live
John 6:25-59
Sermon
King Duncan
... Admiral Nelson was buried in St Paul's Cathedral, a party of his sailors carried his body high into the cathedral. His coffin was draped with a magnificent Union Jack. Later they carried his body to the graveside. One who saw the scene writes, "With reverence and with efficiency they lowered the body of the world's greatest admiral into its tomb. Then as though answering to a sharp order from the quarter deck, they all seized the Union Jack with which the coffin had been covered and tore it to fragments ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... , WHEN WE ARE IN THE PRESENCE OF SOMETHING OR SOMEONE GREATER THAN OURSELVES. We need that kind of inspiration from time to time to ponder a masterpiece or to sit at the feet of a legend. At times like that we do not chatter on. We sit quietly, expectantly, reverently with a longing to soak up as much of the greatness as we are able. In the early 1900s a young stage actress spent two years in Europe. Much of this time was spent in concert halls and art museums. Later in life when people asked why she had ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... a Christian church as a student. He was intensely drawn to the person of Jesus and the teachings of the Gospel. But an usher refused to seat him suggesting that he go worship with his own people. What a difference might have been made if this man who is revered by millions in the throughout the world had been accepted that day in the spirit of Christ. The first sign of authentic conversion is that of a life changed from hate to love. IN THE SECOND PLACE, WE NEED TO SEE THAT THIS CHANGE FROM HATE TO LOVE IS ...
486. Forgiven!
Galatians 2:11-21
Sermon
King Duncan
... but she has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore, I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much, but he who is forgiven little, loves little." Many of us cannot say that we really love God. We can say that we believe in God, reverence God, perhaps even fear God, but if we were candid, we would have to say that we do not love God. The great commandment says that we should love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. Can you say that you love God with your whole heart ...
487. Ultimate Freedom
Galatians 6:11-18
Sermon
King Duncan
... is visible in the eyes and radiates outward. In a time when so many public persons are an embarrassment to themselves and everyone else, we got lucky," Reel continues, "with a World Series hero who brims with intelligence, cheerfulness, gratitude, openness, and yes, reverence." (4) Orel Hershiser has found freedom at the foot of the cross. Have you experienced that freedom? As we celebrate our independence as citizens of this free land, let us also give God thanks for that freedom that can be experienced in ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... you see, prayer is not for God’s benefit, but ours. We need to know to whom we are making our petitions. What is His nature? "Father." That pretty well sums it up, doesn’t? He is our loving Parent. And yet He is more. "Hallowed (Holy, Revered, Awe-inspiring) be Thy name." He is the Source of Our life. He is our ever-living Hope. Without Him we would not even exist. When Dwight Eisenhower was being inaugurated president of the United States in January, 1953, he surprised the nation by personally offering ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... are the lives of a lot of people today to the men who were aboard that frozen vessel. Good educations, excellent family backgrounds, with all the right equipment, but they are morally and spiritually adrift with nowhere to go. The revered English historian, Arnold Toynbee, observed this phenomenon in his writings on world history. He entitled one volume, "Sense of Drift." In this volume Toynbee describes the carelessness of man about the loss of spiritual values. He analyzes the drift of civilization ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... family of God. God has reconciled all things unto himself, says St. Paul, making peace by the blood of the cross of his Son. John Haggai in his book Lead On tells about Dr. Claude H. Barlow, a missionary to China and one of the most revered foreigners to work in that land. A strange disease for which Dr. Barlow knew no remedy was killing people. There was no research laboratory for this disease, so Dr. Barlow conducted his own research. He studied the disease, filling a notebook with his observations. He ...
Sermon
Wayne Brouwer
... do? What do we do? We’d be scared to death, like John was. His presence scares us. BUT IT ALSO SHELTERS US. John never really gets rid of his fear. He shouldn’t. No one can sense the presence of God without fear. Let us worship God acceptably, with reverence and awe, says the writer of the letter to the Hebrews, for our "God is a consuming fire!" (Heb. 12:28-29) And you don’t play around with fire. But fire can be a comforting thing too. And the presence of God shelters John here. Don’t be afraid ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... instrument which had dropped out of the sky was used for. Not knowing what to do with it, they had put the plow on a pedestal and were worshiping it! The plow was designed to help them farm. It was designed for use in the fields, not to be revered. It was designed to strike deep in the African soil. It was designed to help the people, to nourish the people, to make them healthier, to make their quality of life better. But the members of that primitive tribe didn't know that, so the plow became an ornament ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... heavy clouds, and the balloon grew smaller and smaller as they watched. Then suddenly, just as the balloon was leaving their vision, an opening appeared in the clouds. The balloon sailed through. They stood there speechless. "Did you see that, Mom?" Landon whispered reverently. "God got my balloon." And as they drove back down the butte, his mother knew the message indeed had been delivered. She felt what Peter, James and John must have felt as the cloud enveloped them on the Mount of Transfiguration. There ...
Sermon
Dr. B. Bruce Humphrey
... for thought, the words would have been his words and not God's. Sometimes we need to pause to listen to God. Most of us cherish the music of Handel's "Messiah," particularly at Christmas. We love the beautiful choruses and the solos. We stand together reverently as we listen to the "Halleluia Chorus." But most of us don't know much about Handel's life and what brought him to write "Messiah." In his 30's Handel became successful as a composer. By his 20's he had already established his reputation throughout ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... 's a variation on an old joke, but it highlights a very real struggle in many churches. Should women be in the pulpit? Our Roman Catholic and Orthodox friends are struggling with the question of whether women should be admitted to the priesthood. A long and revered tradition is at stake. I understand that there is a Greek monastery at Mount Athos in which nothing female is allowed. Men can enter but not women, roosters but not hens, horses but not mares, bulls but not cows. The border is patrolled by armed ...
496. A Reason For Living
Philippians 1:12-30
Sermon
King Duncan
... agent decided to trade in his winged-tip shoes for a white robe. He set himself up as a swami in one of the Eastern religions. He advertised his ability to answer life's most profound questions and eventually gathered a group of disciples who sat reverently about him while he remained lost in meditation. Finally the newly made swami broke his trance long enough to utter his profound insight for the day: "Life," he said, "is like a can of Pringle potato chips floating in a bowl of Pepsi Cola." The disciples ...
Sermon
Stan Meade
... at the same time the Lamb that was sacrificed and the Shepherd who saves. Jim Fleming, a contributing editor for BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL REVIEW and a resident of Israel for the last fifteen years, lives very deep in the culture and history of this revered land. Discussing the Twenty-third Psalm with a pastor friend, Fleming reflected upon the complexity of the geography within the land of ancient Judea and Galilee. He explained that grazing areas have never been plotted or laid out as in our country, where ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... a rabbi came over from Russia and watched David's mother preparing food. With great seriousness, he advised her to use different cooking utensils for cooking meat and warming soup made from milk. So David's mother bought another pot. Then another rabbi came over, the most reverent of them all. This rabbi told her that it was dangerous to dry the two pots with the same dish towel after you've cooked with them. So, she went out and bought two new dish towels, one with a red stripe and one with a blue stripe ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... . (12) Thomas was there in the Upper Room when the Holy Spirit came upon the faithful and transformed their fledgling little group into our global Christian faith. And, according to Christian tradition, Thomas was there to take the faith to India "where he is revered as church founder and martyr." (13) To this very day the Mar Thoma church of India claims Thomas as their founder. There's nothing wrong with honest doubt, as long as it is a questing doubt which seeks answers. There's nothing wrong with ...
Children's Sermon
King Duncan
... Uncle Sam Wants You!" That meant that the United States government wanted you to be a soldier. But how did Uncle Sam become a symbol for the United States? I'm told there was once a man in Massachusetts named Samuel Wilson who was around when Paul Revere made his famous ride to warn the American people that the British were coming. Later Sam Wilson worked for the Army stamping the letters "U.S." on barrels of beef for the U.S. government. Since those initials had not previously been used to stand for United ...
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