Sermon and Worship Resources

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

Showing 526 to 550 of 2747 results

526. Old Faithful

Acts 13:32, Revelation 7:9-17

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... , some of you may have visited Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Here's the big attraction at the park. What is it? (response) It's "Old Faithful," a geyser that regularly spouts water approximately 160 feet into the air. That is an amazing sight. That is way up in the air for the water to climb. I understand that there is another geyser in Yellowstone, however, that spouts water even higher than "Old Faithful." This geyser, named "Beehive," spouts water well over 200 feet skyward. The problem is that ...

527. Eat and Live

John 6:35, 41-51

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... morning, boys and girls. Suppose I were to give you a couple of loaves of bread every day for the next fifty years. Do you think you could survive on that? You could for a while--as long you also had something to drink. You also would need air to breathe, of course. In order to really be healthy you would need some vitamin supplements. Bread doesn't have that much nutritional value. Of course, you would need sunshine or you would get very cold. And you would need friends or you would get very lonely. When ...

528. Extraordinary Faith

Luke 7:1-10

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... balloon. What would happen? It would soar up to the ceiling and stay up there for weeks, perhaps, until all the helium leaked out. Sometimes by our own power we can blow ourselves up until we look and act very important. (Blow up another balloon.) But it's all hot air. We still can't soar to the ceiling. But when we have faith, when we let God come into our lives with His love, its almost like a helium filled balloon. We can be better people than we ever dreamed we can be. He helps us to love, and to ...

529. The Beginning

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Understanding Series

John E. Hartley

... of day four correspond to the origin of light on day one. On days five and six God fills the space defined on days two (sea/air) and three (land) with the appropriate life forms. A number of literary features point to God’s creation of humans on the sixth day as the ... wives to produce abundantly. God assigned humans rule over all animals: the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and . . . every living creature that moves on the ground. “Rule” (radah) means that humans are to promote the well-being of ...

530. Clean and Unclean Foods

Deuteronomy 14:1-21

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... but rabbits unclean) and is not even hinted at in the text itself. The more recent and more convincing explanation has come from the work of anthropologist Mary Douglas (see esp. Purity). She takes note of the three primary classifications (land, water, air) and the references to forms of movement in each element. There is a preference for what is regarded as “normal” in broad terms. The Israelite priestly understanding of holiness and cleanness was strongly based on a concern to preserve the wholeness ...

531. Jesus as Lord and as Archcriminal

Mark 2:23-3:6, Mark 2:18-22

Teach the Text

Grant R. Osborne

... Ammoniated window cleaner: Do not spray in eyes. • Electric woodworking drill: This product not intended for use as a dental drill. • Hair coloring: Do not use as an ice cream topping. • Sleeping pills: May cause drowsiness. • Air conditioner: Avoid dropping air conditioners out of windows. Though many are humorous, product warning labels reflect the impulse of caution in the face of potential danger. In an effort to ensure that behavior pleased God and avoid potential sanction for wrongdoing, the ...

532. A Sick Woman and a Dead Girl

Luke 8:40-56

Teach the Text

R.T. France

... life, death, and resurrection. Illustrating the Text Jesus’s power is only unleashed by his grace and received by faith. Nature: Lightning is an amazing natural phenomenon that almost everyone has seen or experienced. The static charges that build up in air masses store unimaginable potential energy that hovers over our heads every day. Only under the right conditions, however, can that energy be released and transmitted to objects below. The object that is struck by lightning has to be grounded; that is ...

533. Priorities

Luke 12:35-48, Luke 12:22-34

Teach the Text

R.T. France

... on such short-lived and common things is hardly likely to ignore his people’s need for proper clothing. 12:29 do not worry about it. A different verb is used for “worry” this time, giving us quite a vivid metaphor: “do not be up in the air.” 12:30 your Father knows that you need them. This assurance separates the Christian from the secular world and eliminates any need for worry. In 11:9–13 it was the basis of an exhortation to persistent prayer; here not even prayer is mentioned, simply a ...

534. Christian Success and Christlikeness

1 Corinthians 4:1-21

Teach the Text

Preben Vang

... of the Corinthian church felt entitled to make up their own gospel. As we have already seen, pride ran high in Corinth. Paul’s word choice is somewhat picturesque—to be blown up, full of hot air—and designed to remind his audience that genuine Christian faith has power. Opposite the powerless “air” of the inflated Corinthians, Paul will soon come and reveal the powerful “wind” of God’s Spirit (4:19; cf. 2:1–4). The true test of those belonging to God’s kingdom8is not their ability ...

535. Preparations for Worship (Part 2)

Num 8:1-26

Teach the Text

Joe M. Sprinkle

... has turned off the sound or sucked it up with a silent vacuum cleaner. The birds stop singing. The breeze disappears. The air seems to drop several degrees in just a moment. What is it? It is “the silence before the storm.” When weather conditions are ... right, a massive storm can move across the surface of the earth, eating up warm, moist air around it. Sometimes, such a storm system can actually be felt and sensed before it can be seen. It reaches out ahead of ...

536. Jesus Calms the Storm

Mark 4:35-41

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... 700 feet below sea level, surrounded by steep hills on the west and even more forbidding mountains on the east. Less than 30 miles to the north, Mount Hermon rises to 9,200 feet above sea level, and the confluence of cold air from Mount Hermon and hot air rising from the Sea of Galilee not infrequently produces squalls of hurricane force. As Jesus and the disciples proceed eastward across the lake, their boat is seized by such a storm. Fearing their impending deaths, the disciples rouse Jesus from sleep in ...

537. Redemption: Clearing the Ground

Ephesians 2:1-10

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... lived in transgressions and sins. Their lifestyle conformed to this present worldly age, to the competitive values underlying all cultures and all political and economic systems. Behind that worldly system stands the satanic “ruler of the kingdom of the air” (“air” referring to the presumed dwelling place of the spirit world), who even now drives both groups and individuals to disobey God. Among such disobedient people Paul now includes the Jews (2:3). Jews, too, live under the influence of ...

538. Learn To Play Again

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... his grandson was just a little boy and would play on Campolo’s knee. He would bounce him up and down, lift him up into the air, and bring him down to the ground. Campolo said that every time he would do this his grandson would say, “Do it again, Pop! Do it ... for what I had and not complain. He would get on the floor with me and find a place just above my belly button and blow air bubbles on my tummy. He would do it until I smiled and gave into laughter. Quite simply, this is what God did for us in Jesus ...

539. The Power of Appreciation

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... trapeze group “The Flying Rodleighs” per-form. He was mesmerized by their breathtaking performance as they flew gracefully through the air. At the end of the show, he spoke with the leader of the troupe, Rodleigh himself. Nouwen asked him how he was able to perform ... with such grace and ease so high in the air. Rodleigh responded, “The public might think that I am the great star of the trapeze, but the real star is Joe, my catcher ...

540. The Rights of an Apostle

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... of the resurrection and resurrection life in chapter 15, but in this verse he alludes to that issue as the goal of current Christian living. 9:26 Paul shifts images, moving from the runner to the boxer and saying that he does not “fan the air” in the style of an untrained fighter. In other words, Paul’s efforts are not aimless or futile. In their lives as Christians Paul’s readers are not to waste time and effort. They are to act with purpose. Appropriate Christian living takes definite direction ...

541. Nebuchadnezzer’s Dream of a Tree

Daniel 4:1-18

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... Nebuchadnezzar recounts his dream: he saw a tree in the middle of the land. Its height was enormous (4:10); its top touched the sky (4:11). It produced abundant branches, leaves, and fruit. Under it the beasts of the field found shelter, and the birds of the air lived in its branches; from it every creature was fed (4:12). This seems to be a description of the cosmic tree, a fairly common motif in ancient Near Eastern art and iconography, though rare in texts (see the Additional Note on 4:10). It stands in ...

542. The Plague of Boils

Exodus 9:8-12

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... for firing pottery or bricks, perhaps used by the Hebrews in their labor (although most bricks were dried in the sun). The image of Moses tossing it into the air in the presence of Pharaoh may be more dramatic in a more literal rendering: “Have Moses scatter it abundantly toward the heavens before the eyes of Pharaoh.” Soot filled the air in Pharaoh’s court. Moses must have seemed mad, throwing ashes up by the handful, but no one was laughing. Then festering boils broke out on men and animals. Three ...

543. Wimps or Water Walkers

Matthew 14:22-33

Sermon

King Duncan

... . “It’s a rental.” Well, maybe it was a rental, but he was apprehensive, nonetheless. Some of us can sympathize with that Dad. We get a little nervous about even the thought of driving on a rickety bridge suspended a 1,000 feet in the air. Fifty feet in the air would make us nervous. If you have ever been afraid, you can sympathize with poor Simon Peter. Impetuously he had told Jesus that he wanted to imitate the Master and walk to him on the water. But then he looked down at the waves and became ...

544. The Ultimate Mountaintop Experience

Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... know?” asked the chaplain. “Because of the lockdown, the administration agreed to videotape your sermon. They’ll be showing it to all the inmates tomorrow on closed‑circuit television in the morning and again in the afternoon.” In fact, the sermon was aired not just twice, but nearly a dozen times over the following weeks. Because of the lockdown, not just three hundred but all 2,200 prisoners heard the gospel. Because Colson listened to Christ’s voice and stayed faithful to his task, God used ...

545. Faces of Failure: The Disciples

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Don Tuttle

... fisherman like Peter, Andrew, James and John that eight mile trip would be no big deal, even at night, but the Sea of Galilee can be tricky. To the north is Mount Hermon and to the east is more or less desert. And when the cold air from Mount Hermon and the hot air from the east collide over the sea the storms can be quite severe. And that’s what happens that night. The wind begins to blow, or, more accurately, it begins to swirl like a tornado around them. And the waters, which are generally calm, begin ...

546. All for Some Dumb Sheep

John 10:11-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... island. The Bible teaches us that we human beings have always carried a snake problem with us. Everything we touch we infect. We discover a way to harness the wonderful energy of the atom and begin building bombs. We invent the internal combustion engine and pollute the air. We discover a way to extract from nature cures for various ailments and we end up producing addictive drugs. The Lord of Life gave his life for creatures who do such things--creatures such as you and me. Why in the world did He do it? I ...

547. Without Conflict There Is No Story

Mark 6:1-13

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... of absolute authority, as if it was his to command. Then Jesus just "walked through the midst of them," like a general walking through his troops. What a sight it would have been to be there, see that look, and watch that reversal! Heightened conflict filled the air. Conflict personified was suddenly resolved by the look of the Lord God incarnate in the person of Jesus Christ. There isn't much I wouldn't sell to buy a ticket to that drama, but of course, no such thing is possible, except in a certain sense ...

548. Characteristics of Christ That You and I Need

Mark 8:27-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the year 1982 in Washington, D.C. There was a blizzard blasting the northeastern part of the United States. A plane, Flight 90, Air Florida, was ready to take off from the Washington National Airport. The plane had been sitting for an hour on the tarmac. Nobody ... had examined the wings for icing. Still, the plane took off. As it tried to climb into the air, it clipped the top of the bridge over the Potomac River. And the ill-fated plane crashed down into the icy, cold water. ...

549. A New Kind of Faith

John 20:19-31

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... big balloons like this were first invented, people were too afraid to ride in them. They didn't believe they would really work, so the first people to ever ride in a balloon weren't people, they were animals. The very first time a balloon was sent up in the air a sheep, a duck, and a rooster were put in the basket. The balloon ride went really well and the sheep, duck and rooster were not hurt. When people saw this they weren't afraid to ride in the balloons any more. Today in our Bible lesson we are going ...

550. Advice from a Billionaire

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... we can say about the kingdom of God. Jesus doesn’t describe it in detail, but one thing we can say with an air of certainty, is that it has something to do with love. The scribe asked Jesus, “What is the great commandment?” Jesus answered, “You ... its feathers. When the geese started to resume their flight, this one bird tried frantically, but vainly, to lift itself into the air. Its clipped wings would not allow it to take flight. The other geese, observing this goose’s struggles, flew about in ...

Showing results