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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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551. I’ve Come To Bring Fire

Luke 12:49-56

Sermon

Dave Zuchelli

... by culture. We are separated by status. We are delineated by class warfare. Candidates isolate us into voting blocs. Wealth (and lack of it) keeps us apart. Some of our own representatives in government have even called themselves “the resistance.” In this kind of atmosphere, it shouldn’t be all that difficult to understand what Jesus was driving at with these declarations. We need to be careful that we don’t try to turn Jesus into a one-dimensional being. He is a multi-faceted person even as we ...

552. Why Doesn’t God Prove Himself To Doubters?

2 Peter 1:16-21

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... . You would still have folks who would not believe there is a God. Instead, they would say: The people witnessing the demonstration were hallucinating or dreaming — The demonstration was an optical illusion or a freak occurrence of atmospheric conditions The demonstration is natural phenomena which science will eventually explain — The demonstration was not caused by God, but by someone else, possibly someone masquerading as God The demonstration was misinterpreted: Aliens made a mistake when they ...

553. The Hidden City

John 3:1-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... on a bit of rock, the only clarity in the painting. He seems to be wistfully staring out into the distance. According to the size of the trees, it appears that he is standing on a mountain viewing a cloud covered upper atmospheric place that appears peaceful but non-concrete. We see no deliberate path, just far horizons. Caspar David Friedrich frequently paints scenes that spark curiosity, that suggest an intuitive perspective or introspective approach to life, a spiritual one if you will. The figure ...

554. Overcoming Envy

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... is exposed daily to people who have something we would like to have. It might be a larger house or perfect children or perfect teeth . . . Don’t laugh. The list contains all kinds of things that people can envy, even subconsciously. In all kinds of atmospheres envy can flourish. In Parker and Hart’s “The Wizard of Id” comic strip, one monk is putting up a sign on the bulletin board in front of the church while another monk watches. The sign reads “Thou Shalt Not Covet” and the visiting monk says ...

555. Dying, We Live

1 Corinthians 15:51-58

Sermon

Will Willimon

... wellness. Surprise! switching from ordinary city water (6 x 10-7AR) to the contaminated well water of Silicon Valley (that has the EPA so upset) actually lowers my risk by a factor of 300. The potassium in my body gives me 1500 times the radiation of the atmosphere within twenty miles of a nuclear power plant. (Are they searching for a substitute to my potassium?) Don't stay home. Household hazards are about 50% as likely to kill me as the AR of driving my car on the Durham Freeway. Food, any kind of food ...

556. Let's Go Fishing

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... job. One cyberfriend of mine wrote, The dedicated fishermen in my parish... are ever watchful and sensitive to change ‒ they watch the currents in the water, sniff the air for moisture, aware of changes in weather as lows and highs invade the atmosphere, watch the terrain under the boat looking for habitat that contain the fish. And they change ‒ when the circumstances change going deeper in the water, switching lures when light intensity in the water changes or when they are in clear water vs. darker ...

557. Refreshing Drink

2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10

Children's Sermon

Various Authors

... about was getting a drink. He thought of how cool the water might be. As sweat rolled off his brow, he thought of a lovely lake and even thought he saw one straight ahead. But the lake he thought he saw was a mirage ― it was a trick of the atmosphere and his eyes making him think it was a lake. But then he saw something that was no trick. He blinked and then rubbed his eyes to make sure they were not playing a trick on him. He saw a water bucket and a tin cup, like this, just sitting ...

558. Flow

John 15:1-8

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... for example as a full “immersion” experience. Immersive experiences invite you to become “lost” within the experience itself, to fully marinate luxuriously in the experience of the Holy Spirit’s movement within your being and your life. Sometimes a certain atmosphere can help you to enter into that kind of experiential place. Rituals, such as candle lighting, music, singing, hand washing, anointings, and other kinds of experiential practices can help you to enter into a deeper state of prayer or ...

559. New Life Goes On

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

David Coffin

... , and somebody grabbing onto it. They have made physical contact of where I came from and who I am as the alumni of a given high school. Touching a person’s garments could be viewed as a way of healing. In a modern politically correct atmosphere, the woman might be asked to attend a “boundaries workshop.” The touch to Jesus is still worth the risk even for ten boundaries workshops! The text reports that the other healing professionals of this woman’s day were unsuccessful in healing her from the ...

560. God Encounter

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... when the first light is beginning to permeate the black of night, filling the sky with muted, colored hues, makes for beautiful photos. In fact, this time of day has a name for photographers –the “golden hour,” a time of mystical, serene atmospheric density, filled with soft, even, balanced light. At dawn, colors feel more vivid and warm, and the world feel strangely compelling. Photographs taken in “the golden hour” have a soft captivating quality that can’t be compared to the bright light of ...

561. The Art of Reconciliation

Luke 12:49-59

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , those who were arrested for uprisings, those who had been rejected by their families, those who were homeless, those who were struggling to get by, those working for the Temple, those barred from the Temple – division was rampant. In this kind of atmosphere, Jesus’ message of inclusion, acceptance, healing, and restoration was good news for some. Others, as was prophesied from the time of his presentation in the Temple as a child, would stumble against his message of peace! For division is easier and ...

562. Will You Sing With Me?

Romans 15:4-13

Sermon

Heather Sugden

... , gangs of singers, gathered by age, relationship, and time choices made by family constraints, would bundle up in their winter warmest and brave the elements of the season, driving or walking from house to house, bringing cheer, the joy of music, and a wandering party atmosphere to each home and person they encountered. I was so taken with the power and beauty of these memories of Christmases past that I thought it would be fun and meaningful to re-create them. Trying to re-create them was my first mistake ...

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