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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576. How to Love God
Matthew 22:34-46
Sermon
Stephen M. Crotts
... old teacher once put it. He said, "A man should not be afraid to read a book, for in doing so there will be more of him to love God." Yes, our minds are for the love of God. As the Apostle Paul said, we should "Study to show ourselves approved unto God, workmen that need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15). Love Of The Will So, we can love God with our emotion and our intellect. But is there yet another expression our love for God can take? Yes, there is. In the ...
Sermon
Stephen M. Crotts
... expressing love. He affirmed the man. Once a person opens up to you, gives you a glimpse of himself, he can be insecure. "Does he like me?" "Will he make fun of me?" "Will he think I'm okay?" And unless you give him or her some sign of approval, of respect, the relationship can go no farther. That's why Jesus parading through Jericho looks up and sees this lonely, quizzical face peering at him through the tree branches, and blurts out for all to hear, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... . A saint, first of all, is not dominated by things. Secondly, a saint is not focused on himself or herself, but upon God and others. This is why the saint can be blessed even when persecuted--a saint is not obsessed with position in society or the approval of others. It is ironic, isn’t it? The more people sit around and think about whether they are happy or not, the more miserable they are likely to be. If they would just forget themselves, they could really find life quite fulfilling. There once was a ...
579. Redundant Love
Matthew 22:34-40
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... , of oneself--is only love when it's able to focus on specifics. Have you built redundant love into your life? We CAN love our country and yet still love all those who would wish our country harm. We CAN love those aligned against us, without approving their back-stabbing and back-sliding ways. We CAN love Red states. We CAN love Blue states. We CAN love those, who along with us, fall terribly short of God's ideal blueprint of love. The Apostle Paul even said that "We Can do ALL THINGS . . ." because ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... series of scenes that make up the Cornelius/Peter story in Acts is about learning to listen to and appreciate other accents, to those who speak, and act, and believe differently than what's familiar . . . differently even than what Jews believed God approved of. In the small villages and big cities alike of the first century, the populations were as separated by laws, customs, and beliefs as they were close to each other physically. But in the extended Roman Empire the most obvious separation was between ...
581. Boxing Day
Matthew 2:13-18
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... existed those whom Jesus identified with the most: the poor, the sick, the weak, the outcast, the hated, the feared. Jesus refused the pre-packaged theology that preached God's love and acceptance for the pure, the perfect, the righteous, the socially acquiescent and approved. On this Boxing Day, it's time to put aside all the boxes and start living outside the box. Can you live outside what in my childhood was called "the devil's blinking box?" Can you live outside the idiot box of Hollywood celebrities ...
Sermon
Alex Gondola
... portray William Brewster delivering the first sermon in New England. His kneeling congregation is dressed somberly in gray and brown. Several men stand guard with muskets. Or maybe they are on the lookout for turkeys. At the top, Tiffany angels smile approvingly from heaven. Nowhere in that huge sanctuary (it seats 600) nowhere was there a picture of Jesus! Nowhere! Plymouth Congregational Church seemed to have been built to beatify the Pilgrims! Some folks do revere the Pilgrims like that. Others depict ...
Sermon
Stephen M. Crotts
... Pharisees. And they didn't need Jesus. They had their own religion. And full of jealous hate, they had gathered atop Golgotha to watch him die. The self-righteous were all there that day. Dressed in their long robes, with their arms folded, they smiled approvingly. Some of them had received gifts from his hands, food and wine. Some had received healing from his touch, leprosy gone, sight restored. Christ had been good to them, but now they cursed him; they taunted him; they hurled his sayings back at him ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... purify the world of negative karma." (For more see John Whale, "Get Away from the Texts," Times Literary Supplement, 23 Jan 2004, 24.) And late in the first-century, two Roman magistrates and a band of Roman citizens in the Macedonian city of Philippi approved the vicious beating and imprisonment of two Jews because they were advocating customs not proper for "us as Romans" to observe (verse 21). Paul and Silas quietly bore the brunt of this fish-like "pick at the stranger in our midst" behavior. There's ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... underwear.] In today's gospel reading Jesus' words brought validity, importance, and divine intentionality to two facets of human life that had been deemed theologically insignificant by society. First Jesus re-claimed marriage, endowing it with the stamp of divine approval. Marriage was not just a legal contract with limited validity. Marriage was God's blueprint for human relationships. Jesus then addressed the role and status of childhood an identity that is common to every person. We may never have been ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... experiments that your spouse has concocted? The problem is that too often that frozen smile gets fixed on our face for all the wrong reasons. We smile to get on someone's good side; even when that isn't the right side. We smile our approval of cruel jokes and prejudiced remarks. We smile our go-along attitude at infidelity, insincerity, inhumanity. We smile condescendingly at the young, the old, the sick, the weak. We smile at smug self-righteousness dressed up as moral authority. We smile at bullies, so ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... those cadences we listen to in church, not does it blend much with the human voice, nor is it often heard by human ears. But among angel melodies it possesses its own acceptable harmony, and those lucky enough to hear it speak of it with wonder and approval. I used to delight to sit alone, so that away from all the racket of life my song could flow more easily." (Ronald Blythe, The Circling Year [Norwich: The Canterbury Press, 2001], 59.) What message is your life sending to the rest of the world? Does your ...
Sermon
James McCormick
... we would never have heard about the crucifixion. So, the two are inseparable. But, let’s talk about them one at a time. I. First, resurrection. Throughout the gospels there are events through which God announces who Jesus really is and places his stamp of approval on him. There was Jesus’ baptism, when the Spirit descended as a dove and God spoke, saying, “This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased.” There was the transfiguration, when Peter, James, and John saw the glory of God and Jesus was ...
589. A New Beginning
Matthew 3:13-17
Sermon
King Duncan
... from a Presbyterian pastor. How many Christians does it take to change a light bulb? If you are Charismatic: Only one. Your hands are already in the air. Baptist: At least 15. One to change the light bulb, and three committees to approve the change and decide who brings the potato salad. Catholic: None. Candles, only candles. Episcopalian: Eight. One to call the electrician, and seven to say how much better they liked the old one. Methodist: Undetermined. Whether your light is bright, dull, or completely ...
590. Christmas Eve\Christmas Day
Luke 2:1-7, Isaiah 9:1-7, Psalm 96:1-13, Titus 2:1-15, Luke 2:8-20
Sermon Aid
Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... his parents (despite Mary's obvious condition) in the normal lodging facilities; though the world had Caesar's peace, it was still far from perfect. Despite the modest accommodations, Jesus' parents demonstrate great care by wrapping their child neatly in the approved manner of the day. Nevertheless, one should not forget that the conditions of the world and Joseph and Mary's limited means preclude Jesus' birth taking place in conditions of great comfort. At root Luke is emphasizing the genuine humility of ...
591. Epiphany 5
Psalm 112:1-10, Isaiah 58:1-14, 1 Corinthians 2:6-16, Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 5:17-20
Sermon Aid
Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... admonition, rather than against non-Christians as condemnation. These sayings call us to a life of discipleship that will have visible consequences in the world, and we are told that the true goal of our activity is the glory of God. We do not work for approval—a kind of Protestant work-ethic righteousness, and we do not rest assured of our salvation in a passive, ineffective life of piety. We live boldly for God and to God's glory. EPIPHANY 5: THE CELEBRATION In the light of the commentary on the psalm ...
592. Palm/Passion Sunday
Mt 26:14-27:66 · Php 2:5-11 · Isa 50:4-9a · Ps 31
Sermon Aid
Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... of Christianity, is the confession of Christ's preexistence. Often historians assume that belief in preexistence came later in the development of Christian doctrine, but Philippians is evidence to the contrary. Equally remarkable is that Paul, the former Jew, includes and approves such a belief, for there is no evidence that Paul had abandoned Jewish monotheism to make this statement. Second, Christ's earthly existence is declared by using the metaphor of slavery. What does it mean to say that Christ took ...
593. Proper 7
Psalm 86:1-17, Romans 6:1-14, Matthew 10:1-42, Genesis 21:8-21
Sermon Aid
Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... found in Matthew, but appearing first in Acts 11:26 means "little-Christ," and was almost certainly applied to the disciples as a term of derision. Remarkably, the name-calling stuck, and the moniker faithfully names Christ's disciples in terms that Jesus would approve ("It is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher"—v. 25). The following remark about calling the master of the house "Beelzebul" is related to Matthew 12:24, where Jesus' opponents say "It is only by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons ...
594. Proper 11
Mt 13:24-30, 36-43 · Rom 8:12-25 · Ps 139 · Gen 28:10-19a
Sermon Aid
Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... affirmed, and evil is not turned into a divinely provided opportunity to improve our moral character. The parable does many things. It distinguishes God and evil and takes both seriously. It tells us that God recognizes the difference between good and evil, does not approve of the evil, and intends to take care of the problem at the appropriate time. Although this message may not suit everyone, it offers hope and even beckons persons to identify with God's ways. The hope to which this parable leads us is ...
595. Proper 21
Exodus 17:1-7, Matthew 21:23-27, Matthew 21:28-32, Philippians 2:1-11, Psalm 78:1-72
Sermon Aid
Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... of Christianity, is the confession of Christ's preexistence. Often historians assume that belief in preexistence came later in the development of Christian doctrine, but Philippians is testimony to the contrary. Equally remarkable is that Paul, a former Jew, includes and approves such a belief, for there is no evidence that Paul had abandoned Jewish monotheism to make this statement. Second, Christ's earthly existence is declared using the metaphor of slavery. What does it mean to say that Christ took the ...
596. Proper 25
Deuteronomy 34:1-12, Matthew 22:34-40, Matthew 22:41-46, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16, Psalm 90:1-17
Sermon Aid
Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... with its multifarious demands. He uses an image not incorporated into any ordinals of which I am aware, that of "a nurse tenderly caring for her own children." The nursing with which Paul has to do is the communication of the milk of the gospel. He was "approved by God to be entrusted with the message of the gospel." As the priests made possible the passage from death to life by fidelity to the Ark of the Presence, so Paul, by fidelity to the centrality of the gospel, and not for any other motives, made ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... to these men, who had been so ostracized and hurt by the church, that God still loved them and that nothing could separate them from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (2) We may not agree with one another, we may not approve of one another, but must we hate? In the providence of God it is probably not accidental that our story for today is set in Samaria. The greatest problem in our world today is not global warming or poverty. The greatest problem is the animosity between differing groups ...
598. Defining Moments
John 20:1-18
Illustration
John P. Jewell
... else they may be, these are moments that are locked in our hearts and minds because of the power they hold. That first kiss. The time she said, "Yes." The first date. A look on the doctor's face. The day a child was born. The time your mortgage was approved on the first house. The time you lost the person you loved most. These are moments locked in place and time. We stop when these frozen moments are called to mind. The most dramatic of them all are those moments of life and death that make up the greatest ...
599. Abundant Life
John 10:1-21
Sermon
King Duncan
... , he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats.” We show love for Christ by how we treat each other. Not only by how we treat those closest to us, but by how we treat all people, those we like and those we dislike; those of whom we approve and those of whom we do not; the neighbor and the complete stranger. One day a man stopped in a convenience store to get a newspaper. He noticed that the owner of the store had tears in his eyes and kept looking out the window. He asked what was going ...
600. The Gift of Newness
2 Corinthians 5:17-20
Sermon
James McCormick
... very high church and very proper. He said all the right things, did all the right things, but somehow his ministry was impotent and his life was not satisfying. There was an emptiness at the center of his life. He did everything he knew to win the approval of God, hoping to achieve some kind of inner peace, but nothing worked. His was a religion of form without power. One day a man asked him, “Do you know Christ as your Savior?” A very personal question. But Wesley objectified it, depersonalized it, and ...
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