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. Great Joy
Isaiah 35:1-10
Sermon
John E. Harnish
... , and then follow up with The Screwtape Letters and The Great Divorce. When Lewis—Oxford trained academician, critical scholar, hardnosed thinker—told the story of his conversion to Christianity, he described his intellectual struggles and his theological arguments. But then, when he finally came to sharing his encounter with Christ, he titled the book, Surprised by Joy. Surprised by joy…like an unexpected stream bubbling up in the desert. When contemporary theologian Frederick Buechner speaks of his ...
Sermon
John E. Harnish
... of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel. (Exodus 40:34-38) I believe in "sacred space." I believe in the importance of a place set apart, places made sacred by our encounters with God. I believe in the power of symbol and sound, art and music, the holiness of beauty as well as the beauty of holiness—and these sacred spaces become holy ground when God meets his people. Cherry Run Camp is a small Methodist campground nestled in the ...
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John E. Harnish
... than bad theology and biblical heresy. Because the Jericho road was the place where the Samaritan found the man in need. It was the road where compassion met human suffering. It's not the road for "just Jesus and me," it is the road where Jesus and I encounter the broken and the hurting and the dying of the world. Well, right here in the early days of the early church, it might have been the first time, but it wouldn't be the last time the church would struggle with the balance… ….favoring one or the ...
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John E. Harnish
... shut. The disciples are scared to death, and Jesus comes and stands among them and he says, "Peace be with you." He says it three times here, you notice. My guess is they needed to hear it! It is an amazing moment, even more direct than Mary's brief encounter in the garden. He shows them his hands...his wrists, really, where the nails had held his body to the cross. He shows them his side...pierced to prove to the Romans and the world that he was dead. Good and dead. Really dead. Dead. Dead. Dead. No coma ...
580. Romans 13:8-14
Romans 13:8-14
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... form for his audience. But this loving is, as the apostle declared in v.8, an always-ever-ongoing demand. Love is the continual “fulfilling” of the law. But it is never an accomplished activity, always an unfinished mission. Each day, each new encounter with the other, with the neighbor, is another calling to accountability. Fulfilling the law of love is the practice of a lifetime. Paul now harks back to the theme that opened his exhortation in 12:1-2. He reaffirms the eschatological expectations ...
581. Three Strikes?
Matthew 18: 15-20
Illustration
Johnny Dean
... Well, at first glance it may not be all that confusing. Forgiveness is good, but there are limits. If someone sins against you, confront that person face to face, one on one, and try to clear the air. If reconciliation doesn't result from the one on one encounter, confront the person again in the presence of witnesses. If the situation still remains unresolved, tell it to the church - sic the elders on them! That'll teach them a lesson! But if THAT doesn't work then let the one who sinned against you "be to ...
Bulletin Aid
Frank Ramirez
... , an offering of bread and wine, words of praise, lead to memories that can never be forgotten and to changed lives. Doesn't seem likely? What role have chance encounters had in your lives? Come, God's people, gather and reflect that what seems like chance might be the movement of the Holy Spirit in our midst. Collect King of shalom, Lord of peace, we offer to you and to each other the joy we share in our fellowship today. ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... to convert you. Even if you had been a member of his group, it wouldn’t have been enough. He would have wanted you to be a “true believer.” “If you were a real Jew,” he would say, “then you would do such-and-such . . .” You ever encounter anyone like that? Maybe you have someone in your family like that. Maybe you were once like that. If you’ve never met anyone like that, maybe you are like that now. Sociologist/Baptist preacher Tony Campolo says he was once like that. He uses the word Bible ...
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King Duncan
... Mother Teresa’s example, took away what he calls “the unholy fear that had gripped me.” (5) Chuck Colson’s life had been blessed immeasurably by his obedience to God. That’s the message of Mary’s encounter with the angel Gabriel. Mary did you know? Mary couldn’t have known where this encounter would lead her. But today, two thousand years later, we know that truly she was favored by God. Be careful whom you called blessed. Be careful what you call impossible. And finally, be thankful that this ...
Sermon
Richard Gribble
... wind and in the gentleness of a cool summer breeze. God is present in the dawn each morning and the dusk each evening. We know that God is present in events and nature, but God is most profoundly present in people. God is present in us and those we encounter each day. Thus, when we smile, God smiles. When we say a cheery "Good morning," God says "Good morning." When we take the time to be present with another and be of assistance, it is God who gives assistance. God's closeness tells us that we must do our ...
Sermon
Richard Gribble
... many ups and down, highs and lows in one's life. In other words, service brings both beauty and the cross. Today's Gospel Reading during the Christmas season provides a similar message in this familiar story of how four people of great faith encountered Christ. They all sought to be disciples and discovered through their endeavors both the beauty and the cross of such a relationship. We must ask, however, what is discipleship; what are its elements? The first thing we must realize is that discipleship is ...
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Richard Gribble
... , demonstrates not only the amazement that people experienced, but how the Lord was able to convert hearts to such wonder. Only the previous day, the evangelist tells us, Jesus called his first disciples, Andrew and Simon (whom Jesus renamed Peter). Now Jesus encounters Philip who, after being invited by the Lord to follow, immediately found Nathanael, described by Jesus as "an Israelite in whom there is no deceit." Today we would say Nathanael is the "real McCoy" — what you see is what you get. Yet ...
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Richard Gribble
... calamities for the sake of Christ; for whenever I am weak, then I am strong." A series of short stories captures the essence of the Christian call to share the light and thus the message of Christ by what we say and do. On the battlefield, a chaplain encountered a wounded soldier lying in pain in a foxhole. "Would you like me to read to you from this good book, the Bible?" The man could only respond, "I'm so thirsty." The chaplain dutifully ran off, found a canteen, and poured the soldier a drink of water ...
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Schuyler Rhodes
... visions are spurned and cast aside as being dreamers, unrealistic, or just plain crazy. Again, I say that I think that we're simply not listening. Where in our lives does the voice of the holy come to us? Where, in our relationships, in our comings and goings do we encounter the very voice of God? And how, we are led to ask, can we develop the ears for the hearing? Let's look at the way we live today. In the United States, the average worker works many more hours per week than they did a generation ago. Ten ...
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Leonard Sweet
... 1991]) would be, there is no green without red. Just as the concern of so many of today's "green" organizations is to sound a "red" alert, the "green" light/good news of redemption and salvation exists only because of Christ's unhesitating encounter with the painful "red" lights that blocked his road to the Father. There is no resurrection without atonement, no success without sacrifice, no liberation without suffering. The colors of the dream must include blood red if we are to achieve garden green. Martin ...
591. Three Wise Gifts
Matthew 2:13-23
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... after you. Or buying a few flats of flowers in the spring and planting them in a gone-to-seed neighborhood park. Or how about taking two bags with you when you go out for walks - one to pick up all the litter you will surely encounter and one filled with bird seed (winter) or grass seed (summer) to leave in the litter's place. Practicing this philosophy of random kindness and senseless beauty has been likened to waging "guerilla goodness" on the world (see Glamour Magazine December 1991, 86). Ministering to ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... fewer Clint Eastwood Christians ("make my day" Christians) and more "make-your-day" Christians. Christians are people who try to make the day of every person they meet. Christians are people who make every person they meet glad to meet them. They bring joy to every encounter, even encounters with those they can take for granted. Christians are people who treat like kings people they don't even have to be nice to. If I'm a "make-your-day" Christian, then I go cheek-to-cheek rather than eye-for-eye. If I'm ...
593. Deuteronomy 6:1-9
Deuteronomy 6:1-9
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... your neighbor. That is the whole Torah. The rest is commentary; go and learn it." Jesus' response is similar. He combines Deuteronomy 6:4-5 with Leviticus 19:18 to give a two-pronged answer to the scribe's question. Only here in Mark's rendition of this encounter does Jesus recite the line "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one" (verse 29), which precedes the remainder of the command that "you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, with all your mind, and with ...
594. 1 Kings 19:9-14
1 Kings 19:1-18
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Leonard Sweet
... immediately following Elijah's indictment. Instead vv.11-12 begin with God directing Elijah to "stand on the mountain before the Lord." Having brought Elijah to the holy site of Mt.Horeb, the redactor now takes pains to duplicate as much as possible Moses' mountaintop encounter with God in Elijah's own experience. Thus as Moses had been commanded to go out and view the Lord passing by in Exodus 33:19, so Elijah is likewise instructed to prepare to meet God. On the mountain there now rages a fantastic ...
595. Luke 9:51-62
Luke 9:51-62
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... Jesus will confront his accusers in the upcoming passion play - there is no place for retaliatory anger, for "getting even." Determined to reach his goal of Jerusalem, Jesus simply accepts the Samaritans' rejection and moves along. Verses 57-62 encapsulate three encounters with would-be followers of Jesus. In each instance Jesus hardly gives the "politic" answer. If any suspect that gathering a large band of devoted followers was part of the impetus for his journey, Jesus squelches that possibility through ...
596. Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26
Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... s and Luke's versions, where the girl's death is not revealed until mid-story, Matthew's readers know immediately that this healing is about the dead being raised up to live again. But as Jesus travels toward that miracle of resurrection, he encounters another individual in search of healing. Unlike the synagogue leader's direct approach, the woman with the hemorrhage comes to Jesus secretly. Her hesitancy may stem from two aspects of her physical condition. First, she was a woman for her openly to approach ...
597. Matthew 15:(10-20) 21-28
Matthew 15:(10-20) 21-28
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... scribes who are "from Jerusalem." By specifically identifying these authorities as "from" Jerusalem, he heightens the sense of confrontation and danger that lurks under this text. The synoptic Jesus only heads toward Jerusalem once for his final, tragic encounter with the religious leadership his crucifixion and death. In verse 10, Jesus completes his private dialogue and now calls out to the crowd, inviting public discourse on the issues of ritual purity and cleanliness. The initial pronouncements Jesus ...
598. Hebrews 12:18-29
Hebrews 12:18-29
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... sake. The moment the first covenant is formally established is a moment of fear and trembling. How different is the scene this author now paints of the second covenant. Instead of the dark and lonely Mount Sinai, the location of this second divine encounter is on MountZion, God's own dwelling place. MountZion is no earthly location. It is the high point of the landscape of the heavenly Jerusalem, the divine city of God. While the Israelites stood physically separated and alone from smoldering Sinai, here on ...
599. Exodus 34:29-35
Exodus 34:29-35
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... contain God's own words of commandment and covenant, the text hardly even notes their existence. Instead the text focuses - as must have the eyes of those watching Moses' approach - on Moses' face. Yet Moses, so caught up in the wonder of his encounter with the divine and so transported by his duty to deliver God's words to the people, does not realize that he himself has undergone any kind of transformation. The Israelites' reaction to Moses' physical appearance is immediate - "they were afraid to come ...
600. Luke 9:51-62
Luke 9:51-62
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... Jesus will confront his accusers in the upcoming passion play - there is no place for retaliatory anger, for "getting even." Determined to reach his goal of Jerusalem, Jesus simply accepts the Samaritans' rejection and moves along. Verses 57-62 encapsulate three encounters with would-be followers of Jesus. In each instance Jesus hardly gives the "politic" answer. If any suspect that gathering a large band of devoted followers was part of the impetus for his journey, Jesus squelches that possibility through ...
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