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
David E. Leininger
... it need not be the end of the world. With the writer of Lamentations whose life had been turned upside down and who was tempted to despair of anything good coming ever again, we can affirm, I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness ...
Sermon
Darrick Acre
... humanity unaware. Injuries and inconveniences change schedules, alter lives. So this is Christmas. A Roman decree sends families scurrying back to their ancestral cities to register. Enrollment means “taxes,” and as we all know taxation without representation is galling. Taxation without representation is oppression and tyranny. The families who go back to their ancestral homes to register so they can pay taxes are an oppressed people, who live with cruel taskmasters and know the bitterness of Roman ...
Drama
Angela Akers
... born."  Simeon: "No.  He looked like a . . . baby.  He was warm and clean, and pleasant enough to look at.  But there was nothing special about his face that would cause a man to say, ''There goes the one of God.'' "  Nathan: "Next you''ll have the gall to tell me that he was born of a man and a woman, just like normal babies."  Simeon: "Yes, that he was.  His parents were kindly peasants, quite poor."  Nathan: "Stop!  Stop!  I''ve heard enough.  You say the Lord, the God of our people, was born ...
Sermon
Donald B. Strobe
... , of course; but we operate on the assumption that it is better to enter life without the diseased organ than not to live at all. If a troublesome organ hampers our life or threatens our very existence we eliminate it. We recognize the principle involved. When a gall bladder or appendix is so badly diseased that it gives us no peace, we cut it out. When a hand or foot is diseased beyond help, we are not loathe to amputate in order to save everything else. When a tumor is malignant and threatens to take ...
55. The Fox
Mark 6:14-29
Sermon
David G. Rogne
... Agrippa, who happened to be Herodias' brother. With the province, Caligula also gave Agrippa the title of king. It was a title I had sought earlier, when my father's kingdom was divided among my brother and me. I could live with the emperor's decision, but it galled Herodias to hear her brother called king, when I was called but a tetrarch. Herodias couldn't leave it alone. She wanted to be called a queen. She continually urged me to go to Rome to offer the Emperor money for the title of king. She said that ...
56. Honest Abe
Genesis 12:1-4a
Sermon
Bill Mosley
... , the father of the faithful nation, had righteousness that was not his own, but came through faith. Is Abraham's a life of faith? Is this man a hero of the faith? He ventures forth on a promise, yes, but then he backs out, even lies. Then he has the gall to ask God, "What's the deal here, God? I'm almost 100, Sarah's barren, my slave boy will inherit as next of kin, and you said you'd give me heirs as of the dust of the earth. I'm not so sure of you right now, God ...
Sermon
William G. Carter
... we cannot live unless the old life has died. But then again, some people are lifted right out of the dust, because they were willing to let go of the wreckage they once suffered. I was talking with a woman in the hospital. She was there because she lost her gall bladder. But what she wanted to talk about was losing her life. "I married a man when I was twenty," she said, "and my son was born six months later. Shortly after that, my husband drove off and never came back. I didn't know if I would ever make ...
Sermon
Stephen M. Crotts
... walk over to the oxen and take careful measurements. Then a lightweight wood was chosen, carving and filing was done. Finally there would be trial fittings. The yoke must fit just right. It could not be too tight, too small, or heavy or rough. Otherwise, it would gall the oxen's neck. That would never do, for it would cause the oxen to suffer; it would inhibit their work. With Joseph and Jesus, you see, it was a matter of reputation, a matter of quality. The yoke must fit perfectly. And now in the last ...
59. Things to Come!
Matthew 13:47-52, Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:1-23
Sermon
Stephen M. Crotts
... bread, actually has the person in charge of the household introduce leaven directly into the process! This is the corruption of the divine agent. Not a very pretty picture of the church and what ministry would be like, eh? Oh, the frustration of wasted seed, the galling bitterness of a mixed harvest, the bureaucratic nightmare of a proud and savorless denomination and the evil right inside the church! Like I said at the outset, I'd quit if this is all there was to the crucible of ministry! But it is not ...
60. God for Dummies
Luke 10:25-37
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... House-buying for Dummies," and on and on. This morning we want to move beyond self-help and talk about "God for Dummies." The problem with self-help books or do-it-yourself guides is that in real life everything just seems so much messier. Particularly galling are the remodel it yourself programs on those snooty PBS stations. Joe and Sally Perfectly Proportioned redo their bathroom in the course of a half-hour broadcast. But when you or I take out the grout of our badly-in-need-of remodeling bathrooms, the ...
61. The Taxman
Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 
Illustration
Pastor Nelson
... system in the 1960s. Suffice to say that those who collect taxes for any government are dreaded in that country. And this is the situation in countries where taxes are used to provide essential services including defense, education, etc. But think about how galling it would be to pay taxes to a foreign government, something just short of blackmail. But this is exactly the situation in Palestineas it existed in Jesus' time. Matthew is collecting taxes for Rome, the hated conqueror. As such, he is barred from ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... bitterness in your heart toward another human being? Is there any unresolved anger you have toward a brother or sister in Christ? You may call it bitterness, but God calls it murder. You may call it anger, God calls it murder. You may call it hatred, but God galls it murder. The sainted apostle John said in I Jn. 3:15, "Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him." If your heart is headquarters for hate; if your soul is a harbor for bitterness, the ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... 't Zechariah say He would be betrayed by thirty pieces of silver? (Zech. 11:13) Didn't David say He would be mocked, crucified, and abandoned by God? (Ps. 22:1, 8, 16) But there was still one other prophecy to be fulfilled. Psalm 69:21: "They also gave me gall for my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink." Verse 29 tells us, "But I am poor and sorrowful; let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high." There were several cups that Jesus was offered at Calvary. There was the cup of charity. He ...
64. The Blessing Complex
Philippians 3:1-11
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... all accounts were transferred from one side of Paul’s life-ledger to the other. All that Paul had been born into; all that Paul had achieved through study and hard work; all the righteousness that Paul had tallied up by doing the right things: all were but gall to Paul. The faith of Christ, and Paul’s new-found gift of faith in Christ, had brought a blessing into Paul’s life that turned his world upside down. One of my favorite authors Reggie McNeal has a tradition of blessing that he brings to every ...
65. A Lovehope Faith
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... , the kidneys and liver to cleanse it, the lungs to oxygenate it - and the blood in turn nourishes the organs of the body. We are able to survive without some organs. Recent medical science is filled with people surviving with only one kidney, no spleen or gall bladder at all, or without entire lobes of the liver. Even a severely damaged heart valve or muscle can be coped with by the body. But when something goes wrong with our blood, we are in big trouble. Leukemia, sickle-cell disease and the frightening ...
66. John 3:1-17
John 3:1-17
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... misunderstanding of the Greek another, which can be interpreted as "from above," "again," or "anew." After making it clear that this rebirth is from "above," Jesus reminds the religious establishment how distant they remain from God. Verses 6-8 show with glaring, galling clarity how wide the chasm is between God (born of the Spirit) and human beings (born of the flesh). Emphasizing the distance between the Spirit and the flesh gives greater impact, more vital importance, to the most classic words of Jesus ...
67. John 3:1-17
John 3:1-17
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... misunderstanding of the Greek another, which can be interpreted as "from above," "again," or "anew." After making it clear that this rebirth is from "above," Jesus reminds the religious establishment how distant they remain from God. Verses 6-8 show with glaring, galling clarity how wide the chasm is between God (born of the Spirit) and human beings (born of the flesh). Emphasizing the distance between the Spirit and the flesh gives greater impact, more vital importance, to the most classic words of Jesus ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... battle with non-Christians, is the belief that somehow for Christianity faith and fun are mutually exclusive. Quite frankly, a lot of Christians give that impression. The way some of you worship the expressions on your face look as if you are getting ready for a gall bladder surgery. I know some church members who if they were to smile one time I believe their face would cave in. They walk around with a tombstone under one arm and a coffin under the other. I want to say without apology, if there is anyone ...
69. Cut It Out
Mark 9:38-41
Illustration
Donald B. Strobe
... , of course; but we operate on the assumption that it is better to enter life without the diseased organ than not to live at all. If a troublesome organ hampers our life or threatens our very existence we eliminate it. We recognize the principle involved. When a gall bladder or appendix is so badly diseased that it gives us no peace, we cut it out. When a hand or foot is diseased beyond help, we are not loathe to amputate in order to save everything else. When a tumor is malignant and threatens to take ...
Sermon
Donald Charles Lacy
... of us into conduct the world reports as off-the-wall. Those Christians just didn't make much sense to a pagan, ancient culture. Unconditional surrender to Christ in our day and time doesn't make much sense in ours, either. Don't you just love Mary's gall? And to think we are reading, studying, and preaching about it today. Who would have thought the fathers of the church would include the story in holy scripture? Ah, but wait a minute, we have the answer to that one. The Holy Spirit ordained it and it was ...
71. Sell the Church
Mark 10:17-31
Illustration
Bill Bouknight
... allowed no committee of political handlers to edit his material. He said things like, "I have not come to bring peace but a sword." "If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out." When Jesus met the Rich Young Ruler, he lobbed another spiritual hand grenade. Jesus had the gall to tell a wealthy person to go and sell all that he owned, without even checking with his accountant, and to give it all to the poor, and then to come and follow him. Whoever heard of such a thing?!
Sermon
Billy D. Strayhorn
... have run deep. And it must have been hard for him to swallow his pride. Can you imagine turning to the one you had been persecuting for help? Jesus could have laughed in his face and said, "You! You want ME to heal YOUR daughter. Of all the audacity and gall I've ever seen, yours takes the cake." Jesus had every right and every reason to turn His back on this leader of the Synagogue. But He didn't. Jesus looked at this leader of Synagogue with the same compassion He looks at each of us. Jesus felt the same ...
Sermon
David J. Kalas
... , suggesting that their real complaint is with God. But the people do not take their complaint to God. Instead, they fuss at Moses still more: "Why did you bring us and our children and our livestock here just to die of thirst?" This must have been a galling business for Moses. You remember that, back at the burning bush, he wanted nothing to do with this whole project. He was quite unwilling to take the assignment, but God effectively forced him into it. Now that they were out of Egypt, it was God who was ...
74. A Bumper Sticker Witness
John 17:6-19
Illustration
... matter of inches. Screeching to a stop, she jerked forward in her seat. Figuratively, she hit the roof. Literally, she hit the horn. Rolling down the window, she screamed and gestured (loudly and obscenely) until an officer approached her in mid-rant and had the gall to ask for her license and registration. When he returned, she had calmed enough to inquire as to why she – rather than the stupid jerk in front of her - was under suspicion. "Well," said the officer, "when I pulled up behind you blowing your ...
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... the tsunami, we wondered. We gathered for worship on the Sunday following - did we still want to sing of cute babies then? Did the angels' tidings of great joy mean anything in the face of that? Could we stand in the mud and debris of Banda Aceh or Phuket or Galle and speak of the one who is called Emmanuel, God with us? As one local pastor in Sri Lanka quietly asked, "How can we tell people that God loves them in the midst of this?" Then come those same questions that people raise, not only in the face of ...
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