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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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51. In His Redeemer's Arms

Mark 10:13-16

Eulogy

Charles R. Turbin

... seven years, or twenty-two or three, But will you, 'till I call him back, take care of him for me?""We'll shelter him with tenderness, we'll love him while we may,For all the happiness we've known, forever grateful stay.But shall the angels call for him much sooner ... there is one more assurance to which we need to cling, and that is this, that while there is strength and comfort in the tender arms of Christ, we were given hope when those very arms were stretched upon a cross. We who are left behind can live ...

52. Lent 4

Luke 13:18-22 · Joel 2:12-19

Bulletin Aid

Jack Brownlee

... whole company by surprise. The Nazarene had tricked them. Instead of countering shout with shout, force with force -- although who knows how many daggers were concealed within the robes of these filthy publicans and those thieving harlots -- he sat, speaking softly and slowly. He tenderly captured the wives and children whom they had come to save. "God is happy when we follow the law," Father finally said. He thought, "It is not right, it was as if the son who squandered the Father's fortune was the hero of ...

53. Proper 14

2 Samuel 18:1-18, 2 Samuel 18:19--19:8, Psalm 130:1-8, Ephesians 4:17--5:21, John 6:25-59

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B. David Hostetter

... presence and hope in God's word as if you were looking for the first light of dawn after a dark night. PRAYER OF CONFESSION Loving and forgiving Parent, Loving and forgiving Christ, Loving and forgiving Spirit, we confess that we are not always generous, tender-hearted and forgiving. We can be spiteful in our behavior because of the bad feeling that we cherish in our hearts. That anger can come out in angry shouting and cursing which is not only offensive to others but grieves your Spirit within us. Forgive ...

54. It's A Small World After All

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... and I are but one small part. Yet the Lord Jesus calls us to see that small part as an essential link in the world-wide fellowship of those created in the spirit-image of God. Think tenderly of those who welcome new life. A baby is a precious thing of immense potential, the focus of love and caring. That wanted child of tender thought may be white or yellow or black or brown or red. Such joy is not measured in color. Remember during this communion hour people in prison. For some it is a prison of iron bars ...

55. Basic Service: I Am The Resurrection and the LIfe

John 11:17-37

Eulogy

Brett Blair

... shooting the hoop but doing the cheerleading for yourself and the play by play. It reminded me of my own childhood--how our homes and parents touch our life. Shaping us into the people we are today. For better or worse, no child escapes being shaped by these tender years. And, jerry, eve though I do not know all the stories of your childhood it seems to me that there were many happy moments. You now stand in a place that all adult children fear to find themselves. Alone in the world without either parent. I ...

56. Death of the Unchurched For a Recovering Alcoholic

Eulogy

Alan Bacon Bond

... experience, your personal walk with God. The Prayer of ThanksgivingAlmighty God, grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can change and the wisdom to know the difference. Have mercy, O God, on Bill's family, that by your tender ministries they may draw day by day on your strength until at last each of us realizes your healing power and our grief is relieved. We give you thanks for Bill and all he has been to us as a husband, a father, a son-in-law, a ...

57. Three Days To See

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Helen Keller

... me when I was a child and opened the outer world to me. I should want not merely to see the outline of her face, so that I could cherish it in my memory, but to study that face and find in it the living evidence of the sympathetic tenderness and patience with which she accomplished the difficult task of my education. I should like to see in her eyes that strength of character which has enabled her to stand firm in the face of difficulties, and that compassion for all humanity which she has revealed to me so ...

58. Rag Doll #37

Drama

Edward Long

... twig on every tree is covered. Down by the bay, on the beach below the house, a group of children sing as they walk from the church on the point back to their homes in the village. CAROLERS: (Sing "Joy to the World;" as they sing LAURA rises, tenderly picks up the doll and holds it, as she looks out the window and listens; they move further away and sing "Jingle Bells;" lights out as the singing stops, LAURA remains at the window). NARRATOR: It is now the day after Christmas. Mr. & Mrs. McKenzie are again ...

59. God Is No Respecter Of Persons

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

... others are hurt? Are you swift to sense their hurt and to do what you can to relieve it? Is anything human alien to you?" (McCraken, et. a!. The Riverside Preachers, p. 71) Those were the traits of Jesus and the early Christians - quick eye, tender heart, eagerness to help, and be involved with all kinds of people. This is the core of the ministry of Christ-to visualize the deepest needs of people and, with them, be sensitive, supporting, and serving. As theologian, Jacques Maritian, has said, "The greatest ...

60. Proper 10

Lk 10:25-37 · Col 1:1-20 · 2 Ki 2:1, 6-14 · Deut 30:9-14

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John R. Brokhoff

... to Paul, a greater transfer. Christ has transferred Us from the power of darkness - sin, law, and death - to the kingdom of Christ's light. This transfer was made possible by the redemption wrought on the cross. PREACHING POSSIBILITIES Gospel: Luke 10:25-37 1. A Tender Heart for a Tough World (10:29-37). The parable of the Good Samaritan needs to be updated. In modern times things have become worse. Then the robbed one was left half-dead; now he is usually left totally dead. One of the frightening things of ...

61. Journey To The Cross II: Jesus And The Hemorrhaging Woman

Mark 5:21-43

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James W. Moore

... in the midst of all the pushing and shoving and jostling. “What do you mean, ‘who touched you? Everybody’s touching you.’” But you see, they couldn’t tell a push from a touch. Jesus could! He knew the difference… and He knew that it was a tender touch that had drawn strength out of him. The woman had not expected to be detected, but when Jesus turned and asked that question, she knew that He knew… and she came forward trembling and she fell at his feet and confessed that she was the one who ...

62. The Deeper Meanings of The Christian Faith by Dr. Bryant M. Kirkland

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... the facts." That is a pretty poor way to deal with life because facts have to be interpreted. Any counselor knows that a man can say tenderly to his wife with a lilt in his voice as they look at each other in silence, "Honey, I hate you." As a result, she will ... and clothing, I thought, "They all seem to get along all right, whether they are religious or not." Then I remembered, "God deals tenderly with all people. He makes the sun to rise on the just and the unjust." God is very loving and patient. The vast ...

63. With What Shall I Come?

Micah 6:1-8

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James Bjorge

... of medicine is my salvation, my hold on life. It is my means of expression ... I must treat patients with my own hands, reach out and give them personal help every day. I feel that I must go out of my way to do it and do it with tenderness." Tenderness ... how it stretches. Kindness ... how it heals. What a gift it is! The third gift that God loves according to Micah is to walk humbly with God. Jesus wore this gift with beauty. We remember so well the Gospel account when he took a basin of water to wash ...

64. How Do You Like Yourself?

1 Peter 3:8-22

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... ask us just to become INVOLVED with others. We are asked to be COMMITTED. There’s a big difference, you know. The story is told of a hen and a pig that lived together on a farm. The farmer was a great man, so kind and considerate and generous and tender with all of his animals. He took good care of the hen and the pig, always saw that they had plenty of food and a good place to live and sleep. So the hen and the pig talked it over. They knew the farmer’s birthday was coming up, and ...

65. A Shepherd Who Became a Sovereign

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... day in which he lived, this was a rare attribute. Remember that he was an absolute monarch, with the power of life and death over his subjects. What he said would be done - no questions asked. He was not responsible to any man. An example, for instance, of his tender nature, was that when he was forced to flee for his life, he first made certain that somebody would care for his parents (1 Samuel 22:3). Another time, while fleeing from King Saul, he had the king at his mercy. The king was asleep in a cave ...

66. Advent 2

Isaiah 40:1-31, 2 Peter 3:1-18, Mark 1:1-8

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Paul A. Laughlin

... as people in bondage - to sin, starvation, and sadness; disease, despair, and death. We feel very much like grass that withers and flowers that fade. Blow your life-giving breath upon us, God, and sustain us with your nourishing Word. Let us hear afresh the tender comfort of your good news: "Your God is here." In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen Second Lesson: 2 Peter 3:8-15a Theme: Advent hope, Advent holiness Exegetical Note From an obvious stance of apocalyptic hope in the parousia of Jesus Christ, this ...

67. The Crisis of Commitment

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... : "When Jesus came to Golgotha, they hanged Him on a tree; They drove great nails through hands and feet and made a Calvary; When Jesus came to Birmingham, they simply passed Him by; They never hurt a hair of Him, they only let Him die, For men had grown more tender, and they would not cause Him pain; They only just passed down the street and left Him in the rain." If you are standing at a distance, beloved - any one of us - we have no right to come to this Table. We have no right here. If we assume that ...

68. Prepare The Way

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Brett Blair

... of Jesus. Elizabeth conceived six months before Mary. But Mary happened to be a very young girl, indeed almost a child. Most scholars put her probable age at thirteen. It was not unusual for a girl in that day and time to be of childbearing age at such a tender age. Indeed, it is not unheard of even in contemporary America. Elizabeth, on the other hand, was a woman who was in the golden years of her life. She had never given birth to a child. You would think of her more in the category of great grandmother ...

69. Overcoming Loneliness

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... , "I see far below the surface a real desire for goodness, and a hatred of all that is ugly in life." But she continues, "I have broken my good resolutions; I have lost my chance; my ideals are gone; my faith is no longer meaningful." Jesus looks at her tenderly and whispers, "The Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost." Suddenly she was young again; springtime had returned to her soul. As the vision faded, she heard him say, "You will never be alone again; every day I am with you." All of ...

70. Twenty-First Century Reformation

John 8:31-41

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... , about truth, about life. It just might be that we have here the secret to real liberation, and we had better not keep it a secret as we contemplate entering a new century. Redemption Of The Church The modern church has become a hot house, nurturing tender plants. Time, thought, and energy of the church are spent, not in going out to save a broken, dying world, but in smoothing ruffled feathers. A minister continually faces the offended: "Please call on the Browns; they are miffed." "Do go by and see the ...

71. On the Night when He Was Betrayed

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... about the hour of sunset. The sun impresses its memory upon a darkening world by tinting the western sky with its most original and harmonious colors. The last hour of the day is its most beautiful and memorable. So it is in human relations. The tender beauty of sunset glows from the hour of farewell. We say goodbye to those who are not so intimate but reserve the last precious moments to those nearest our hearts. And after all else is forgotten we remember the pressure of the hand, the quiver of the ...

72. Seeing For Ourselves

Job 42:7-17, Job 42:1-6

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... because a child's life direction is in jeopardy, God persists with us until we can see for ourselves the right path. Then all is left behind for rejoicing and new life. Collect We rejoice in the freedom of your forgiveness, O God. We rejoice in the tenderness of your gathering us into what is right. We celebrate the new life you make possible. Amen. Prayer of Confession When we are at the height of turmoil, fearing that we will founder if we give in at all, something quiet lets go inside us. Okay, God ...

73. Here Is Your God

Isaiah 40:1-31

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... the energy of God: People: Every mountain and hill shall be made low. Leader: Hear the strength of God: People: The uneven ground shall become level. Leader: Hear the persistence of God: People: The rough places shall become a plain. Collect O God of tenderness and compassion, our anxieties melt with Isaiah's comforting words. As the shepherd gathers and carries the lambs close to the heart, so does your love embrace us. As the shepherd gently leads the mother sheep, you also guide us around obstacles so we ...

74. Happy New Year?

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... . A man who heard this story found great comfort in it, because he was suffering from a thorn in the flesh. When he knew that God was using the torn to make him a more understanding and tender person, he could accept his thorn with grace. True Christians go through life with smiles on their faces. They have a radiance that will not go away no matter what happens. They can even laugh at death, even when their dearest dies. How can this be? It is because as ...

75. The Second Naiveté: Babies, Angels, Shepherds, And God

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... , goodwill to men! Alleluia! Amen! Prayer Eternal God, Lord of all the universe, Creator of all galaxies and solar systems, and our Creator, we come to you with wonder and adoration. In all your majesty and power you have come to us so humbly, so gently and tenderly, with such patient love. As long ago you visited Bethlehem with light and love and inspired the worship of shepherds and the adoration of wise men, so too visit us, and awaken our minds and heart to new realities we have been too busy or too ...

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