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
J. Howard Olds
... force, but power to forgive. Not power to hurt, but power to help. Not power to destroy, but power to deliver. Todd Beamer was on board United flight 93, September 11, 2001. He was on his way to a sales meeting in northern California when hijackers seized the plane. Taking the GTE phone from the seat, Todd managed to reach a supervisor on the ground. She relayed the rest of the story, convincing Todd they were on their way to a Washington, D.C. target. Todd asked her to join him in praying the Lord's Prayer ...
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... sermons, I decided to wait until after Easter to make the switch. Beliefs—In some form or another we all have them. I go to doctors believing they will give me the right medicine to make me well. We get on jets believing pilots know how to fly the plane. Even though I was stuck on an elevator for over two hours once, I still board elevators believing they will take me up or down to my desired destination. Beliefs—you can't leave home without them. When it comes to belief in God as revealed to us through ...
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... how to pray. She says grace at home every night now and we are becoming used to it. We are now trying to find a church because Kasey is insisting.” Do you have a career or a calling? Author and educator Howard Hendricks was on a plane one day that was delayed from takeoff. As passengers became irritated and demanding, Howard noticed how gracious one of the flight attendants continued to be with each passenger. When they were finally in the air he continued to be amazed at her poise and control. When she ...
829. Believe
Matthew 1:18-25
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... begin to appear. The law was clear. Mary was pregnant and by law deserved to be stoned. Joseph loved her; he wanted to put her away privately. That’s the logic of this story. But this is not about logic. It is about a higher understanding and plane of life. There are times and places in life when we need to think outside the box. I know, boxes are helpful. I am not against the box. Did you see the cartoon featuring a business executive holding his cat over the kitty litter box saying sternly, “Never ...
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... . As I sat next to the ticket counter, I noticed the clerk to be unusually calm and courteous to customers as they ranted and raved to her about their dilemma. The lady wore a WWJD (What Would Jesus Do?) bracelet on her wrist. As I got up to board the plane I said to her, “Thank you for practicing what you wear. Today you did what Jesus would do.” With a big smile she said, “I try to do what Jesus would do every day.” That’s what disciples do. They are not perfect, just forgiven. Not proud, just ...
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... leaves me reeling. Then I remember there are some places in my life when I want it all. Sometimes all means all. When I came to after they operated on my brain, I only wanted to know one question. Did you get it all? When a pilot is bringing a plane that I'm riding on into the runway, I don't want to know if you got close, I want to know if you hit it. When I come to church I sing “All to Jesus, I surrender; all to him I freely give." What part of “all" don't ...
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... stream somewhere and God is making and shaping us into what we are called to be. Disciples. They come in all kinds of stages and forms of life. Some of us are just checking out the scene, looking around, trying to figure out, as that man on the plane, ‘what in the world do those people do up at the church.?' I. DISCIPLES ARE PEOPLE CHECKING OUT THE SCENE. What will help them most is a genuine friend. Curiosity killed the cat, but curiosity has caused many persons to turn their lives over to the Lordship ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... are really the revealing of what is already present in unseen and unrevealed form. Real miracles are making manifest and igniting what is already there. Like lightening in the sky. Like fruit on a tree. Like love in the heart. After a long, hurry-up-and-wait plane trip, I finally checked into my hotel. Entering the elevator I pressed the button for my floor. But the lift didn’t go there. It went a floor above. It went a floor below. It stopped and started perfectly for a half dozen other passengers who ...
834. Time to Be a Hero
Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
Illustration
Keith Wagner
On January 13, 1982, when Air Florida's Flight 90 crashed on takeoff and fell into the icy waters of the Potomac River, Martin Skutnik, age 28, saw the plane go down. He stood with other spectators on the riverbank watching a woman who had survived the crash and was struggling to swim in the cold water. Skutnik plunged into the river and rescued her. He had never taken a life saving course, but he saved the woman's life. ...
Sermon
J. Howard Olds
... alive. Extraordinary ideas come from ordinary people. Herb Kelleher (Chairman of Southwest Airlines) tells the story of a very smart guy at Southwest who “almost graduated from high school." One day this baggage handler asked Mr. Kelleher, “Don't our planes make money in the air instead of the ground?" That concise common sense question played a pivotal role in the Southwest strategic principle of a fifteen to seventeen minute turnaround process. Today I invite this denomination to use BUMC, and ...
836. Seinfeld's Last Episode
Luke 10:25-37
Illustration
Brett Blair
... Kramer) receive a one year sentence for failing to help someone who was being robbed. What happens is this: Jerry has just received a contract from NBC to do a sitcom and the network is flying them all to Paris as a gift. But their plane encounters problems and they are stuck in LakelandMassachusetts. Killing time wondering around on the sidewalks in this quaint New England town, they become innocent bystanders and witnesses of a car jacking. Being New Yorkers and the kind of people they are they make fun ...
837. Holy Waste
Mark 14:1-11
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... ,” came the reply. On January 7, 1985, three days before he shared this story, Andrew Young, one of the most powerful men in America, and one who explicitly affirms his discipleship to Christ, stood helpless as his youngest daughter boarded a plane and flew off to Uganda. Said Mr.Young, half in jest, half with unmistakable purpose, “I wanted her to be a respectable Christian. . . not a real one!” (Walker Railey, “Confessions of an Overachiever”) Andrew Young’s youngest daughter taught him that ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... still want to go to Uganda?” he pleaded. “I AM going to Uganda,” came the reply. On January 7, 1985, three days before he shared this story, Andrew Young, one of the most powerful men in America, stood helpless as his youngest daughter boarded a plane and flew off to Uganda. Said Mr.Young, half in jest, half with unmistakable purpose, “I wanted her to be a respectable Christian…not a real one!” Andrew Young’s youngest daughter taught him that when it comes to following Jesus, the issue is not ...
Sermon
Lee Griess
... defeat meant certain capture and death at the hands of the American forces, Shokoi ran into the jungle and hid in a cave. He later learned that the war was over by reading one of the thousands of leaflets that were dropped into the jungle by American planes. But he still feared being taken prisoner, so he remained in his cave. For over a quarter century, he came out only at night. He existed on frogs, rats, roaches, and mangoes. A few years back, some hunters discovered him and it was only after they sent ...
840. Mistaken Identity
Matthew 16:13-20
Sermon
Wayne Brouwer
... to change the life of this unfortunate person for the better. Photos poured in from all over North America. The editors selected a young woman with poor features, terrible grooming, and appalling clothes as the "Ugliest Girl in America." For her prize, she won a plane ticket to New York City. There a team of specialists went to work on her. Dr. Maltz reshaped her nose and built up her chin. Others gave her a new hairstyle, an elaborate wardrobe of the latest fashions, and grooming instructions. In a modern ...
841. Personal Politics
Matthew 18:15-20
Sermon
Wayne Brouwer
... and prisoner of war stipulations of the Geneva Convention. Then I can blast them with excessive force and hit below the belt. After the tragedy of September 11, 2001, our nation experienced something of this intentional projected dehumanization. Those who hijacked the planes, according to many speeches and articles, were not humans, but terrorists. They did not play by the rules. They did not value life as we did. They were schooled in barbarianism. For all these reasons and others like them our nation ...
Sermon
Tony Everett
... ... an airline was having trouble with large flocks of shore birds on runways near the ocean. Frequently the roar of incoming engines would startle the birds and they would fly up, only to crash into and often shatter the windshields of the approaching planes. After many failed experiments, the company engineers developed a formula for windshields that would both keep the windshields intact as well as causing no harm to the birds. They tested this by using turkeys that were the same size and weight as the ...
843. A Way of Seeing
Genesis 21:8-21
Sermon
Stan Purdum
... , and watch candles flicker for the first time."1 And you see, it doesn't matter where that video camera is placed. You could wear it backward and have eyes in the back of your head, or you could place in on the tail of an aircraft and "see" other planes approaching from behind. What I want to talk about is a different way of seeing. In some sense, that has been a major theme behind all my sermons. I've no doubt even stated it directly in a sermon or two, but going on the assumption that a crucial point ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... than they did for the souls of the people. None of us need to be reminded that yesterday was September 11. It has been nine years since the world changed for Americans. Three thousand people died that day because they got up and went to work or got on a plane. Every single life that was lost was a loss for the universe. Every single life that was saved was a gain for the universe. We all have images of 9/11 that are seared into our souls. But I shall never forget the images of those who rushed to the ...
845. The Purpose of Wealth
Luke 16:1-15
Illustration
Donald M. Tuttle
New York is a city filled with landmarks. There's Broadway, Wall Street, the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty, just to name a few. But when terrorists turned their hijacked planes toward Gotham, their target was clear. They had set their sights on the two gleaming towers of the World Trade Center. And they did so because those towers were symbols of America's economic power. To destroy them was—in the minds of the hijackers—a blow to America's ...
Sermon
Billy D. Strayhorn
... we are the first to provide you with this upgraded level of service. So just sit back, relax and remember, nothing can possibly go wrong, . . go wrong, . .go wrong, . . go wrong... (1) Can you imagine the anxiety, anticipation and apprehension that suddenly filled that plane? There's a similar sense of anticipation and apprehension in today's passage from Mark. Mark 13:1-8 (NRSV) [1] As he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, "Look, Teacher, what large stones and what large buildings ...
847. In the Headlines
Matthew 24:36-51
Illustration
James Merritt
... papers. Some of the headlines in papers are absolutely astounding. These are actual headlines that actually ran in American newspapers: Experts say jet crashed because something went wrong. Police begin campaign to run down jay walkers. Crash probe decides plane was too close to ground Minors refuse to work after death Cold wave linked to falling temperatures Couple slain: police suspect homicide New study of obesity looks for larger test group Typhoon rips through cemetery: hundreds of bodies found Well ...
848. Who Is That with John?
Matthew 3:1-12
Illustration
Jim Kerner
... suspicious. He said, "All right, you happen to know the President and the Queen of England. But if you're really a big shot, get the Pope on the phone." Stan promised to do better than that. He took Larry to the airport and both men boarded a plane for Rome. When they arrived in Rome they took a taxi cab to the Vatican. They came into St. Peter's Square. Upon arriving there, Stan walked away, leaving Larry to mill about in the large crowd waiting for the Pope's afternoon greeting from the balcony. Suddenly ...
849. Dream Power
Matthew 2:13-18
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... our sleep mode. But as our sleep progresses, our rested brains require some down time to themselves. That is dream-time. During REM or dream sleep, our brain pulverizes and paralyzes the rest of us. That is why in our dreams we can jump out of planes, or run away from monsters, or fly off of mountain-tops. All that our sleeping body does is slightly twitch or flinch. Our brains keep our bodies safe while escaping in amazing dreams. Far from being a time-stopped stupor, our mandatory sleep-dream cycle puts ...
850. Jesus' Flight to Egypt
Matthew 2:13-23
Illustration
... had sheep, men, and angels in the sky. The Shepherd scene he concluded. Another had a caravan with camels and a star in the sky. This was wise men seeking the Christ child. But one puzzled him. It was an airplane with three figures going up the steps boarding the plane and one other figure in the cockpit. He thought and thought until he had to ask what it meant. The artist spoke up, "It's Jesus' flight to Egypt."Ok said the pastor but who is that up front? "Oh, That's Pontius the pilot."
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