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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76. Beware Of Your Piety
Matthew 6:1-4, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:19-24
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Harry N. Huxhold
... not much of a sacrifice for Lent. The boy said, "Lady, you don't know how much I like cream puffs." In a way, the boy's answer illustrates the problem of dealing with the matter of fasting and sacrificing in Lent. The home journals that feature Lenten dishes without meat can produce some very tasty recipes that make the fasting very attractive. Much that has passed as Lenten fasting and sacrifice has been no more than superficial. However, on the other hand, the more obvious complete neglect of Lent on the ...
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Richard Patt
... of being a Christian. You have heard of the word "crux." In English we commonly use it in the little phrase, "the crux of the matter." By that phrase we usually are referring to the heart of the matter, to the thing that brings us to the distinguishing feature about something, to that which reveals the core of the matter. It is interesting and telling that this word "crux" is letter for letter the same word as the Latin word crux. In Latin the word means "cross." So, when we talk about the crux of being a ...
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Richard Patt
... of being a Christian. You have heard of the word "crux." In English we commonly use it in the little phrase, "the crux of the matter." By that phrase we usually are referring to the heart of the matter, to the thing that brings us to the distinguishing feature about something, to that which reveals the core of the matter. It is interesting and telling that this word "crux" is letter for letter the same word as the Latin word crux. In Latin the word means "cross." So, when we talk about the crux of being a ...
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Thomas Long
... He had often taught classes on narrative and used stories in his teaching, but he had never been in the position of telling stories to a critical audience in a performance setting. When he arrived at the festival, terrified, he crossed paths with another of the featured storytellers, a woman from New York well-known for her skill. He shared with her how scared he was, saying, "I don't feel like a real storyteller." "You know," she said, "I don't think there are any storytellers. There are only stories, and ...
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Mark Radecke
... occurs to me: There is a world of difference between being comforted and being comfortable, a difference as stark as the difference between soft raiment and camel's hair. Being comfortable implies, at least in our culture, an absence of disturbing, distressing features in one's life. More specifically, it carries the connotation of a standard of living that is more than sufficient. And so we say: "She makes a comfortable salary. They enjoy a very comfortable lifestyle." When we look for synonyms, we think ...
81. Proper 15
Mt 15:10-28 · Rom 11:13-15, 29-32 · Gen 45:1-15 · Is 56:1-7 · Ps 133
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Russell F. Anderson
... with us through our baptism into Christ is also irrevocable, as far as God is concerned. It is not based on our faithfulness, but God's will. Gospel: Matthew 15:(10-20) 21-28 Strategic withdrawal. The early portion of chapter 15 features the ongoing dispute which Jesus had with the Pharisees and others in the religious establishment. Conflict is very trying, consuming lots of energy. Jesus needed to get away from the battle for reflection and spiritual renewal. Such a withdrawal would give him perspective ...
82. The Epiphany Season
Mt 2:1-12 · Jn 1:43-51 · Mk 1:9-28; 35-45 · Mk 2:1-12; 18-22 · Mk 9:2-13
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Russell F. Anderson
... kingdom needed to be heard in other places. The church must follow our Lord's example: Pray up and then move out. Sixth Sunday After The Epiphany Sermon Title: Mission Mandate: Offer Spiritual Cleansing! Sermon Text: Mark 1:40-45 Sermon Angle: The First Lesson features the cleansing of Namaan the leper by Elisha. The Gospel tells of Jesus healing a leper who spread abroad the good news of his healing. Our Christian mission impels us to cleanse and heal those who want to be made whole. Seventh Sunday After ...
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Helen Keller
... by watching the subtleties of expression, the quiver of a muscle, the flutter of a hand. But does it ever occur to you to use your sight to see the inner nature of a friend or acquaintance? Do not most of you seeing people grasp casually the outward features of a face and let it go at that? For instance, can you describe accurately the faces of five good friends? Some of you can, but many cannot. As an experiment, I have questioned husbands of long standing about the color of their wives' eyes, and often ...
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Steven Burt
... of the birth, the excruciating pain, and yet the exquisite feeling afterwards that it was all worthwhile. “Unto us a child is born. My body… for you.” And she smiles a wide, loving smile. The young man in his twenties who waits beside her has mongoloid features. He is crew-cut, with a broad grin that sweeps across his face. His head moves constantly as he tries, like a curious child, to see what everyone else is doing. The smile widens even more when the minister calls him by name -- by his own very ...
85. Repent!
Acts 2:14-41
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... demanding REPENT - THE END IS NEAR. It's embarrassing, this repentance. It's foreign to us. That's why we feel out of our element before the Bible's repetition of the word. Yet it's there in page after page of the New Testament. The one feature which haunts every sermon of Christ and his followers is the demand to confess your sins and promise to reform. Ragged John the Baptizer screamed it in the desert: "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Sophisticated Paul reasoned it on the steps of the ...
86. All Saints' Day
Matthew 5:1-12
Bulletin Aid
... and the future of saints Exegetical note Matthew's version of the Beatitudes is a bit more interpretive of Jesus' actual teachings than Luke's version. For this particular Sunday, the sayings are best taken as revealing the features of true saints: they are poor in spirit, gentle, "hungry" for justice, merciful, pure-hearted, peace-making, reviled and persecuted, and (probably because of these last two) sorrowful. But, as the second clause of each beatitude shows, they also have a promising future. Call ...
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... I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth." (Genesis 9:16-17) God’s Covenant of mercy extends to all Creation. Noah’s flood was no ordinary flood. According to the Bible, its distinguishing feature was not that it rained for forty days and forty nights. The distinctive feature of this flood is mentioned, almost in passing, in Genesis 7:11: "on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth." What are the fountains of the great deep? The writers of the Old Testament ...
88. The Un-Parade
Matthew 16:21-28, Luke 19:28-44
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Robert Noblett
... . But after experiencing it, I found it to be rather uplifting. It had the effect of launching me into my next point. At the very least, it served to remind the preacher that not everyone had gone to sleep! Worship is not intended to be a three-ring circus, featuring people who gymnastically respond to what is occurring, but neither is it to take on the air of a cemetery. Or let me put it this way: perhaps we need more of the civic center in the sanctuary and more of the sanctuary in the civic center. If in ...
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Bill Bouknight
... 20. It tells us of the father's response. "His father saw him and had compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him." One day the father gazed longingly up that dusty road as he had done a thousand times before. He saw somebody coming. The features, the walk, were familiar. His heart went to his throat. Perhaps there were neighbors standing with the father; they looked up the road too. But they saw nothing but a man in rags, with dirty long hair, and bare feet. They said, "It must be an alcoholic ...
90. The Racial Gap
Psalm 53:1-6
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William McKee Aber
... point with pride. My own alma mater elected a black homecoming queen this year - but she looked white! That is, her features were Caucasian and her skin just happened to be black. I’ve not seen Julia on television, but I was completely entranced with Diahnn ... Carroll when I saw her in NO STRINGS on Broadway a few years back - she too, has white features rather than black. Notice the dark mannequins that are beginning to appear in store windows. You have to look at them a long ...
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Eric Ritz
... justified before God." Two men went to the same synagogue. They went for the same reason ” to pray ” yet they experienced such different results. The January 6, 1992 issue of NEWSWEEK magazine featured a front cover in gold, no less, with the headlines, "Talking To God: An Intimate Look at the Way We Pray." The article featured a Gallup poll which attempted to get a pulse on the prayer life of America. The poll revealed these fascinating results: A. Seventy-eight per cent of all Americans pray at least ...
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King Duncan
... Discipleship has little to do with perfect attendance in church. Church is but a place we come to sensitize ourselves so we can see Jesus. Jesus in the historical record and Jesus in others. Some years ago the New York Fire Department had a great parade. One feature was three buses loaded with people from all walks of life, the high and the low. Signs on these buses read: "All of These Were Saved by Our Fire Department from Burning Buildings." (3) Wouldn't it be great if we could fill a caravan with people ...
93. After The Beep
Isaiah 66:1-24
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King Duncan
... !" (3) Not least among the advantages answering machines have provided is the ability to "screen" your calls. This is the 90s, and you need speak to only those with whom you wish to speak. So marvelous is this idea that you can now add "Caller I. D." as a feature on your phone. Every time the phone rings, presto, there is the caller's number on digital display. So, you're home and the phone rings. Caller ID says it's your pastor calling. But you don't wish to speak with your pastor right now, so you don ...
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King Duncan
... Calvin Klein. Klein has been one of the boldest advertisers in using sexual fantasies to sell their products-especially their fragrance, Obsession. Last summer, however, they began offering a new fragrance called Eternity. And the ads, much to the surprise of Madison Avenue, featured a man, a woman, and their kids. What can we say? When you start thinking in terms of eternity your values change. Even Calvin Klein must be aware of that! Just as important as the decline in sexual morality among our young is ...
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King Duncan
... place between a spokesperson for the Mercedes Benz Company and an interviewer. They are talking about the design of the Mercedes Benz car. The Mercedes Benz spokesperson describes a safety feature on the Mercedes ” a crash absorbing mechanism. The interviewer states that many other models have almost the same safety feature. The Mercedes Benz spokesperson indicates that these were developed by his company first and then graciously adds, "There are some things that are just too important not to share." (2 ...
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Linda Richard
... retrieve the document if we decide we want it back after all. Sometimes we act as though we have only moved our sins to a recycle bin. Later on we retrieve them and worry about them and feel guilty all over again. But Jesus offers a "Complete Delete" feature for our sins! They're totally, absolutely gone forever! No need to recycle them. Our guilt and pain can be gone! A little boy was playing ball in the house. This was strictly against the rules, and he accidentally broke a vase in the living room. "Oh ...
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King Duncan
... a sea of literature and the more they view them as individual books. Let's use another example. Some of us know nothing about what goes on under the hood of a car. Today, most cars come with all kinds of standard features, such as power steering, power brakes, air conditioning, and cruise control. But these features make things a lot more complicated than they used to be. Suppose we have car trouble on a deserted road? We open the hood of the car, but what do we see? We'll probably see a meaningless mass of ...
98. The Divine Family
Genesis 1:1-2:3
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King Duncan
... of our family life, we can expect certain lasting results in the lives of our children. Let's look at some of these: It is in the home that a child first develops his or her sense of identity. Mary Stewart, the writer, has three significant novels featuring King Arthur, Merlin, and the Knights of the Camelot Round Table and their ladies. In The Crystal Cave, Merlin is reputed to be an illegitimate child, son of the Prince of Darkness. The boy is condemned because his father is unknown, and is almost put to ...
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Donald B. Strobe
... page, commenting on what it all means. Thus, the healing of a blind man or a casual conversation is expanded into a whole chapter. John reinterprets events in terms of his own experience and that of the early Church. By the time John wrote, the salient features of the life and teachings of Jesus were pretty well known. John did not intend to record the career of Jesus so much as to interpret the meaning of that career. The great scholar Clement of Alexandria, writing about A.D. 190 said, “Last of all ...
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Eric Ritz
... and encourage each other rather than exchange verbal warfare. A certain wife said to her husband, "You make me wish I had a lower IQ so I could enjoy your company better." He responded, "Before we were married your chin was your best feature. Now it''s a double feature." She said, "Your parent''s biggest mistake was not to seek information on birth control." He said, "I am still using the piece of my birthday cake as the new walkway in the back yard." I think you can assume from the following exchanges ...
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