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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1101. The King
Deuteronomy 17:14-20
Understanding Series
Christopher J. H. Wright
... gold)—these were the defining marks of kings worthy of the title. Weapons, women, and wealth: why else be a king? But Deuteronomy starkly declares, “Not so in Israel.” If any negative light is shed on the people’s request of verse 14, it lies here. Israel might admire the kings of the nations. But the king they are to have is to be as unlike the kings of other nations as one can imagine. Clearly the issue is not merely if Israel should have a king or not, but what kind of king that should be. What ...
1102. The Death of Moses
Deuteronomy 34:1-12
Understanding Series
Christopher J. H. Wright
... realities, that its final words acclaim the God who eternally loves God’s people and a people eternally saved by their God (33:27–29). 34:1–4 No deathbed requiem for Moses! He is last seen climbing. The purpose of this final ascent is not just to admire the view. Although he is not permitted to set foot in the land, he is granted a formal viewing that may have been perceived as declaring possession in advance for his people. This ties in with the words of God to Moses in verse 4. Moses will not ...
Understanding Series
Iain W. Provan
... , conceived when the husband of Elisha’s Shunammite hostess is considered too old to father a child in any natural way (vv. 8–17; cf. Gen. 18:1–15, where both parties are too old). It is a great blessing, fallen upon a woman who has acted admirably in looking after the LORD’s prophet (cf. Matt. 10:41). Unexpected life gives way, however, to unforeseen death (vv. 18–21; cf. the additional note to v. 27). The woman makes haste to Mount Carmel (vv. 22–26), brushing aside the questions of both her ...
1104. Death in a Pot
2 Kings 4:38-41
Understanding Series
Iain W. Provan
... , conceived when the husband of Elisha’s Shunammite hostess is considered too old to father a child in any natural way (vv. 8–17; cf. Gen. 18:1–15, where both parties are too old). It is a great blessing, fallen upon a woman who has acted admirably in looking after the LORD’s prophet (cf. Matt. 10:41). Unexpected life gives way, however, to unforeseen death (vv. 18–21; cf. the additional note to v. 27). The woman makes haste to Mount Carmel (vv. 22–26), brushing aside the questions of both her ...
Understanding Series
Iain W. Provan
... , conceived when the husband of Elisha’s Shunammite hostess is considered too old to father a child in any natural way (vv. 8–17; cf. Gen. 18:1–15, where both parties are too old). It is a great blessing, fallen upon a woman who has acted admirably in looking after the LORD’s prophet (cf. Matt. 10:41). Unexpected life gives way, however, to unforeseen death (vv. 18–21; cf. the additional note to v. 27). The woman makes haste to Mount Carmel (vv. 22–26), brushing aside the questions of both her ...
Understanding Series
John Goldingay
... Asia, Africa, and Europe, the market-place of the nations. Tarshish is a port in Spain, one of a number of Tyrian colonies, the furthest imaginable point to the west, and ships of Tarshish are “ocean-going vessels” (see 2:16). The city would thus be the admiration of the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern world. It was an ancient equivalent to Rome or Singapore or San Francisco, well-known to the prophet’s hearers by its reputation and for its links with Israel in Israel’s heyday (e.g., 1 Kgs. 5; 7; 9 ...
1107. A Cat In a Tree
Matthew 14:13-21
Sermon
King Duncan
... to Rome where he was astonished at the magnificent buildings he saw. He was especially struck to see how the statues were cared for. He was amazed to see they were covered with fine cloth to protect them from summer heat and winter cold. As he admired these statues, a beggar pulled at his sleeve and asked for a crust of bread. “Here are statues of stone covered with expensive clothes,” thought Rabbi Joshua. “Here is a man, created in the image of God, covered with rags.” Then he thought, “A ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... to address the United Nations on her sixteenth birthday about the importance of education. By the way, Malala forgave her attackers, which is what she says “real Islam” teaches. (4) That’s courage. We see it in people young and old and we admire it at any age. There is delightful anecdote about a famous evangelist named Peter Cartwright. One day the President of the United States, Andrew Jackson--came to Cartwright’s church. The elders of the church warned Preacher Cartwright not to offend the ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... have devoted their lives to one thing and one thing only. It might be making money. It may be perfecting a golf swing. It may be crafting a style of singing, getting elected to a political office, or a host of other flashy endeavors. It’s understandable that we should admire them . . . as long as we remember that what they are doing is not at all important in God’s eyes. In God’s eyes the only thing that matters is how they treat other people and what they do with their money or fame or power that is ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal” (I Corinthians 13:1). I am firmly convinced that the skeptical eye with which the world regards the Christian community today could quickly be transformed into admiration and respect if we simply lived out these central two teachings of the Master. Love is essential to our faith as followers of Jesus Christ. Love is also essential to our physical and emotional well-being. You’ve probably heard of that sad study that ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... to be real. It means living not as fans, but as followers of Jesus. Chuck Swindoll, the radio Bible teacher who has influenced so many Christians, says that--out of all the people in the world--the one that he most admired was evangelist Dawson Trotman. Trotman was the founder of The Navigators, a worldwide organization dedicated to training Christian believers to share their faith. Trotman died after helping to rescue two drowning girls. “When Dawson Trotman passed away,” says Swindoll, “he probably ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... . “I assumed you were,” said the husband. “He never says he loves me,” said the wife. “I thought you knew I loved you,” said the husband. The wife continued, “He never says I’m beautiful.” The husband replied, “I look at you every day and admire your beauty.” “We rarely talk,” said the wife. “I know you like to read a lot,” said the husband. “I read because we don’t talk,” said the wife. There was a pause. “And we never go out,” said the wife. “I thought you liked ...
1113. Where It Ends
John 13:1-17, 31b-35
Sermon
John Jamison
... the room, and I can see all of the other disciples almost bursting out in laughter, “Yep, that’s Peter for you!” I even see a smile on Jesus’ face. Even though Peter is completely lost here and has absolutely no idea of what is actually going on, Jesus admired the raw honesty that Peter has and had a smile on his face as he said, “One who has bathed does not need to wash, except for the feet.” I can see Peter very slowly unfolding his legs and stretching his feet out where Jesus can reach them ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... . It is the story of the courtship of Moses Mendelssohn, the grandfather of the great German composer, Felix Mendelssohn. Moses Mendelssohn was a small man with a misshapen, humped back. One day he visited a merchant in Hamburg who had a lovely daughter. Though Mendelssohn admired her greatly, she avoided him, seemingly afraid of his grotesque hump. On the last day of his visit he went to tell her good-bye. Her face seemed to beam with beauty, but when he entered, she cast her eyes to the floor. Mendelssohn ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... cane in hand. He boasted to the other guests that he could calm the water. Franklin walked upstream about 100 yards. Waving his cane over the stream three times in the best abracadabra fashion, he stepped back, his feat accomplished. Soon he was basking in admiration as the other guests marveled at how he had miraculously made the rough surface of the water as smooth as glass. Franklin finally explained that he had simply spread oil on the troubled waters. He had released on the rough surface of the water a ...
1116. Chaos and Solitude
Mark 6:30-44, 53-56
Sermon
Ron Lavin
... many people were coming and going they (Jesus and the apostles) did not even have a chance to eat" (Mark 6:31). That coming and going provided a chaotic atmosphere for Jesus' ministry. That chaos meant that even before Jesus got to a town, the mass of admirers and hangers-on rushed ahead of him and waited for his arrival (Mark 6:33). Mark points out that people "ran throughout that whole region of the Gennesaret and carried the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was" (Mark 6:55). In dramatic contrast to ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... reassure, yet unthreatened enough to release. Tight enough to embrace, yet loose enough to enjoy. Magnetic enough to hold, yet magnanimous enough to allow for flight. Here was a husband’s love with an absence of jealousy, as others applauded [his wife’s] accomplishments and admired her competence.” (6). Very few marriages are as successful as the Lindbergh’s, but they can be. Are we willing to offer our marriage to God? Are we willing to pray that God will help us to make any changes in our own life ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... way, until 1883, when the Brooklyn Bridge was completed and opened for use. And what a success it was! Today, 135 years later, the Brooklyn Bridge still carries more than 150,000 people each day safely to their destinations. (3) You have to admire any person, who through faith and determination, refuses to be defeated. Blind Bartimaeus was one of those people. Bartimaeus was disadvantaged. But he refused to be defeated. And he was rewarded for his determination. Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to ...
Sermon
Steven E. Albertin
... innocent, so lovable, so unspoiled. Psychotherapists remind us that we would be healthier adults if we would only allow our "inner child" to express itself. We adults would be better off if we could only be more like children. Children were not so admired in Jesus' world. Children were not romanticized. Adults were impatient with them. They needed to hurry up and become adults. You had children because you needed the economic contribution they could make to family life. You needed them to work on the farm ...
Sermon
Susan R. Andrews
... are the poor, the hungry, the ones who are weeping. Blessed are those who are hated and excluded. And then to make matters worse, he says, “Woe to you who are rich. Woe to you who are full. Woe to you who are laughing. Cursed are you who enjoy the admiration of others.” Friends, no matter which way we slice it, we are in the cursed group and not the blessed group, at least much of the time. Indeed, as The Message by Eugene Peterson suggests: “Some of you are rich, too bad for you; you have had all you ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... was kidnapped and taken to a distant land where she contracted amnesia. She didn’t remember her name or that she was of royal blood. In her desperate condition she became a prostitute on the streets of a city. She was not forgotten in Troy, however. One admiring adventurer went to look for her. He never lost faith that she was alive. One day on the waterfront of a strange city he saw a wretched woman with deep lines across her face and wearing tattered clothes. Could it possibly be Helen? “What is your ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... peacefully, he gave some advice to the whole church on how to keep peace and unity. He wrote in Philippians 4:8, “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.” Why do we think on these things? So that we can store them in our hearts. Finally, a fruitful life consists of giving ourselves away for the sake of others. No tree consumes ...
Sermon
R. Robert Cueni
... I am being religious.” Jesus offered a corrective, “And whenever you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites… but when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face.” The reward of self-denial is a closer relationship to God, not the admiration of others. Charitable giving, prayer, and self-denial are acts of piety that bring us closer to God. Engage in them without a trace of phoniness and without any expectation of external reward. This is the gospel and the message is clear: “You are ...
Sermon
R. Robert Cueni
... at the local exercise facility. They were, perhaps, thirteen or fourteen years of age; just beginning to approach manhood; each day the sweetness of self-confidence grows within them. At first they lingered at the edge of the weight room admiring that small group that inhabits every work-out facility. These fellows are usually in their twenties or thirties. Their bodies have been sculpted by thousands of hours of strenuous, physical training. Their physiques more resemble super heroes than ordinary human ...
1125. Consider the Children
Humor Illustration
Editor James S. Hewett
A distinguished elderly gentleman, walking through the toy department, stopped to admire a toy train. It whistled, belched smoke, deposited milk cans, in fact did virtually everything a real freight train does. After looking at it for some time he finally said, "I'll take it. Please have it wrapped." The clerk said, "Fine, I'm sure your grandson will love it." The elderly gentleman said thoughtfully, "That's right. Maybe you'd better give me two of them."
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