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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King Duncan
CBS News Anchor Dan Rather writes about watching the Flying Valentis while growing up. He writes, "Walking past a vacant lot on our way to school early in the morning, we would come across the Flying Valentis practicing in their long tights and tank tops." The Flying Valentis were a troupe of circus acrobats who traveled and performed throughout the United States. "Although we were used to their art," Rather recalls, "the Flying Valentis never ceased being the wonder of the neighborhood. Every morning ...
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Ron Lavin
... for the sound system, turned the switch to "on." The pastor's words were broadcast to the people. The shocked congregation immediately responded, "And also with you." Something like that is going on in our story today, except it isn't curses that are coming across loud and clear, but blessings. Peter preached to the Jews gathered around the crippled man he had just healed in the name of the Lord. This spontaneous, bold sermon was given in Solomon's portico just outside the temple in Jerusalem. The inciting ...
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Lori Wagner
... he deeply to be seen. Often, we look at Zacchaeus as perhaps a haughty man, as the scripture tells us he was very rich and a tax collector (meaning also most likely shunned by his community). But the man described in Jesus’ story as told by Luke does not come across that way. He urgently wants to see Jesus. He’s obviously heard about him. He has heard of what he can do. He’s heard that Jesus doesn’t ostracize people due to their occupation or past. He tries everything we can to get a glimpse of him ...
104. When God Has Enough
Zephaniah 1:4-13, Zephaniah 1:14--2:3
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Sims Robert
... be a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish… (Zephaniah 1:14-15).” Our Lord Jesus in similar fashion spoke to the world of his day, “I did not come to bring peace but a sword (Matthew 10:34).” Christians are frequently shocked when they come across biblical passages which suggest that God has had enough. We prefer to remember that we are blessed of God and forgiven of our sins. We remind ourselves that we have been given the fruits of the Spirit -- love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness ...
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David E. Leininger
... the different kind of greeting the two would get. My friend realized how unfair that would be to "set up" his ushers like that, and finally thought better of the idea. Still...someday... There is an old Peanuts comic strip that has Charlie Brown and Linus coming across Snoopy who is shivering in the snow. Charlie says, "Snoopy looks kind of cold, doesn't he?" "I'll say," replies Linus, "maybe we'd better go over and comfort him." They walk over to the dog, pat his head and say, "Be of good cheer, Snoopy ...
106. The Sign of the Dove
Matthew 3:1-17 · John 1:1-34 · Mark 1:1-8 · Luke 3:1-38
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Lori Wagner
... . But with great blessing comes great responsibility. And following Jesus is always a bittersweet experience. For as a follower of Jesus, you won’t always be liked. In fact, you’ll run into people who will despise you, and who will oppose you. You’ll come across people who will taunt you and make fun of you. And in some places in the world, you could be killed for following Jesus, for your loyalty to God the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit. From the cloud of the “shekinah” of God, Jesus heard ...
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Frank Lyman
... . If you adjust your chair, so you might look each other in the eye, a guard quickly reprimands you. The quarters purchase snacks from the vending machine which taste better than any food in the prison dining hall. You're observed all the time and what comes across is the gray coldness. This visitation room is the closest a prisoner comes to freedom, but it's miles from real freedom. Paul wrote from prison that he could find contentment in abounding and abasement. He knew of what he spoke. He'd been at the ...
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Donald B. Strobe
... by no less a personage than the great philosopher-theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. They do have a point. I may forgive someone who strikes me upon the cheek, but what right do I have to forgive somebody who strike’s another person’s cheek? If I come across a thug beating up a defenseless old person in a back alley, should I walk away, telling the defenseless person to turn whatever cheeks he or she may have left? What is my Christian obligation in such a situation? These are thorny questions. The earliest ...
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David R. Cartwright
... because of the esteem they hold for his master. "He is worthy of having you do this for him, for he loves our people, and it is he who built our synagogue for us" (Luke 7:4b, 5). A little pressure is put on Jesus to ensure that Jesus will come across with the good deed. It's as if to say, "Jesus, you've got to heal the slave for this centurion, for we owe a great deal to him." We know for a fact that the Romans helped build many Jewish synagogues. The Romans felt it was in their interest ...
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King Duncan
... . Who in the days of pack horses would have believed in flashing a message from England to America? “Everything,” he said, “is full of wonder till we are used to it, and resurrection owes the incredible portion of its marvel to our never having come across it in our observation that is all. After the resurrection we shall regard it as a divine display of power as familiar to us as creation and providence now are.” (3) Spurgeon’s language is archaic, but his rational is right on target. Of course ...
111. Chapter III
Exodus 20:1-21
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Frank H. Seilhamer
... to taking responsibilities for their actions most people are like the little boy depicted in a cartoon in the New Yorker. He explained his miserable report card to his mother with, "The teaching machine doesn’t like me!" How refreshing it is, then to come across people such as William Shakespeare, who can stand up and take responsibility for reaping what he sows. How refreshing indeed, to listen as he has Julius Caesar say to Cassius, "The fault is not in our stars but in ourselves that we are underlings ...
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Durwood L. Buchheim
... is one of mercy and promise. God is not a harsh judge looking and waiting for us to make mistakes and then pounce on us. Joel’s God is a God of mercy. Jesus’ God is one of compassion and mercy. Sometimes the message of Lent and Easter can come across as though the cross was erected on Calvary to please God. But this is a pagan idea. Christ was not nailed to the cross to change God’s heart, rather it was just the other way around. The cross is there because "God was in Christ reconciling us into ...
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Durwood L. Buchheim
... were accepted as the children, not of the maid but of the wife, by adoption. Sarah was determined to have an heir, even if through a concubine. Hagar is the slave woman in this story, but she too, is nobody’s fool or doormat. She comes across as a sturdy, independent woman, willing and able to fight for the rights of her son. Commentaries make much over the jealousy between these two women. We hear little about their strength, concern, and generosity. Yet in an honest and careful reading of Genesis, women ...
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Brett Blair
... moments can be so close at hand and we are wondering what's in this for me? It has to do with the three poison pills of position, prestige, and power. I The disciples wanted position. As you read the Gospels you come across numerous occasions when the disciples misunderstand Jesus’ teachings, when their actions are inappropriate, when they jump to conclusions that are way off mark. Here in Mark 10 is a unique situation, something a little different than their usual blunders. Within their own ranks ...
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King Duncan
... fearful people - fear of crime, fear of losing our jobs, fear of illegal aliens, fear of AIDS. How we need the reassurance that comes from knowing that it is at those times when our hearts are troubled and we feel most helpless that Christ comes to us. CHRIST COMES ACROSS THE TROUBLED WATER AND SAYS TO US, "DON'T BE AFRAID, IT IS I." AND HE BECKONS US TO LEAVE THE SECURITY OF THE BOAT AND WALK ON THE WATER. What powerful imagery! I don't know what walking on the water would mean for you. It means different ...
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Richard Gribble
... challenges that will come our way. Unquestionably the most important aspect of our lives is the spiritual dimension, and this area too needs to be tested and challenged. Our faith is tested on many occasions in varied ways. We periodically come across other members of the faith community who disagree with our opinion or theological understanding. Decisions are sometimes made with which we have difficulty, disagree, or simply do not understand. These challenges to our faith are ones we must engage, although ...
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Mark Trotter
... You won't find that word "abide" in some of the modern translations of the Bible. Which is why you shouldn't read those modern translations. They concluded that Americans do not use the word "abide" anymore. We use "be" instead. So they assumed that when you come across the word "abide" in scripture that you won't understand what it means. But the truth of the matter is, you won't understand these texts in their richness and depth unless you use the word "abide." For "abide" means more than to "be with," it ...
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King Duncan
... the real problem with passing judgment on others is that it does not allow us to be vehicles of God’s grace. Our central task is to help other people experience God’s grace just as we have experienced that grace. We cannot do that if we come across as one with a condemning attitude. Besides, we simply don’t know what kind of hurts other people may have experienced. Ken Collins, a pastor in Kentucky, was working one day near a barn. Suddenly he realized that he wasn’t alone. A squirrel scurried by ...
Teach the Text
C. Marvin Pate
... of Israel regarding the stipulation of the law of Moses. Theological Insights A number of theological insights surface in Romans 2:17–24. First, when it comes to one’s spirituality, much humility is needed to convey that spirituality. Otherwise, one can come across as a “holier than thou” individual. Moreover, related to that is the need for one’s practice to match one’s profession. One is reminded in this of the sage advice given by Francis of Assisi: continuously preach the gospel through ...
Sermon
... ve said, it could easily be concluded that I’m encouraging all of us to run out and establish very long "U"s and very short "I"s. After all, the parable says, "He who humbles himself will be exalted." And Biblical words such as this often come across with the connotation that he who feels basically worthless and inferior will be more pleasing in the sight of God. As I think of this connotation and how it gets preached repeatedly to some of the Christian faithful, I try to visualize what it might have been ...
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Richard L. Eslinger
... same time he is counting on that wisdom to save him. Surely, if he can bring God to the tribunal, he can get the sentence dismissed and a "not guilty" ruling. Then he will be restored. This self-contradiction that has caught Job is powerful and beguiling. We come across the pitfall again and again. It is one of the central struggles of human life. A poor family does not buy the maxim that their poverty is their fault, and so they work twice, three times, as hard as other people in order to disprove it. But ...
Drama
Michael L. Sherer
... -it-good-enough-for-me" Hans Luther? PROTAGONIST: Sure. A lot of us think God is like our parents - which ought to be a warning to us parents. Our kids may learn more from us than we think. We need to take care what we teach them - and how it comes across. LECTOR: Dear Friend Karl - How strange it seems to know that you are only a few blocks from me at the university, and yet I cannot see you. Yes, you’re right, it will seem strange not going to the tavern with you and the other law students to tip ...
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William G. Carter
... day where there will be a wedding feast of the Lamb that never draws to a close. But as pleasant as the hope can be, it has nothing to do with this text. There’s no hint at Cana that Jesus is a party animal. If anything, he comes across as a stern figure who was annoyed to be called away from his table. Another interpretation of the story came from a Bible study group. The group was talking about the wedding at Cana story, and someone said, “I think it’s a wonderful tale. Jesus overcame his initial ...
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King Duncan
... with a glazed expression on our face. And I know I run the risk of sounding like a theology professor I once heard about. This professor was a man who simply could not express the truth of God in simple English. He did not mean to come across as stuffy and obscure. He just couldn’t help it. This deeply intellectual theology professor had a student . . . from Africa. This African student came to the United States to get a Masters degree at an American seminary. While here, he came to love this theology ...
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David J. Kalas
... hard to imagine a time without it. As I sit at my desk, for example, I am listening to a music CD. Now I remember well the days before CDs, to be sure, and my young daughters marvel at the musical oddities from my youth that they come across in the basement — 8-track tapes and record albums. Still, while I have witnessed the evolution from 8-tracks to iPods, I have never known a time without recorded music. Whatever the medium, you and I probably have, for all our lives, taken for granted the phenomenon ...
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