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Synonyms: thirstiness, dryness, parched, craving, strong desire, longing, yearning, avidity, hunger, voracity, keenness, eagerness, lust, appetite, passion, love, crave, want, covet, desire, hunger for/after, lust for/after, hanker for/after, have one's heart set on

Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

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101. Crossing Over

Luke 10:25-37, Genesis 48:1-22

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Lori Wagner

... to suggest to you that Jesus’ parable of the traveling Samaritan is a “crossing over” story. The border between Samaria and Judea in Jesus’ day was one that most Jews (at least those who hailed from Jerusalem) would never cross. In fact, so great was their distaste for the Samaritans that they would literally go around the entire region to get from Jerusalem to Galilee. Let me show you a map of the Holy Land for a moment in Jesus’ time. (Can we get that up there on screen?) Judah (and Jerusalem ...

102. Beautiful

John 20:10-18, Song of Songs 4:1-16

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Lori Wagner

... we have no specific historical record of this particular event nor the negativity exhibited by Haman and his compatriots, we can imagine that in any predominantly welcoming culture, we will find a few who feel exactly the opposite and who will proclaim their distaste loudly. In the story, we have four key figures: Mordecai, a Jew, who raises his cousin Hadassah after her parents both die; King Ahasuerus, a ruler of Persia who dismisses his wife Vashti and chooses instead Esther for his beautiful new bride ...

103. The Good Yoke

Matthew 11:25-30, 1 Kings 19:1-8, 1 Kings 19:9-18, 1 Kings 19:19-21

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Lori Wagner

... , such as the King of Babylon. “I will break the yoke of the King of Babylon.” (Jer 28:4) This refers to the “hold” that the King holds of his subjects, or the cords of bondage to his way of life that may be foreign and distasteful to his subjects (and to God’s people). Paul uses this metaphor too to illustrate the metaphor or what it means to be “bound” spiritually and emotionally and mentally to someone or something that is not Christ: “Do not be bound together with unbelievers.” (2 ...

104. Trapped!

Romans 6:15-23

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King Duncan

... . There are all kinds of ways people are trapped. There are people who will tell you about being trapped in their job. They will tell you that they would lose their access to health insurance if they were to consider changing jobs . . . regardless of how distasteful their current job may be. Or maybe they are in an industry that is dying, like the coal mining industry in our land. Miners know if they lose their job, they are unlikely to find another unless they move to another community far away from their ...

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.

Francis Bacon

If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.

Khalil Gibran

Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.

Khalil Gibran

We shall succeed only so far as we continue that most distasteful of all activity, the intolerable labour of thought.

Learned Hand

If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity.

Sun Tzu

110. The Art of Critique

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

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Lori Wagner

... . They want people around them to “dance to the tune they play” – to decide how others around them should behave and live. Or sometimes, they have no rhyme or reason to their critique at all, except that they want to express their distaste and dissatisfaction at anything and everyone around them. This kind of “ornery” behavior is not based in reason but simply in the desire to disagree – with anything or anyone other than themselves just because they feel a frustration inside they cannot appease ...

111. Get the Picture?

John 18:1; 19:42

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Timothy W. Ayers

... from the bucket and the Roman soldier moved to the next hand. The thump came again. Another cry of anguish and another gasp from those watching. You look over and see the smug faces of the religious leaders. They feigned sadness, concern, or even a distaste for the actions before them but all along they lobbied, pressed, and lied to get this rabble rouser to the cross. Jesus had called them whitewashed tombs. He had pointed out that they had followed the letter of the law but could not recognize the ...

112. The Oath

Mark 6:14-29

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Lori Wagner

... , our repentance. For the human mind and heart, there is nothing more terrifying than our guilt, our own conscience, especially as we stand before God in all of our naked humanness. We can purvey stories such as Herod’s execution of John the Baptist with distaste, and a chill may run down our spines. But also running through our minds, perhaps haunting our own souls, is the realization of how far the human heart can fall. Living life as a disciple of Jesus can often be a struggle. Often, our conscience ...

113. The Way of the Fox and the Way of the Lamb

Luke 13:31-35

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Lori Wagner

... . Herod likes to act powerful and threatening. Jesus sees him as pathetic and weak, a sneak and a scoundrel, a morally bankrupt man who has no idea who he is and therefore can’t stand in his own power. So, in uncharacteristic sarcasm, anger, and distaste, we see Jesus, in our scripture for today, standing up to Herod, getting “in his face” so to speak, talking back to him without fear of retaliation, provoking him no doubt but not expecting reprisal. Jesus knows who he is dealing with. In fact, later ...

114. Brush It Off

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

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Lori Wagner

... hostile. Here is where “brushing the dust off” becomes vitally important. In our culture, we have a similar name for it. It’s called “let it roll off your back.” Whatever happens, whatever someone does to you, whatever you run into that feels bad or distasteful, don’t take it personally, don’t let it get your goat. Just let it “roll off of your back.” Don’t take it personally is the key phrase here. Whenever something bothers us to the point that it throws us off balance or activates ...

115. The Rant

Matthew 23:1-12

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Lori Wagner

... how to look down their noses at others and criticize their lives. Often, the “lessons” we learn from our heroes can be hard to break. In today’s world, we need to be careful about whom we emulate. Do we act in love and compassion? Or do we act with distaste and arrogance toward others? Do we show mercy to those in need? Or do we distance ourselves from them? Do we learn love, or do we learn to hate? We must rely on Jesus and our “saints” to guide us, those with hearts of gold and the wisdom of the ...

116. Badger or Bonobo?

Mark 9:38-50

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Lori Wagner

... , humans can be pretty territorial too. I for one have difficulty tolerating any large spider or insect-like creature that dares step foot into my house. I don’t know about you, but sharing my home with rodents sounds equally as distasteful. While these examples may not seem so very unreasonable, for humans, territorialism can extend far beyond visitations by unwanted critters. Unfortunately, the human animal can be territorial with each other too! Human beings have both a “tribal” and a “social ...

117. Faces at a Funeral

John 18:1-19:42

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Wayne Brouwer

... get involved in this catastrophe in the making. The high priest should never have sent Jesus his way. There was no good option to this case; every way out was a dishonorable discharge. Even after he publicly washed his hands of the affair, showing his distaste for what was taking place, the matter would not die. Pilate went home to his wife, who then compounded his anxiety when she complained of nightmares about the man he just condemned. Pilate brooded in his chambers. He could not help but think that this ...

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Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

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101. Crossing Over

Luke 10:25-37, Genesis 48:1-22

Sermon

Lori Wagner

102. Beautiful

John 20:10-18, Song of Songs 4:1-16

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Lori Wagner

103. The Good Yoke

Matthew 11:25-30, 1 Kings 19:1-8, 1 Kings 19:9-18, 1 Kings 19:19-21

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Lori Wagner

104. Trapped!

Romans 6:15-23

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King Duncan

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.

Francis Bacon

If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.

Khalil Gibran

We shall succeed only so far as we continue that most distasteful of all activity, the intolerable labour of thought.

Learned Hand

If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity.

Sun Tzu

110. The Art of Critique

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

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Lori Wagner

111. Get the Picture?

John 18:1; 19:42

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Timothy W. Ayers

112. The Oath

Mark 6:14-29

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