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. Issachar
Genesis 49:1-28
Sermon
Warren Thomas Smith
... five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; eighty-five percent of the people would rather die than think. Issachar’s mentality can destroy a people - not by intent - but by default. George Adam Smith made a keen observation: We have today the same mass of obscure, nameless persons, who oppose their almost unconquerable inertia to every movement of reform, and are the drag upon all vital and progressive religion. The great causes of God and Humanity are not defeated by ...
102. Herod Antipas
Luke 13:31-35
Sermon
Warren Thomas Smith
... in the city because he conducted one of the trials of Jesus. Herod Antipas stands as symbol of life at its worst. He was a man given every opportunity to be great. He was highly favored, blessed with wealth, position, success, and fame. He possessed a keen mind, and if he resembled his father, was exceedingly handsome. His name is Ichabod he might have been. Herod Antipas held the title Tetrarch ruler of four cities of Galilee and Perea. He was son of the infamous Herod the Great who ordered the slaughter ...
103. Phoebe
Joel 2:28-32
Sermon
Warren Thomas Smith
... George Sand, did not wear masculine attire, nor, like George Eliot, assume a man’s name. She did not choose to outwit her chauvinistic rivals by becoming one of them. She remained her feminine self and beat them at their own game. She possessed a keen mind, could make quick decisions about buying and selling. The market place taught her to be resourceful, and with no husband, she had only her wits, judgment, and common sense to rely upon. She believed in herself - she had to. It was not easy in that ...
104. On Being a Tenant
Matthew 21:33-46
Sermon
Jerry L. Schmalemberger
... the service over?" An usher who had grasped the implicatons of the minister’s words that day said, "The worship is over, but the service is only beginning." Certainly it is a judgment against us when we no longer make ourselves useful to our heavenly Father. With keen insight, Jesus portrays us sinners as God’s tenants of his vineyard. We see what a great privilege it is to be a tenant of God, and have all this given to us. The vineyard was a great one. They had everything they needed - hedge, winepress ...
105. Double Citizenship
Matthew 22:15-22
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Jerry L. Schmalemberger
... forgot that his freedom to sell milk ends where the rights of babies to health begin. He needed to be told: ‘Ye have been called into liberty; only use not your liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.’ Without a keen sense of social obligation, liberty is dangerous." Jesus said to these Jews: "Pay the tax; it is their coinage that has brought some benefits. Revolution will only make things worse for you." As a matter of fact, the Jews did not take Jesus’ advice, and there ...
Sermon
Jerry L. Schmalemberger
... even in material things. William Barclay puts it, "The man and the nation, which refuse the dream of God, will find their own dreams shattered also." Harry K. Zeller, Jr., writes: "The featured speaker at a local meeting celebrating American Education Week spoke with keen and incisive language on the kind of education the world needs today. He pointed out that our schools tend to lift our national aspirations above those of other people and to glorify the flag with a degree of reverence. ‘But,’ he added ...
107. Paul Today
Acts 17:16-34
Sermon Aid
T. A. Kantonen
... with Heinrich Heine, "I like to sin, God likes to forgive sin, a convenient arrangement." But the underlying attitude that the "man upstairs" is a kindly grandfather who looks through his fingers at our peccadilloes is more prevalent than we like to think. Paul was keenly aware of the possibility of such antinomian perversion of the doctrine of grace. His answer to the question, "Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?" was a horrified "God forbid!" and he went on to portray the newness of life in ...
Drama
Robert Clausen
... these places. JUDAS: I know them. BISHOP: Am I correct in thinking that...? JUDAS: He’s throwing away everything we planned and hoped for. BISHOP: I sympathize with your disillusionment. JUDAS: You can give me a job? BISHOP: Without question. The church can use keen minds. JUDAS: A job with good money? BISHOP: A top executive position ... if we were sure that Jesus were safely out of the way. You know the hesitation in some quarters ... never risk a thing in risky times ... JUDAS: I’ll show you where ...
Sermon
Jon L. Joyce
... to have meaning, a significance in life, in whatever system we live, in whatever tasks we are engaged. Even the pagan philosopher, Aristotle, 2,000 years ago said that happiness comes from some productive act, a working in the way of excellence. He was keen enough to see that not even in his primitive, and what we would term barbarian, civilization, our happiest moments are not those in which we ask ourselves to be happy, but rather those in which we lose ourselves in some creative task that seems important ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... person's skin. All of us will find changes to make if we start getting under other people's skins. When a friend loses a loved one, we will make it a point to check on that friend two or three months later, not just the week of the funeral. Keen sensitivity will tell us that the roughest times often come later. When a teacher has to reprimand a child, she will attempt to do so in private so she can ask, "Is anything bothering you?" perhaps the child's father moved out of the house that very week. Merciful ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... They left Memphis about the same time, traveling down the River to New Orleans. As they traveled side by side, crew members made disparaging remarks about the slowness of the other boat. Words were exchanged. Challenges were made. And the race began. The competition was keen as the boats roared down the Mississippi. One boat began falling behind. Not enough fuel. There had been plenty of coal for the trip, but not enough for a race. As the boat dropped back, an enterprising crew member took some of the ship ...
Sermon
James Bjorge
... his nature, upholding the universe by his word of power" (Hebrews 1:1-3). Last fall I did a lot of pheasant hunting in Iowa with my older brother. On one of his visits he brought along his black labrador. A lab is supposedly a born hunter with keen instincts for the outdoor life. I was a bit apprehensive though, for this dog had not been trained in hunting skills and I was dubious of his native abilities. Well, the fears were well-grounded for when this explosive black lab hit the fields, he was off chasing ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... model gift selected by Jesus was so tiny that it would buy nothing but a crust of bread? Yet, ever since it has been shouting down through history an eternal story of sacrifice, faith and gratitude. Oh, the might of the mites! Only Jesus had ears keen enough to hear the faint pings of those tiny coins dropping into the receptacle. But the echo from those pings has been resounding across the centuries. Even today, those mighty mites and the widow who gave them set the standard by which all gifts are judged ...
114. We Are More Than Laborers - Labor Day
2 Thessalonians 3:6-15, Ecclesiastes 5:8--6:12
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... work with a touch of class.” Some of us are in management positions. The way we manage and advertise and compete reflects on our God. The Bible is slanted toward the poor is suspicious of affluent people like most of us. The Bible teaches a keen sense of economic justice. For example, in Leviticus 19:13, employers are instructed “Not to keep for yourself the wages of a laborer until morning.” In other words, pay him promptly. He needs the money. Every employer is charged by God to ask these questions ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... and set out to dot the evil one gets angry. If he can possibly distract us from our mission, he will. Someone passed along to me a cartoon showing a preacher with a scowl on his face addressing his Sunday night congregation. He says, "I trust your hearts are keenly focused on what the Lord has to say to us this evening, and not on the Lions' stinking loss to the Bears this afternoon on that lousy holding penalty call by the refs with 1:15 to go in the game." Now, that was a distracted preacher! The evil ...
Drama
Jerry Nordstrom
... , we expect to make some friends, you know what I mean? It’ll be a merry Christmas! SHOPPER: A set of sterling silver pimento forks might be nice. CHILD: And I want a real fur coat. A red one. TRADITIONALIST: John, my son-in-law, isn’t too keen on Scandinavian foods and things, but I think it would be nice to show the children a real Swedish Christmas, don’t you? HOMEMAKER: You should see the lovely Christmas tree skirt I’ve made! It’s decorated with candy canes and holly. And I’ve just finished ...
117. The Vicarious Servant
Isaiah 52:13--53:12
Sermon
Donald Macleod
... who seemingly are saying: If only someone would come out of the careless crowd and let us feel we have the sympathy of at least another human heart! Jesus always bridged the distance between those on the wayside and those on the way. He was ever passing by, but how keen were his eyes for those in need. And every need that met his eyes touches his heart. "For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many," (Mark 10:45 RSV) he said to his disciples ...
118. Call Waiting
1 Samuel 3:1--4:1
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Frederick C. Edwards
... fall to the ground. And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was a trustworthy prophet of the Lord" (1 Samuel 3:19-20). It should be clear to us that Samuel did not come to that calling on his own. He had to be keenly aware of the momentous hopes toward which his parents had projected him in giving him to serve the Lord. And he was under the constant influence of Eli, so Samuel could not help but know about God. Nevertheless there is considerable difference between knowing about and knowing ...
Sermon
Carl E. Zahrte
... never find any inspiration or comfort by believing in any of those gods. Besides, I was a man of action. Whenever I found myself in a tight spot, I wanted to be able to trust in something I could really count on, something I could see and touch, like my keen-edged sword and sturdy shield. Are you like that at times, too? Do you really put your full trust in God, or do you like to hold on to something you can see or touch - money, for example, or friends? If you are anything like me, I think you’ll ...
120. All-Out Love
Mark 12:28-34
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James W. Robinson
... ardently supported the conservative cause. He was considered indispensable by his powerful political friend and the rank and file of his party. He was the best-informed person in the politician’s inner circle. His great mental powers made him a keen analyst of political trends. He kept abreast of them from his bed by watching television, listening to radio, perusing the nation’s leading newspapers and periodicals, and reading best-selling books written by major political figures of the two major parties ...
121. A Way Back In
Isaiah 40:1-31
Sermon
Thomas D. Peterson
... this rejection are those who love the other profoundly. Someone who loves less does not suffer rejection redemptively but will resort to anger and revenge. That is why great lovers are those who can afford to bear with the despair of rejection. Those who feel it most keenly are those who are able to bear it redemptively. Others let go and the limb breaks. It is the lover who does not cut the limb off, for the lover has a deep base for knowing the loved one, a base which is compassion in the soul. Knowing ...
122. The Baptism of Our Lord
Genesis 1:1-2:3, Acts 19:1-22, Mark 1:1-8, Mark 1:9-13
Bulletin Aid
Paul A. Laughlin
... voice, People: SO MAY WE EMERGE FROM WORSHIP WITH A DEEPER SENSE OF GOD’S PRESENCE AND ACTIVITY IN OUR LIVES. Collect God of infinite might, who sent the Holy Spirit upon Jesus at his baptism, descend upon us in this hour of worship; that we may depart more keenly aware of the power and presence of your Holy Spirit in our lives, and a clearer vision of the ministry upon which you would have us embark. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession God of mercy, we confess that we often lose our ...
Sermon
David M. Oliver
... " implies an active waiting rather than a passive waiting. This type of waiting is eager, expectant waiting. Biblical waiting involves steadfast, patient, faithful endurance. Waiting like this gives us the image of being on the edge of our seats, leaning forward, looking with keen interest toward God's next move. We might call this "full-alert" waiting. Waiting involves all our senses, all that we have, and all that we are, our whole being. The goal is to recognize and be responsive to the will of God ...
124. Waiting
John 1:6-8, 19-28
Sermon
Brett Blair
... how God’s people have waited throughout the ages: I First I would like to look at waiting in the Old Testament. Long before Jesus walked on earth the people of God, the Jews, were told that a great savior was to come. The New Testament writers were keenly aware of the Old Testament references. There are dozens of references to the Messiah in the Old Testament. Look at them with me: · Matthew (1:21-23) says the virgin conception of Jesus is found in Isaiah 7:14 · John (7:42) says his birth in Bethlehem ...
Sermon
George Bass
... who were going to their confession, and when his turn came, he looked at the priest and said, ‘Father, I have come here merely to tell you that Christianity is a dying institution and that religion is a superstition.’ The priest looked at the young man keenly and said, ‘Why did you come here, my son, to tell me this?’ And the student told him of his conversation with his friends. The priest listened carefully and then said: ‘All right, I want you to do one thing for me before you go. You accepted ...
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