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Synonyms: touch, feel, sense of touch, tactile sense, tactility, contact, using one's hands, sensation, sense, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, notion, inkling, hunch, fancy, apprehension, presentiment, premonition, foreboding, love, care, affection, fondness, tenderness, warmth, warmness, emotion, sentiment, emotional state, compassion, sympathy, empathy, fellow feeling, understanding, concern, solicitude, solicitousness, tender-heartedness, brotherly love, sensibilities, sensitivities, self-esteem, ego, pride, opinion, belief, view, impression, intuition, instinct, estimation, guess, theory, hypothesis, thought, way of thinking, point of view, atmosphere, ambience, aura, air, mood, climate, character, overtone, undertone, tenor, spirit, quality, flavour, colour, aptitude, knack, flair, bent, talent, gift, skill, art, trick, faculty, ability, propensity, inclination, sensitive, warm, warm-hearted, tender, tender-hearted, caring, soft-hearted, sympathetic, compassionate, empathetic, responsive, receptive, intuitive, thoughtful

Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice

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101. Changed Lives: Adam and Eve

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... her. Unknown to him, however, she was also conducting an affair at the same time with the Soviet naval attaché in London‑‑a member of the KGB. When the story finally broke and Profumo’s part in the whole affair was exposed, it became the most sensational sex scandal of the 1960s. Profumo immediately resigned from the government. But curiously, he did not hit the talk show circuit, he did not contact Oprah to tell his side of the story, he did not sell his account to the National Enquirer, he did not ...

102. God Speaks and the Church Is Our Hearing Aid

Mark 4:1-9

Sermon

James W. Moore

... away. That haunted me for two years. I wondered why she would say something like that. I thought about it. Was she right? Could that be possible? I honestly didn’t know. I prayed about it. I tested God. I asked for a sign, a visible, sensational, dramatic sign. And got absolutely nothing! Asked for lighting… nothing! Asked for a sign in the clouds… nothing! Asked for it to rain… nothing! Asked for it to stop raining… it rained harder! Then it dawned on me through the help of my pastor that the ...

103. God Knows Exactly How You Feel

John 19:28

Sermon

James Merritt

... eyeballs burned in their sockets, his head ached with excruciating pain, his mouth was as dry as cotton, his tongue was swollen, enflamed vocal cords made his voice husky sounding almost like the croak of a frog. He was completely dehydrated. The sensation of thirst is experienced mainly in the mouth as a dry feeling. This is due to a reduction in the secretion of saliva. When there is severe water deprivation through sweating, diarrhea, excessive urination, or hemorrhage, the secretion of saliva may even ...

104. Confronting a Christless Culture

2 Timothy 3:1-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... their ultimate justification. [Did he foresee cloning?] It seems as though a new society [is] arising which will acknowledge no hierarchy of values, no intellectual authority, and no social or religious tradition, but which will live for the moment in a chaos of pure sensation.1 Ours is a culture that can best be described in two words chaos and crisis. That should not be surprising, because any culture without Christ will ultimately wind up in both chaos and crisis. The nasty 90s are now reaping the bitter ...

105. The Only Way to Fly

2 Timothy 3:15-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... has been made. Now the inner ear only sends motion signals to the brain when the fluid inside the organ moves. But if that fluid moves and then is held in the same spot because of unusual gravitational pressures during the flight of an airplane, the sensation is that the movement has stopped, and it can feel as though a turn is started and then stopped when, in fact, the plane is still turning. This is called "pilot vertigo." There is no dizziness, there is no blurred vision, but what makes it so dangerous ...

106. Who's In Charge Here

Judges 21:24-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... objects, without any consideration of their ultimate justification. It seems as though a new society [is] arising, which will acknowledge no hierarchy of values, no intellectual authority, and no social or religious tradition, but which will live for the moment in a chaos of pure sensation.[1] Now compare that quote with this very familiar quote: "Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it."[2] I want us to go back to the past, and then we will come back to the future. I want us to go ...

107. Love: The Happiness of a Godly Family

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... of Genetic Psychology, Vol. 76: 283-289 (1978). 4. Frances Brown, S.R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew in English Lexicon of the Old Testament, Oxford: Clarendon Press, Reprinted Addition, (1974), p. 621. 5. Harvey Richard Schiffman, Sensation and Perception: An Integrated Approach (New York: John Wyley& Sons, 1982), p. 107. 6. Frank A. Geldard, "Body English," Psychology Today, December 1968, p. 44. 7. Delores Krieger, "Therapeutic Touch: the Imprimatur of Nursing," American Journal of Nursing, May ...

108. Training for a Purpose

Titus 2:11-14

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... to strike a chord in those who are needy and perhaps on the verge of self-destruction. I believe we frequently underestimate ourselves here. The quiet pat on the back sometimes works wonders. No amount of money could have bought the positive sensation. Whisperings of appreciation with deep emotion can send many devils in hell running. Yes, there is a wholesomeness that is essential for anything significant to happen. Praises be to God, the Father of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, simple kindness with ...

109. Dots on a Screen

Hebrews 9:24-28

Sermon

Lee Ann Dunlap

Several years have now passed since the television series Survivor first debuted to become a summer ratings sensation. The concept was simple: place a group of individuals with diverse backgrounds, skills, and personalities into close proximity with a common purpose, namely survival on a deserted island, and let the audience watch as their relationships develop, or fall apart. This, of course, is not to be confused with a ...

110. Wait Patiently

Mark 1:1-8

Illustration

Mickey Anders

Henri Nouwen once said, "If we do not wait patiently in expectation for God's coming in glory, we start wandering around, going from one little sensation to another. Our lives get stuffed with newspaper items, television stories, and gossip. Then our minds lose the discipline of discerning between what leads us closer to God and what doesn't, and our hearts lose their spiritual sensitivity." It's the hard work of acknowledging our sin and repenting that leads us to God.

111. Heresies of the Heart

Jeremiah 31:31-34

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of all, indifference. "God doesn't love me" is a heresy running rampant through people's souls. Support groups, selfhelp therapies, stressed-out schedules stretched one more hour to include a stress management session, are all ways we try and cope with the sinking sensation that we are unloved. It is perhaps the most difficult heresy to relinquish, and the one most easily disproved: "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life ...

112. A Concert of Prayer

1 Corinthians 1:10-18

Drama

Leonard Sweet

... : Just before you start the service, you will get cold feet. You will be tempted to return to a more familiar format. I encourage you to pass through this anxiety, to enter the chaos and to experience the "out-of-control" sensation of surrendering your control to that of the Spirit. Remember the words of Margaret J. Wheatley, in the best management book published in 1994: "The things we fear most in organizations - fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances - are the primary sources of creativity" (Leadership ...

113. Hurts Can Heal

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... with no gloves in freezing cold conditions. When I would return home, my hands were often frozen numb. I could feel nothing. But the warmth of the house would bring the blood back . . . and as the blood returned to my hands, some of the most painful hurting sensations I have ever experienced would literally cause me to cry in agony. But those hurts, those pains, were a sign that my numbed existence was over, that I was returning to life again, and that my hands were becoming whole. As I look out over this ...

114. An Easter Heart

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , offering himself to be poked and prodded. Knocking upside down his whole concept of reality, Thomas could only exclaim “My Lord, and my God!” If you have an Easter heart, you learn to expect the unexpected. To relish the ridiculous. To savor the sensational. 5) An Easter heart church is filled with laughter. The resurrection is a testimony to the adage, “he who laughs last laughs best.” The Sanhedrin thought they had the last laugh. The Roman authorities thought they had the last laugh. The cruel ...

115. Proper 20

Psalm 1:1-6, Proverbs 31:10-31, Mark 9:30-37, James 3:13-18

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... for the homeless and humane care for those unable to care for themselves, whatever their age or mental capacity. Teach us the wisdom that finds beauty in what people do and how they care for others rather than superficial appearances and sensational apparel. May we respect accomplishments that serve the common welfare, that bridge barriers, that overcome prejudices, that solve problems, that diminish disease and promote healing and health. Eternal God, we rejoice in your empire of excellence and live in the ...

116. A Time to Remember

John 6:16-24

Illustration

Brett Blair

... did he finally begin to drink the tea and eat the cake. Proust wrote that an unexplainable delight suddenly came over him. His anxieties and troubles seemed to vanish. Suddenly, he wrote, I had "ceased to feel mediocre, accidental and mortal." What caused this wonderful sensation to come over him? He was at a loss to explain it. How could a taste of tea and cake produce this feeling of peace? He drank and ate more but he still could not decipher the secret. The truth, he guessed, must be in himself ...

117. Models of Morality

Mark 8:31--9:1

Illustration

King Duncan

... on the Ed Sullivan show, the cameras would only show him from the shoulders up. Compare that with MTV, where little is left to the imagination. When Clark Gable uttered a mild oath in Gone With the Wind, it was a nationwide sensation. Today obscenities spew forth from our televisions. Little children use words that would make sailors blush. When film star Ingrid Bergman abandoned her husband to live with Roberto Rossalini, her film career in this country plummeted. Today, such behavior would not cause ...

118. Listening for the "Ching-ching"

Jeremiah 8:18-9:1

Sermon

Lee Ann Dunlap

When television producer, Dick Wolf, introduced a new "cop show" in the early 1990s, he could hardly have predicted it would lead to one of the biggest television sensations of its time. In the fifteen years or so since its first episode, the familiar "ching-ching" sound and opening credits of Law And Order have become cultural icons equivalent to Archie Bunker's All In The Family living room or the scrambling medical staff of M*A*S*H. ...

119. Compliments Of The House

Psalm 23:6

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... all is forgiven. Don't leave home without it. Keep the home fires burning. Make yourself at home. There's no place like home. Wherever I hang my hat, that's home." Home is a place where we're recognized, greeted, welcomed, loved and supported. And if all of these sensations are missing from our lives, we become lonely and our hearts ache and we long for those feelings desperately even if we don't know what they are. You can't really define home but you CAN feel at home. And you know WHEN you're home. That's ...

120. More Than We Are - Graduation

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... doctors and priests our ability to heal But here it was, still In our possession.” Now listen to de Vaca as he goes on, writing in his journal “It was ours after all; we were more than we thought we were. To be more than I thought I was -a sensation utterly new to me.” That’s an exciting revelation: We were more than we thought we were.” Isn’ t that a ,gripping idea? MORE THAN WE ARE! And that’s what I want to talk to you about for a few minutes. Most of us want to be more than ...

121. More Than We Are

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to doctors and priest our ability to heal. But here it was still in our possession.” Now listen to De Vaca as he goes on: “It was ours after all; we were more than we thought we were… to be more than I thought I was… a sensation utterly new to me.” There’s the exciting revelation: “We were more than we thought we were.” Isn’t that a gripping idea: more than we are! Hear our scripture lesson again, this time from Phillip’s translation: “Consider the incredible love that the Father has ...

122. Let Go of the Stone

Mark 16:1-8

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... buckled under the weight of historical fact. So I talked with God in a heartfelt prayer, admitting and turning from my wrong doing, and receiving the gift of forgiveness and eternal life through Jesus Christ. There were no lighting bolts, no audible replies, no tingling sensations. There was simply the rush of reason. That day I believed." Wouldn't you like to let go of the stone of bewilderment—embrace a life of belief? IV. LET GO OF THE STONE OF DUTY AND EMBRACE A LIFE OF DELIGHT. When the great, blind ...

123. What Would Jesus Say About the Media?

Mark 9:1-9

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... have been simply placed on a door. But something happened. Guttenberg had invented the printing press and suddenly this movement, this revolution, this re-formation of the Church took life and gave birth to what you and I know today. We have entered a visual, sensational, experiential season of communication in the world. We don’t go to sporting events for the game as much as for the experience. In the first place, we’ve been conditioned by television that this is the place to be. Once there, the game ...

124. Serving the Poor—Compassionately

Matthew 25: 31-40

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... trying to outrun the paparazzi through the streets of Paris when their driver, Henri Paul, hit a pillar in a tunnel, killing three of the four passengers in the car. The world was stunned. This princess, who could make the headlines by waving her hand or send sensations through the media by wearing a party dress, was dead. The queen of people's hearts was gone. Over one billion people watched her funeral as Elton John sang about a candle in the wind. On September 5, 1997, the day of Princess Diana's funeral ...

125. Come and See

Luke 2:1-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... and see this thing that has happened. Will you join the shepherds at the manger tonight? Come and see. I. COME AND SEE THE PRINCE OF PEACE. Once more we gather for worship amid the great noises of war, dramatic descriptions of misery, and sensational expressions of human cruelty that leave us numb. I don't know why, but the sound bites of soldiers sending home Christmas greetings from Iraq have tugged at my heart this Christmas. The culture wars of “Merry Christmas" versus “Happy Holidays" make me sick ...

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