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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Robert Allen
... local doctor became Peter, a high school principle became Judas, and Caiphais, the hypocritical high priest, was played by a local banker. It was relatively easy selecting the people for the various parts in the Easter pageant. However, the part of Jesus was difficult to cast. No one seemed to fit the director’s idea of what Jesus would be like - no one, that is, except for the most unlikely charcter, a big, burly oil field worker. But, he was out of the question. How could the director select someone to ...
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Erskine White
... on transient blessings or the comparative sufferings of others or the ebb and flow of worldly fortunes. Even when the world and everyone in it seems to turn against us, we may be thankful. Even when our life’s struggles seem in vain and discouragement casts its lengthening shadow across our souls, we may be thankful. Even when we feel alone and unappreciated, wondering where we will find the good cheer and grace to go on giving, we may be thankful. We may continue to offer God our gifts of thanksgiving ...
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Frederick C. Edwards
... crowd around them. How nice it would be to have the athletic prowess of Michael Jordan, or the good looks and acting talent of a Tom Cruise or Geena Davis, the voice of Luciano Pavarotti or Natalie Cole. Is there any one of us who would not like to be cast in the limelight of fame and fortune, at least for a while? And living in a posh house with the choice of a luxury car or so and a sports car wouldn’t be bad either, or meeting other famous people, or taking vacations in exotic places around the world ...
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Carl E. Zahrte
... , all I could do was get out of that place and weep bitterly. Then in my shame and sorrow, I remembered something, something Jesus had said once after he fed the multitude out in the wilderness. He had said, "Him who comes to me I will not cast out." Recalling his precious promise, I then remembered something else, something I myself had said when some of the other people had stopped following Jesus. He had asked us, "Will you also go away?" I had answered, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words ...
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Carl E. Zahrte
... had changed that. As he traveled about from one town to another, he proclaimed the good news of the Kingdom of God. And, to demonstrate that what he said was really true, that God was really King and did want to rule in the hearts of his people, Jesus cast evil spirits out of many. I know. I was one of the people possessed by demons, and in his wonderful perception he saw my misery. He didn’t laugh at my bizarre condition. Gently he touched me, and drove the evil spirits out of my heart and life, all ...
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Durwood L. Buchheim
... God will not be defeated. But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend; you whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, "You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you off"; do not fear, for I am with you, do not be afraid, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand. (41:8-10) The preacher/poet moves into the despair and depression of his ...
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Durwood L. Buchheim
... does not mean we deny the tears that go with living, but our joy is a way of affirming something that is deeper than tears. The words of Isaiah go on to tell us that all will be joy because: God will destroy on this mountain the shroud that is cast over all peoples, the sheep that is spread over all nations; He will swallow up death forever. (v. 7) We are told that God will take away death, that veil of mourning that covers the whole world. Death swallows up people in the grave, but will in turn be ...
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Durwood L. Buchheim
... center of our lives. As you heard during the Lenten season, this is no quibble about trifles. Jesus’ theme song throughout the gospels is, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." When Jesus sent forth the twelve, it was not enough to cast out demons and heal the sick. They also preached that people should repent. Next to the resurrection, repentance is the most frequent theme in the book of Acts. Repentance was Peter’s message in every important situation. But one fears that repentance is not ...
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Durwood L. Buchheim
... there were questions and waiting. These slow, deliberate, anxiety-producing procedures took about an hour. It seemed much longer. Though we were never bothered once we got into East Germany, and the citizens couldn’t have been friendlier, yet this oppressive border check cast a certain pall over our entire visit. I remarked to my wife, after going through a similar exit process, that never again would I visit East Germany. We all know what happened. The wall has come down. The borders are no more. Travel ...
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Durwood L. Buchheim
... the old Israel with the beginnings of the new church. Apparently this connection between the old and the new was so important that the first item of business was to fill the office abandoned by Judas. This was done by using the ancient Israelite device of casting lots. We are not sure how this lottery was done. The Old Testament refers to decisions by lot, but leaves us in the dark as to how. Somehow two candidates were nominated for the same position. Perhaps two sticks bearing the names of the candidates ...
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Brett Blair
... ONE VOTE saved President Andrew Johnson from impeachment. (1868) ONE VOTE admitted California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho into the Union. (1850, 1850, 1889, 1890) ONE VOTE elected Rutherford B. Hayes to the Presidency, and the man in the Electoral College who cast that vote was an Indiana Representative also elected by ONE VOTE. (1876) ONE VOTE made Adolf Hitler head of the Nazi Party. (1923) ONE VOTE maintained the Selective Service System only 12 weeks before Pearl Harbor. (1941) ONE VOTE per precinct ...
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G. Franklin Gray
Cast Mary Magdalene Mary, the Mother of James Salome Joanna Soldier 1 Soldier 2 Angel 1 Angel 2 Peter John Jesus Narrator Properties Needed Costumes Replica of Tomb If at all possible, it is strongly recommended that the congregation gather, and the pageant be offered, in a cemetery at dawn on ...
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J. Ellsworth Kalas
... Be satisfied, instead, with a closer, more existential fact. Let Bethlehem, and what happened there, be the capitol of your private universe. That’s what Phillips Brooks is saying in the closing verse of his poem-carol: O holy Child of Bethlehem, Descend to us, we pray; Cast out our sin, and enter in, Be born in us today. That’s the point of the Bethlehem story. It is more than stuff for poet and playwright, more by far than a sentimental story of a poor carpenter and his bride who couldn’t find room ...
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J. Ellsworth Kalas
... day. And somehow, even though tourists crowd the streets and signs of modernity distract one from the biblical days - still, even today, it is easy for the mind to go back nineteen centuries. There is a rugged hillside, from which the villagers one day threatened to cast Jesus; it is a foreboding spot even yet. There are donkeys in the streets, just as there were then, carrying articles to or from market. Many of the people are dressed just as they were in Jesus’ day. The cypress trees and the flat-roofed ...
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Curt M. Joseph
... of people. On the first occasion it was over 5,000 men and, on the second it was over 4,000 men. With only a few loaves of bread and several fish he fed them all. Annas: (playing up to Judas) Marvelous! Judas: I have seen him heal the sick, cast out demons, and stop a violent storm on the Sea of Galilee. I have seen him raise several people from the dead, even one who was dead for four days. I believe he is the Messiah, but he always stops short. He will never quite come out and declare himself ...
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Leonard H. Budd
... into place before the door. The words remembered then were the final words Jesus had spoken. In the pain and humiliation of his last hour, Jesus had said, "It is finished." What was left? Nothing! The dream of God’s Kingdom was broken and cast aside, even as were the bones scattered upon Golgatha. The gladness of the teaching time was now only fading memory. The intimate fellowship of love and compassion and concern was now impossible - for there, beyond the stone doorway, lay the dead body. Nothing was ...
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Leonard H. Budd
... athletic youth of the village, Jahmai stood before Jesus. His eyes were fixed upon the man, eyes that were partly fear-filled, partly hope-filled, and partly resigned to his fate. Jahmai had hoped so long and so hard and with so little result that he dared not now cast too great a hope upon the moment. Jesus looked down to the bent leg, and stooped down to touch the twisted knee. "My friend," he said, "life is not just arms and legs - nor eyes, nor ears. Life, my friend, in all its forms is a gift from God ...
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Leonard H. Budd
... . The hard distinctions of Judiasm had formed a slavery just as surely as the chains and whips of Roman soldiers enslaved. Slavery was upon everyone, whether the chains were real ones of iron or whether they were spiritual ones of nationality, religious caste, sex, poverty, ignorance. Saul the slave, now Paul the son shared that freedom faith. He worked the roads of the ancient world, traveling on his Roman citizenship. He wrote letters of support and enlightenment that were carried by numers upon those ...
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R. Blaine Detrick
... into a Son of Tenderness, a man who is called "the beloved disciple." We too can be changed by meeting Jesus. Aggressiveness Why did Jesus give John this nickname, Son of Thunder? Several biblical incidents can give us a clue. One day, John met a man who had been casting out devils in the name of Jesus - although he was not one of the twelve. John reported to Jesus and said, "Look, Lord, I rebuked the man. I told him he must stop his work." I can picture Jesus as he replied, "Hold on, John. Take it easy. He ...
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R. Blaine Detrick
... over wall in basket (9:25) _______ _______ (9:10) 2. the name "Christian" first used (11:26) _______ _______ (11:26) 3. a sorcerer blinded (13:6-11) _______ _______ (13:11) 4. Paul stoned and left for dead (14:8-19) _______ _______ (16:1) 5. evil spirit cast from slave-girl (16:12-18) _______ _______ (16:14) 6. an altar "to the Unknown God" (17:22, 23) _______ _______ (17:34) 7. Paul stayed with fellow tentmakers (18:1-3) _______ _______ (18:2) 8. great bonfire of magic books (19:1, 19) _______ _______ (19 ...
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Thomas Long
... people in a dark world when suddenly, and in ways they do not fully understand, the glory of the Lord shines upon them. Like the characters in Luke, the players in these pageants do not pretend to express the light; they only try to reflect it. The cast, drawn from those who populate our workaday lives, embodies in its very ordinariness the truth of the angel’s promise, "Unto you is born this day a Savior." There is the kid from down the street, wearing a tinfoil crown and carrying a cigar box of ...
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Thomas Long
... this shul," he confesses. In the days before the war, Morris had been a promising young medical student, but now his youth is gone, his money is gone, and all he has left are the synagogue and hope. And so, Morris Weiser does what he can, and he waits. Casting his eyes over the vacant pews, he vows that someday "there’ll be a lot of Jews here."1 Simeon and Anna were also aging Jews who clung to their hope ... and waited. Luke tells us that Simeon and Anna lived in Jerusalem and were among those who looked ...
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Thomas Long
... have sat for hours in stupified silence, they may have rushed to the altar in sudden repentance, or they may have leapt out of the church windows in terror, but the last thing they would have done was to comment on how this casting out of a demon constituted an innovation in Christian education. A new teaching? Indeed. Perhaps what the folks at Capernaum said strikes us as incongruously understated because of the almost automatic connection we make between teaching and blandness. Ask the average person to ...
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Thomas Long
... - help make it so there is cause to know - that she is more than this dress on the ironing board, helpless before the iron.3 Emily is a modern day leper, one about whom her culture has sadly shaken its head and said, "I’m sorry. The die has been cast. The scars are too deep. Nothing can be done." And yet, in her mother’s desperate cry there is a hope beyond all hoping, an appeal to the last resort of grace. "Help her to know," she prays, "that she is more than this dress on the ironing board, helpless ...
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Richard A. Jensen
... God-forsakenness. He joins us in order that he might reverse our God-forsakenness through his resurrection into God’s eternal presence. We know what it is like to walk in darkness. Jesus joins us in order that he might reverse our darkness through the shining ray he casts upon us as the light of the world. We know the sting of death. That reality is ever before us. It haunts our every step. Jesus joins us in our death-march. He joins us in order to reverse our death-march through his gift of eternal life ...
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