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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Wayne Brouwer
... kind of proud to have been there. But now you know that the story can't be about you. It was always about Jesus. The storm came because Jesus was not there. The winds blew in because the disciples were becoming overconfident in their Superman status. The seas rebelled because, for a moment, everyone and everything had lost focus when Jesus stepped up into the hills by himself. Without Jesus at the center everything becomes dark and brooding and chaotic. This, then, is why Matthew made sure to tell the story ...
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Wayne Brouwer
... the conversation too quickly. One moment they were grinning and enjoying that moment when friends reach a new level of insight, commitment, and trust; the next Jesus was rambling on about death and dying. It didn't fit. Peter, certainly, wanted to bask in his celebrity status for a while. After all, he had managed to give the right answer to the toughest, most embarrassing challenge Jesus could have thrown at them. It was like winning an Oscar and a Grammy all at once, and Peter wanted to spend more time at ...
1353. Personal Politics
Matthew 18:15-20
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Wayne Brouwer
... is gossip and rumor. If I can send a toxic word to poison the atmosphere around the person who has hurt me, I hold a new advantage over her or him. In so doing, of course, I demote the other person from humankind and relegate her or him to animal status or lower. She is no longer my equal; she is a slut or a witch or a bimbo. He has become a pariah or a jackass or a scoundrel. When my friend becomes my enemy, I feel the need to degrade him or her until they no longer deserve respect ...
Sermon
Tony Everett
... to other nations. At first glance, it appeared as if they were still nothing more than tiny, dark, and insignificant blots among the powerful nations of the world. Their reality still looked like rejection and ruin. Their identity was shaped by their status, or lack of it, among the nations. Who shapes your present identity? How do you define yourself? Your family? Your community? Your congregation? How does this shape your future? In our text, God promised a new and glorious identity to the downtrodden ...
1355. The Hungry Monkey
Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18
Sermon
Tony Everett
... ..." (Leviticus 19:18). Here are some examples of open handed, holy living from today's lesson: 1. Sharing your food supply with the poor and the alien (Leviticus 19:10). 2. Speaking the truth and dealing fairly with all persons regardless of their social status (Leviticus 19:11-16). 3. Making peace with friends, and family members with whom you hold a grudge (Leviticus 19:17-18). In our text, the neighbor is not simply a peer, or one who shares our lifestyle and value system. The neighbor includes those ...
Sermon
David J. Kalas
... . Joseph grew up as the favorite son of a wealthy father. But he was not the only son of his father, and his father's favoritism worked against him in the minds and hearts of his older brothers. They resented Joseph's most-favored status. They objected to the special treatment he received, and they found intolerable the precociousness with which he spoke and conducted himself. Indeed, Joseph's brother so resented him that they sought to get rid of him. Permanently. Their original plan was simply to murder ...
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Timothy J. Smith
... in giving people what they want rather than what they need. There always has been the temptation to give in to what the people want instead of standing up for what is right. Aaron caved in to the demands of the people, perhaps to gain popularity and status in the eyes of the people. Living out our faith does not always make us popular especially when we stand up for what is right. Sometimes we have been tempted to soften Jesus' demands to make them easier, more appealing. If we relaxed the demands of the ...
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John N. Brittain
... thereby shape us, the work of Christ in gathering all things to himself continues. It is interesting that in Galatians and Ephesians, as well as Romans, Paul uses the metaphor of "adoption." While the legal moment of adoption has significance, it is the continuing status that really matters. Our 35-year-old son, Tim, was "adopted" in 1976 and is just as much adopted today; adoption never ends. So the new covenant of Christ gathering all things to himself is ongoing. Our adoption by God is an ongoing process ...
1359. The Way Things Are
1 Corinthians 1:18-31
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John N. Brittain
... Jesus" (v. 30). So the "Wisdom of the World" that Paul warns against may not be some high-blown academic philosophy after all, but rather the "way things are," in the words of Margaret Mitchell, "The values and norms which divide persons of higher and lower status into separate groups, a wisdom which prefers dissension to unity, superiority to cooperation."1 And if that is the case, then we are all in a lot of trouble, because that begins to sound very similar to the fractured church with which we are all ...
Sermon
Steven E. Albertin
... often than not it is simply misunderstood. It becomes a license to do nothing. "I don't have to do my assignments. It doesn't matter that I don't do the work. Jesus forgives me anyway." Nothing ever changes. God's forgiveness becomes an excuse to maintain the status quo. When faced with this kind of distortion of the gospel, the temptation is to clamp down on the bad behavior. We think that we have got to start lecturing people on what they are supposed to do and not do. We think that the solution is ethics ...
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Larry Lange
... against it. His eloquent, articulate prose intensified my grief over losing Jim as a partner in the gospel. We needed him and all his wonderful gifts in our attempt to continue to make disciples and tithers out of a church dangerously happy with the status quo. There's something similar to Jim's repudiation of his congregation that is similar to the repudiation of the gospel among some of Paul's brothers and sisters among the people of Israel. How is it possible, some of the religious leaders of the ...
Sermon
Mary S. Lautensleger
... the people to whom they minister. One crucial opportunity is for leaders to disciple, or mentor, the young men and women of the next generation. Pastor Paul preaches inclusivity, that all of us are God's beloved children. Ethnicity, gender, race, socio-economic status — none of those things is a concern. Paul's world is a multicultural, multiethnic, multi-linguistic, multi-sectarian world just as ours is today. All need to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ. Paul shows love to the flock, wishing them grace ...
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Mary S. Lautensleger
... information about their families. When it was her turn, Mary introduced herself. "I am Mary Taft. My great-grandfather was president of the United States. My grandfather was a senator. My daddy is a congressman, and I am a Brownie! Mary was confident and comfortable with her status as a Brownie and proud of it. I wish we were as confident of our legacies as children of the living God. As parents, we strive to love our children as God loves us. Roy L. Smith grew up in rural Kansas and knew hard times. His ...
1364. He Who Exalts Himself Will Be Humbled
Luke 14:1-24
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Mark Trotter
... worker, the founder of the Catholic Worker. When Coles was a medical student at Harvard, he volunteered to work at the Catholic Worker. He was a Harvard graduate. He was in medical school. He was going to be a psychiatrist. In this society, that is about as high a status as you can get. He knew that. He was really proud of it. He was also proud that as this person with all these credentials, he was volunteering to help the poor. It was the kind of thing people would sit up and take notice of. He arrived at ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... ourselves, but something that has been done in our behalf. This theme is very important in the writings of St. Paul. He saw the dangers of people believing that they were among the spiritual elite and furthermore believing that they had achieved this status by their own doing. Such an attitude breeds pride. Jesus doesn’t need any more smug, self-righteous followers looking down at the spiritually unwashed among them. It’s like the story of Mildred, the self-appointed church gossip who kept sticking her ...
1366. 1 Timothy 2:1-7
1 Timothy 2:1-15
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... world, with the exception of Judaism. Furthermore, this declaration confirms that it is this one God who desires “everyone to be saved.” The second assertion clearly distinguishes these Christians from the Jewish synagogue community. It affirms both the status of mediator for “Christ Jesus” and that his sacrificial gift was “a ransom for all.” The true nature of this sacrifice is highlighted by the assertion that Christ Jesus was “himself human,” thus capable of experiencing suffering and ...
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Billy D. Strayhorn
... . One of the tourists, in a rather patronizing way, asked, "Were any great men born in this village?" To which the old man replied, "Nope, only babies." (1) That wisecrack answer holds a lot of truth. There are no instant heroes, there is no instant status or fame, whether in this world or in the Kingdom of God. Growth takes time. We live in the instant age. There is instant coffee, instant oatmeal, instant milk, instant soup, instant breakfasts and even instamatic cameras. Modern humanity can't and won't ...
1368. Chosen
John 15:9-17
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Billy D. Strayhorn
... entirely. Doesn't it make you feel good when someone you know, introduces you to someone else and tells that person: "I'd like you to meet one of my best friends." It lifts your spirits. It draws you close. Well, that's exactly what Jesus did. He changed our status in His eyes and in God's eyes. He told the disciples and tells us: [15] "I'm no longer calling you servants . . . No, I've named you friends." (Msg) That's incredible, don't you think. To have Jesus consider us His friend. Not in the sense of the ...
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Billy D. Strayhorn
... reign. Greed: that desire for material wealth and gain at the cost of ignoring the realm of the spiritual. Sloth: that self centered aspect of life that says: "I don't have to do anything if I don't want to." Envy; the desire for the traits, status, or abilities of another. We call it jealousy, it doesn't rejoice in the blessings of others. It curses their good fortune because it didn't happen to the envious person. Gluttony: the craving and desire to consume more than is needed or required. It's pulling ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... ten recognized the presence of God in his review mirror and he decided to back up, return to that redemptive power, and step “beside himself.” The Samaritan leper did more than accept the healing that Jesus offered to him. Witnessing his own new “clean” status, the Samaritan leper saw his “adjacent possible,” He recognized that Jesus’ healing meant a new way of living life, not just a fresh layer of skin. His trip to the temple, whether to the Samaritan temple at Mount Gerizim or to the Jewish ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... of God.” That was the last time Eric ever saw Rich Mullins cry. (6) Some of us know what he was talking about and why he was crying. We know about the power of music to draw people together in worship. It reaches across the boundaries of social status, and gender and race. Under a cultural exchange program a rabbi from Russia was visiting with a Christian family in Texas. Since it was Christmas the family wanted to take him to some of the finest places in Houston, so they all went to a favorite Chinese ...
1372. WWE Raw, Jesus Style
Luke 6:17-26, Luke 6:27-36
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... calendar still establishes a two day series of special masses and prayers that follow All Hallow’s Eve — All Saint’s Day on November 1 and All Soul’s Day on November 2. All Saints Day commemorates the faithful who, according to the church, have achieved heavenly status. All Soul’s Day is a day to pray for family members and the unsung saints of the world. There is a historical argument that can be made for All Saint’s Day and All Soul’s Day being the most undercelebrated church holiday in the ...
1373. 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13
2 Thessalonians 3:6-15
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... . Yet another social structure that may be behind this apostolic directive is the complex Greco-Roman tradition of patronage. Rich patrons supported a vast number of clients and cohorts, creating their own social network and elevating their personal status and honor. Clients were dependent upon their patrons. But their presence and advocacy also assured the ongoing importance of their patron. Little wonder that performing daily work, physical labor, was disdained and dismissed by first-century savvy social ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... We still want to see the “proof” of any power, of any positive force, in purely physical form. The ideas and ideals we “crown” are those that “win” at the ballot box, or in our bank accounts, or that help us achieve the social or professional status we crave. It is far too frightening to give kingship and obedience over to a “king” whose reign began on a cross. We don’t want to hear that Jesus’ kingship, the reign of Christ, began with sacrifice. Instead we would prefer to think of Jesus ...
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Leonard Sweet
... , or look up at them. We size each other up, do a first impression scan, and quickly decide whether we are impressed by their looks, or their money, or their power, or whether we disdain their plainness, dismiss their poverty, or despise their lack of status. The truth is what we see in others is mostly dependent upon what we want for ourselves. What would happen if instead of looking at others with our self-centered stare; what would happen if instead of looking up or looking down at others: what would ...
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