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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Richard Hoefler
... know and experience life - eternal life now. It is to experience a life that physical death cannot destroy. The parents of a young man lost on an expedition in the jungles of South America came to their pastor. They told him that the most difficult and frustrating aspect of their experience was the uncertainty of not knowing if their son was dead or alive. The pastor’s answer to them was, "Of this you can be certain; if your son is alive, Christ is with him; if your son is dead, he is with Christ." This ...
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T. A. Kantonen
... what had hitherto been his pride and joy ... It was obedient submission to the judgment of God, made known in the cross of Christ, upon all human accomplishment and boasting."3 It is in the light of this radical transvaluation of values that all aspects of Paul’s theology must be understood. It took time before all the implications of the Damascus road experience became clear to him. But following the line of thought developed by Jeremias and Hunter, we may summarize thus the decisive consequences of the ...
128. Grace, Salvation, and Redemption
Romans 8:18-27, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Romans 5:1-11
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T. A. Kantonen
... " as they "rise with Christ into a newness of Life." Because the risen Christ is a living reality, the forgiveness of sins, the power for a new life, and victory over death become living realities. Thus to know the meaning of salvation in any of its aspects is to "know the power of his resurrection" (Philippians 3:10). 7. James Moffatt, Grace in the New Testament (New York: Ray Long and Richard R. Smith, Inc., 1932), 131. 8. Op. cit., 13. 9. James Denney, The Epistles to the Thessalonians, The Expositor’s ...
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Kent Moorehead
... of God within and without is made realizable. Such emphasis on such evangelism is forever imperative and superlatively important. Suppose we reverse the familiar phrase, and consider the significance of the evangelism of emphasis. It may be we shall discover an aspect of evangelism that has been all too generally ignored. One of the most remarkable characteristics of Christ is the nature of his habitual emphases. I have wondered not infrequently how much this single factor had to do with his redemptive ...
130. A Prophet Like Me
Deuteronomy 18:14-22
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Frederick C. Edwards
... that after he left the synagogue he went over to the house of his friend Simon, and found that Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever. Mark tells us that "he took her by the hand and lifted her up." That is an important aspect of prophetic ministry that we must always keep in mind. Our prophetic words will be effective only if we keep in mind that we must always uplift people. Performing the prophetic role must also assume a willingness to understand the Word in the scriptures, and apply its wisdom ...
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Durwood L. Buchheim
... ." Or, "That was an outer space sermon. There was a lot of it, but not much in it." So go some of the more popular comments about the foolishness of preaching. Yet the stubborn hope for preaching persists. It may be roasted unmercifully, but no aspect of worship is so generally practiced as preaching. One clear reason for its durability is that the sermon has deep roots in the Bible. Preaching is a God-ordained way of sharing the message of salvation. Clear examples of the importance of preaching are found ...
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Gregory J. Johanson
... that you are only loving the part of me that can produce and not the real me. I am cut off then too. Dr. Treffert lists five aspects of the American Dream. I’m certain we could get together and add to it an unending number. I still remember as a boy in Little ... to hide from him, because my batting average was low at the time and I was ashamed to see him What about other aspects: The American idea that it is a dire necessity for an adult human being to be loved or approved by virtually every significant ...
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Eric Ritz
... sold for $15.00. Then that book was followed by one titled, "Applying the One Minute Manager." Then these books led into the following books: "The One Minute Scolding;" "The One Minute Father;" "The One Minute Mother," and the series just seems to continue into every aspect of our lives. These books tell you how to do things quickly and efficiently. However, this modern day approach to life will never work when it comes to developing real joy in our lives. We will never know real joy if we only have a one ...
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Harold Warlick
... care of women who were sick.1 The early church was well acquainted with physical sickness. It did not view sickness as a punishment for sin, but an ever-present part of life. The corporate life of the Christian community was concerned with every aspect of living. Small wonder, then, that later Christians took the lead in establishing hospitals to meet emergent human needs in the name of Christ. Today there is hardly a major American city that does not have a hospital with a Christian or denominational name ...
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Curtis Lewis
... promises of the groom are fantastic, unconditional, and anchored firmly in God's unchanging nature. The vows of renewal contain some of the greatest themes of scripture. Righteousness is that aspect of the wedding vow which is the foundation on which the "House of Hope" is built. God fulfills the vows he has made. Justice is the next aspect of the vow renewal. This defines how people live in relationship to God and each other. These vows celebrate God's loving kindness. God acts to maintain the relationship ...
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Richard Gribble
... for growth, then the promise of God, as exemplified by Carlo Rienzi's discovery of self and the covenant rainbow in the sky, will be manifest. While it is probably not readily recognized nor appreciated, possibly the best way we grow, in every aspect of our lives, is through tests and challenges. The intellectual dimension of our lives is best exercised through challenge. During our days of formal schooling most have found that the courses and instructors that challenged us the most are the ones we remember ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... , and that the very qualities which make a weed could make a flower. Great sinners and great saints are made of the same stuff. That’s right. Great sinners and great saints are made of the same stuff. The indwelling Christ is a converting presence. Every aspect of our being is to be yielded to the converting power of the indwelling Christ, so we’re talking about a process that requires time, but how. That’s the question. How does it happen? Paul provides some direction. Listen to him in Colossians 3:1 ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... in him, we can come boldly to the throne of grace presenting our personal longings and dreams, as well as our petitions and intercessions for others and for the world. And I want to remind you that this one of our neglected aspects of supplication - that is, our intercession for the world, for the poor and oppressed of the world, for the plight of persons in spiritual darkness, and for institutions and governmental systems that generate and propagate injustice, for the barriers that separate human family ...
139. I Am Christ's
2 Corinthians 5:17
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Maxie Dunnam
... a wheel. I believe in God...and in Jesus Christ. Everything else I have to say on any topic has to acknowledge this primacy." So it is -- to be a believer is the identifying fact of one's being a Christian. But I would add to that the primary aspect of our total existence as Christians is to be in Christ. A hotel clerk received a long-distance phone call about an overnight reservation. "Do you want a room with a tub or a shower?" the clerk asked. "What's the difference?" the caller replied. "Well," came the ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... kind of commitment and that kind of obedience. Eugene Peterson has described the religious and cultural milleu in which we live: "One aspect of world that I have been able to identify as harmful to Christians is the assumption that anything worthwhile can be ... previous centuries, but I am quite sure that for a pastor in Western culture in the latter part of the twentieth century the aspect of world that makes the work of leading Christians in the way of faith most difficult is what Gore Vidal has analyzed as ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... still pervasive in theological education. That is not our problem here at Asbury, though I’m sure we get tarred with the same brush. Another aspect of the distrust is the doubt folks have about whether seminaries are actually preparing persons for effective leadership in local congregations and the larger Kingdom enterprise. One aspect of our failure – perhaps the primary one – is that traditional theological education is institutionally bound. We think primarily of the Church as an institution and ...
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Michael Milton
... the presence of children is a constant reminder of how a person is saved. It is not their innocence, for anyone who has ever been with a two-year-old can see the sin nature at work. Nor is it just the subjective aspects of childhood like trust or naiveté. It is one singular aspect of children that Jesus is pointing to as necessary to come into His kingdom. The key must be called helpless dependency. There is no other way to get into the kingdom of God. Jesus said that you must be born again and in order ...
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James L. Killen
... is a story that scares some other people and makes them want to back away. All of this talk about wind and fire and speaking in foreign tongues excites some people but it turns some off. It may be that we have focused our attention on the wrong aspect of the story. What was actually happening to those first followers of Jesus as they gathered in Jerusalem? It was something that a great many people in our own day want and need to fill a big empty spot in their lives. Those who were gathered there experienced ...
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James L. Killen
... in control of their future. And in the beginning of the chapter from which we read our lesson, he said, "Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you" (James 5:1). All of a sudden our own culture and perhaps some aspects of our own lifestyles are on the stage on which the biblical drama is being played out. What does James want to tell Christians who are living in the midst of cultural circumstances like these? Don't give in. Keep living the life of faith and of love that ...
145. Easter
Acts 10:23b-48, Colossians 3:1-17, John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18
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John R. Brokhoff
... that are above" (v. 1). 2. Like Master, Like Servant (3:1-4). Need: We usually hear it said, "Like priest, like people." In this passage, we can say, "Like Master, like servant." A Christian is one who identifies with Christ and becomes like him in every major aspect. A Christian is one who is "in Christ," and then the Christian participates in whatever Christ is and does. To be a Christian is to be a "little Christ." Outline: Like the Master, a servant - a. Has died - v. 3 (Past). b. Is raised to life - v ...
146. Easter 3
Psalm 116:1-19, Acts 2:14-41, 1 Peter 1:13-2:3, Luke 24:13-35
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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... in vv. 22-23. The author of 1 Peter could not be more clear at this point: To be consumed and refined in conformity with God's character frees us to love. This text could easily be preached by itself. It confronts the contemporary Church with an aspect of God's character that we do not stress very often. In the last two or three decades (at least since the 1960s), we have successfully pulled God out of the sanctuary and heightened our responsibility for social action. As necessary and as good as our social ...
147. Proper 7
Psalm 86:1-17, Romans 6:1-14, Matthew 10:1-42, Genesis 21:8-21
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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... story of how the people of God can utterly fail to internalize God's gift of salvation and, in so doing, actually become God's opponents. It is also a story of how God is able to liberate in spite of God's failed community. Each of these aspects of the story are important for preaching. First, the story of Sarah. Sarah symbolizes the established people of God in this narrative. The previous story (in Genesis 18:1-15; 21:1-7) of her unbelief, her child's miraculous birth, and her final words of praise firmly ...
148. Transfiguration
Psalm 2:1-12, Matthew 17:1-13, 2 Peter 1:12-21, Exodus 24:1-18
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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... 24:12-18, because the focus on worship that was symbolized through the setting of Mount Sinai in Exodus is carried out to the very ends of the earth in the psalm. Thus, when the two texts are read together, they underscore how both worship and all aspects of this world must be transfigured because of the presence of God. Second, Psalm 2 illustrates even more poignantly a point about worship, which was made in Exodus 24:12-18: the presence of God in our world is never private or esoteric. Rather, it is a ...
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Leonard Sweet
... in Jewish tradition) that all creation is part of this new kingdom Jesus’ kingship will establish. If we think of the donkeys as mere transportation, we miss it. Here on the Green Carpet these beasts of burden signal the transformation that every aspect of creation participates in because of Christ’s death and resurrection. “For God so loved the cosmos . . .” The God who created the cosmos knows about ecosystems. Some say that the greatest scientific discovery of the 20th century is the 1972 Alain ...
150. Plea for Discipline
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
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Donald Charles Lacy
... get old, will occasionally share with us they have missed many opportunities. One blatant fact is time has not been treated with stewardship. Enslaving our bodies may sound as though we are wrestling with sexual temptation. That may very well be but it also refers to all aspects of our lives that must be under discipline for the cause of Christ. Punishing our bodies for the cause of him who is the way, the truth, and the life is a noble effort. It is not sadomasochism! In reading the lives of the saints we ...
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