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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Sermon
King Duncan
... a hut dying. Finally, one of the natives took him to a clearing where he was picked up by a helicopter and taken to a hospital in Maracaibo where he was told it would be six months before he would recover. He could never return to a jungle climate. "But I had a deepening peace in my heart," Bruce wrote. "God had brought me to the Motilones; God would help me to continue. Within three weeks I was back up the river." Bruce Olson never gave up. He lived with this tribe for four years and eventually introduced ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... announced that Bergman was going to be on the Sullivan show, such a public clamor arose that Sullivan had to rescind her invitation. Can you imagine that in light of what is allowed on television today? There has been a definite change in the moral climate in our society. Even in Evangelical Christian circles it is not unusual to find young adults living together without benefit of wedlock. Meanwhile the number of unwed mothers is soaring. We think we invented this new a-morality. We did not. It has been ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... these acts love neither their neighbors nor God. Imagine facing God some day and saying, "I burned one of your places of worship." While these are probably isolated acts of desperately unhappy and tormented individuals, such overt acts of racial hatred are encouraged by the climate of suspicion and distrust that still pervades many of our people in this land. You and I need to search out our hearts and see if there is more that we might do to introduce people to the love of Jesus Christ for truly, to ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... color, skin color and hair color. Someone with a large amount of melanin will have dark hair and eyes. Someone with less melanin will have lighter eyes and hair. The source of this kaleidoscope of colors lays in how our ancestors adapted to their climate. People who lived in areas of the world with lots of sunshine developed darker pigment in their eyes and skin which protected them against the damaging rays of the bright sun. People who lived in areas with reduced sunlight developed lighter pigment--ideal ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... homes said they were more likely to have sex with a stranger than those from happy homes (44 percent compared to 30 percent). The survey did not ask about a student's religious beliefs or affiliations, nor did it ask about the spiritual climate of their family. The students were mostly white and had attended public schools. More than half of them came from small towns or rural areas, from families with incomes between thirty thousand and seventy thousand dollars. Any person analyzing the data would likely ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... as a child. He often had trouble breathing and woke frequently at night, coughing and wheezing. No medication or other treatment seemed to help. When Paul was six a doctor in Dublin explained to his parents that, for some unknown reason, cold, damp climates worsened Paul's asthma. He advised them to leave Ireland for a dryer, warmer place. The change worked. Paul's family moved to Rhodesia, where he regained his health. Later, motivated by his childhood illness, Paul attended medical school and became a ...
132. Setting An Example
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
Sermon
King Duncan
... a member of the Labor Party in Great Britain, a Member of Parliament, who was addressing a conference about the environmental damage caused by cars. He railed that “the way we travel is damaging our towns, harming our countryside and already changing the climate of the planet." What he said was fine and good until someone pointed out that this allegedly environmentally-concerned politician railing at the damage cars do had arrived at the meeting in a stretch limousine. Do they think people are dumb? Does ...
133. How A Christian Grieves
1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11
Children's Sermon
King Duncan
... Isthmus of Panama, so that boats could cut through between North and South America and wouldn't have to go all the way around. And they did. They built the Panama canal. It was very difficult to build that canal. It cost a lot of money. And, because of the climate in that part of the world, some people even died building the canal. But we're glad to have that canal today. Maybe you wonder why we talk about Jesus so much here at the church. It is because, in the same way that people a hundred years ago set ...
Sermon
Eric Ritz
... for a feast. One of the great heresies of the Christian faith is that Christians ought not laugh and enjoy life. Actually the converse is true. We should enjoy life more than anybody else because we have the Source of Joy which holds up in all circumstances, climates, and conditions. We serve a living Lord--not a dead Law. The Pharisees were acting as if life were a funeral; Jesus saw life as a wedding. Jesus said to them, "The wedding guests cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them, can they? As long ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... stranded on a desolate island, but he was not starving. The rest of his ship's company had drowned at sea. He was away from human society, but he was still alive. The little island could support his basic needs. He had no clothes, but he was in a hot climate and did not need them. He was without any means of defense, but he saw no wild beasts such as he had seen on the coast of Africa. He had no one to talk to, but God had sent the ship so near to the shore that he could get ...
Sermon
Donald B. Strobe
... , similar themes to those which we find in the Gospel of John. Now, I am not suggesting that Jesus was an Essene. I believe that there are many things in His teachings which differ drastically from the Essenes. But there was a theological climate in the first century which was shared by more than one group within Judaism. So perhaps the Fourth Gospel, whatever its origin, may have had a very early date - perhaps even being written at the same time the other three “synoptic” Gospels were committed ...
Sermon
Donald B. Strobe
... there must have been a slight shift in the earth’s axis. It was only a matter of a few degrees. It did not turn the world upside-down, but it did shift it on its axis...and that shift was enough to bring about a vast change in climate, ultimately. That is a provocative picture. It seems to me that God usually works in just such quiet, unobtrusive ways. God does not overwhelm the world with almighty power. But the coming of Christ brought about a slight shift of the world’s moral and spiritual axis. From ...
Sermon
Donald B. Strobe
... will be told in remembrance of her.” (Mark 14:8-9) To understand His words, we must know a couple of things about the customs of Jesus’ day. We know that precious ointment was used for embalming purposes, and perfume for obvious reasons in that hot climate. But what we may not realize is that the Hebrew word Messiah and the Greek equivalent Christ really mean “the anointed one.” Mary, in her own small way, was making the same confession of faith in Jesus that Peter made in that dramatic moment in ...
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Donald B. Strobe
... . Hermon to the north are the major water source for the lake, via the Jordan River. The level of the sea varies, depending upon the time of year, but is generally about 600-700 feet below sea level. This fact causes some interesting and unpredictable changes in climate. As the sun warms the air on the surface of the sea, it rises rapidly, and strong winds come howling down the canyons around the sea so fast that they can change the Galilee from a smooth little lake to a turbulent, churning sea with twelve ...
Sermon
Donald B. Strobe
... party. And they become very nervous whenever someone challenges their firmly held faith. The clear implication of this Gospel record is that if Jesus’ townspeople had believed in Him more, Jesus could have done a lot more with them. That is still true. The spiritual climate of a congregation, its sense of expectancy, its openness to the power of God at work in its midst through the Holy Spirit, will have a great deal to do with just how much Jesus Christ is able to accomplish here and now - through us ...
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Donald B. Strobe
... that is filled with people who don’t believe there is a chance in hell that they will end up there. And that reminds me of Mark Twain’s famous statement. He said that when he died, he would like to go to Heaven for the climate, but would probably prefer Hell for the companionship. Mark Twain was clever and witty, but he missed the point. Sin isn’t fun. Sin is hell. And hell is serious business. The New Testament word for hell is “Gehenna”-the Valley of Hinnom, just outside the southwest ...
Sermon
Donald B. Strobe
... only in the spring but regularly and normally before the leaves. Not so, says another. Figs appear only after the leaves in the spring but are green and inedible. Another wonders whether perhaps Jesus had just come up from Jericho with its tropical climate, and had momentarily forgotten what difference the seasons could make in the Judean hills. Still another joins the fray to say that Jesus could never be that naive, and wonders whether residents in the Holy Land did not often eat “green” figs. That ...
Sermon
Eric Ritz
... for coffee breaks. It was a tough, grueling experience. He had probably had no water since 6:00 in the morning. He was placed on the cross around 9:00, and it was now around 3:00 in the afternoon. No water, a grueling trek, a hot desert climate, and people wonder why he cried, "I thirst." As I learned in First Aid Class, there are four stages of thirst. The first stage is that of discomfort. Everyone has probably felt this stage on more than one occasion. Most people at this stage get to a water fountain ...
Sermon
Eric Ritz
... the vital relationship between thought, word, picture, and deed. We need to restrain and redeem our heart and speech if our behavior is to be proper and pure. The great Christian writer and thinker C. S. Lewis wrote years ago that if our culture and moral climate continued in the direction it was going, that "true Christian character and conduct would shine out like a great light in the midst of a dark and perverse generation." So, our final lesson today is the Good News for those who have not fully lived ...
Sermon
Eric Ritz
... difference was expressed that day --and in countless other moments of history. As some of you know, the Methodist spiritual founder and mentor, John Wesley, was a dedicated priest of the Church of England. John Wesley became greatly concerned about the spiritual demise and climate of the Church of England and its inability to reach the masses of people who were locked out of the church. He wanted to reform the church--and was determined to relate the religious faith to the cruel realities of life for so ...
Sermon
Robert Noblett
... or uncle, and while supportive, also holds you to a reasonable standard? And what of our image of God? Some view God as a capricious, vindictive, and erratic presence whose delight is our miserableness. The souls of those who so believe are going to exhibit a climate quite at variance with the souls of those who understand God to be one whose love for us is profound, and whose judgment is for our growth, not destruction. In the imagery of John, God is the vine grower. Chances are there are vines very near ...
Sermon
Stephen M. Crotts
... , "I am come that you might have life, and have it more abundantly" (John 10:10). Yet how many Christians walk about looking like they've been weaned on a dill pickle? All of this prompted Mark Twain to comment, "I'll take heaven for climate and hell for society." Young Patrick is a college student and a strong Christian. He recently joined the Sigma Chi fraternity. "In this sign, conquer" is their brotherhood motto. It goes back to Constantine before the Battle of Milvan Bridge. He saw the cross of ...
Sermon
Glenn McDonald
In the year 2000 Forbes Magazine featured a special edition on a single topic that it called "the biggest issue of our age -- time." The editors wrote, "We've beaten, or at least stymied, most of humanity's monsters: disease, climate, geography, and memory. But time still defeats us. Lately its victories seem more complete than ever. Those timesaving inventions of the last half-century have somehow turned on us. We now hold cell phone meetings in traffic jams, and 24-7 has become the most terrifying phrase ...
149. Security Concerns
Ephesians 6:10-20
Sermon
Harold Warlick
... passage to the pervasive habits of membership and leadership roles that threaten the Church. Women labor under what is often called the "cult of domesticity," outnumbering the men in the pews, in the church schools, and behind the scenes. Yet the ecclesiastical climate is often chilly toward them when it comes to the role of being a clergy person. Surely the armor of God is sufficient to enable a heightened role for capable women in professional positions within Christ's Church. New Testament scholar Helmut ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... she proclaims. Now the concluding section - verses 21-26. The linchpin verse of this series is verse 21. In fact, this verse tells Paul’s life story. For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. So that’s the title of this section, and the climatic word about the gospel through the person. To live is Christ. These verses 21-26 form one of those marvelous passages that you come upon in Paul’s writings now and then, in which he opens the door of his most innermost self, and invites us in for a ...
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