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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Sermon
Richard Gribble
... towel"; do we say, "I can't go on"? Or, does our trial of faith lead us to greater independence; does it allow us to feel better about ourselves? Can we say, "God loves me"? We have all had trials of faith and we know others who have had similar experiences. Can we accept the trial and learn, as did Jean Marie Barette, that the Clowns of God, those more vulnerable people in our world, can show us the way that leads to life? Or, are we like Thomas and refuse to believe? When trials come, do we say, "I want ...
Sermon
Richard Gribble
... towel"; do we say, "I can't go on"? Or, does our trial of faith lead us to greater independence; does it allow us to feel better about ourselves? Can we say, "God loves me"? We have all had trials of faith and we know others who have had similar experiences. Can we accept the trial and learn, as did Jean Marie Barette, that the Clowns of God, those more vulnerable people in our world, can show us the way that leads to life? Or, are we like Thomas and refuse to believe? When trials come, do we say, "I want ...
Sermon
Stephen M. Crotts
... . Four out of the twelve original apostles were fishermen and when Jesus called them he said, "Henceforth you shall be catching men." Just as they'd learned to read the fish, to wait in patience for a large haul, so their experience would serve them well in evangelism. At an opera in Belarus this winter, I met a man running for president of his country. He confided in me how the communists had ripped the entrepreneurial spirit out of his people. And he begged me to urge retired businessmen to his nation ...
1654. How to Love God
Matthew 22:34-46
Sermon
Stephen M. Crotts
... . And this is the commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should love his brother also." That's powerful, isn't it? It really does not beat around the bush to say love for God must also express itself in love for people. Let us make an experiment, okay? Let us test ourselves to see how much we love God. Think of the person you love least. Now, that is how much you love God! If you want to measure the gasoline in your car, you look at the gas gauge. If you want to measure the temperature ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... Heart Lord" (1997, CCLI Song No. 2298355). I'm not sure whether or not this was the text that inspired Paul Beloche to write this song. But I do know that our text this morning tells us what we will experience once the eyes of our hearts are opened. With the eyes of our hearts opened, we experience God's threefold gift: 1. "the hope to which he has called you;" 2. "the riches of his glorious inheritance;" 3. "the immeasurable greatness of his power." Let's name the three gifts again: 1) a grand hope; 2) a ...
1656. Let's Dance
Matthew 28:16-20
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... of all nations") but in the totality of these new disciples' relationship with the divine. The reconciling act of Christ on the cross has finally put human beings back in a place where we can experience and encounter all the attributes of the divine in our own faith relationships with God. As children of God we experience God the Father; as redeemed believers in Jesus Christ as Savior we receive the Son; as members of the Body of Christ we're gifted with the presence of the Holy Spirit. The baptism Jesus ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... 's sacrifice – this is the power path to salvation. God does not power-over us. It's our exercise of free will to receive God's gift of righteousness that empowers us to break out of the power-over cycle of sin and guilt. It's the experience of grace through faith that makes us empowered by the Spirit. Through faith we become little dynamos, no longer under the power of sin, but free and filled with the righteousness of God. Paul's message is as startling and strange today on the streets of _____________ ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... these pointless poutings. God cares deeply about our worship. There are chapters and chapters of particulars, describing every nuance of temple worship as dictated to Moses on the mount. But without the spirit of a true disciple kneeling, praying, and singing, the worship experience won't follow the worshiper OUTSIDE. Only a disciple brings worship out the door. It doesn't matter whether or not your hands go UP, DOWN, FORWARD, or BACKWARD when you sing. What matters is if your hands go OUT to others when ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... freedom can produce: idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealously, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing . . . (19-21). Freedom from isn't to be equated with libertarianism. Paul's message to the Galatians is for them to experience and celebrate their freedom for . . . freedom for the benefit of others, freedom for the community, freedom for this world. This freedom, Paul notes, produces a bountiful crop of fruits fruits such as love, joy, patience, kindness, generosity ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... you are poor, are hungry, are weeping. But Jesus refuses to deck out these troubles with reasons or causation. He declares the fact of poverty and misery. But he fixes no blame upon those who are suffering. Instead, he promises blessings, a radical realignment of the experience of those whose lives are a struggle for the mere basics of life: The hungry will be filled. Those who weep will laugh. The poor, those with nothing, will have no less than the kingdom of God. Jesus keeps it simple, too, for those in ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... , he has enough chutzpah to speak up and talk back to God, protesting his chosenness. Even if the young Jeremiah did not display this early act of backbone God was still unconcerned with the lack of resume Jeremiah presents. For Yahweh, the blank slate of Jeremiah's experience and tested-ness was a good thing. All the Lord needed from Jeremiah was his obedience. Would he be willing to "go to all to whom I send you" (verse 7)? If Jeremiah can move his feet, God promises, the Lord will move his mouth: "You ...
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Leonard Sweet
... dominant rationalist mind-set has made of religion a belief system instead of a life system, a way of living and moving and being in the world. The Bible does not say intellectually comprehend and understand that the Lord is good, but "taste and see" (i.e. experience) the goodness of God. Perhaps it's a mistake to call disciples of Jesus believers when the Devil himself is a believer. In fact, the Bible says the demons believe and tremble. The demons are doing better than some of us are since at least their ...
1663. Patience
James 5:7-12
Sermon
King Duncan
... all kinds of strategies to enable them to wait--­sing songs, tell themselves stories, play with their fingers. What is most amazing is the impact this one character trait displayed at the age of four had on the lives of those who were part of this experiment. A Stanford University research team tracked these children for many years. Those who were able to wait as four-year-olds grew up to be more socially competent, better able to cope with stress, and less likely to give up under pressure than those who ...
1664. Follow Me!
Matthew 16:21-28
Sermon
James McCormick
... us. I. First, he said, if you want to be my disciple, you must deny yourself. Deny yourself – that doesn’t mean what a lot of people think it means. It doesn’t mean to put yourself down, devalue yourself, deny yourself all pleasures and all good experiences in life. No, not that. Jesus said that he came to give us life, not to take it away. Where did we get the idea that God wants us to put ourselves down – refuse to affirm ourselves as persons of worth? To deny yourself does not require demeaning ...
1665. Acts 19:1-7
Acts 19:1-22
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... :25). The baptism described in today's Acts text is, in fact, the only case of "re-baptism" recorded in the New Testament. Paul is moved to offer these disciples, who like Apollos had already received John's baptism, an additional baptismal experience because they present to the apostle an obvious spiritual deficiency: they may be believers but they aren't Spirit-filled believers. The text notes that Paul laid his hands upon these spiritually-deficient believers, a detail that recalls Peter's earlier hands ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... the unlooked for, the unexpected, the new perspective offered to all men and women of faith through the power of the Holy Spirit. For 2 Peter the prophetic voices found throughout scripture all testify to the plans of God as epitomized by Jesus Christ. The experience of the Holy Spirit is an “Aha!” moment for every disciple. Through the Holy Spirit God’s word becomes known as Divine Love in action. To advance through life, you need to dance. You can’t be a disciple of Jesus and be a wallflower ...
1667. Christmas 2
Psalm 147:1-20, Jeremiah 30:1--31:40, Ephesians 1:1-14, John 1:1-18
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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... to the Eucharist, and the oil to the anointing of baptism. "The young of the flock and the herd" in a Christian context can refer to the assembly of believers itself, and so the congregation can be led to examine the ways in which they experience Christ in their midst, in one another, and as they go about Christ's mission in the world. Epiphany themes are also present in the epistle with its emphasis on receiving a spirit of revelation and "having the eyes of your hearts enlightened." The reference ...
1668. 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
... to conversion! The crisis of the crowd's conviction finds its solution in the track laid down in Peter's reply to their question, "What should we do?" He calls for the people to repent, to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, to experience the forgiveness of their sins, and to receive the Holy Spirit. In the case of the Pentecost crowd, the repentance called for is specifically related to their rejection of Jesus. In other speeches in Acts, when the people addressed by apostolic preachers had not in ...
1669. Easter 4
Acts 2:42-47, Psalm 23:1-6, 1 Peter 2:13-25, John 10:1-21
Sermon Aid
Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... own sake. Three motifs in particular frame the unjust suffering of slaves in a theological context: grace, fear, and consciousness of God. First, the motif of grace (Greek, charis; NRSV, "approval") in vv. 19-20 puts unjust suffering in a larger context than the actual experience of it. Grace is a gift from God that allows the slave to endure. In fact the closing reference to grace in v. 20 states that the result of patient endurance of unjust suffering is that it draws the sufferer very near to God (The ...
1670. Proper 7
Psalm 86:1-17, Romans 6:1-14, Matthew 10:1-42, Genesis 21:8-21
Sermon Aid
Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... . 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 fix her character. She is one who has been transformed through an experience of the salvation of God, and, while she holds the gift of salvation in her hands and breast-feeds Isaac, she has only words of praise for God. The juxtaposition of this portrait of Sarah in 21:1-7 with her wish in 21:10 to drive out ...
1671. Proper 17
Exodus 3:1-22, Matthew 16:21-28, Romans 12:9-21, Psalm 105:1-45
Sermon Aid
Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... that follow Jesus teaches about the nature of true discipleship. The call to discipleship is a call to become like our Lord, selfless and obedient. The tragic truth is that selfishness, self-centeredness, and self-seeking cut us off from the experience of genuine life, whereas giving ourselves in full service to Christ brings us into true life. Freedom is founded by God in selflessness and obedience (or service). Along with these lessons about discipleship, Matthew reports two statements from Jesus. Verse ...
1672. Proper 19
Exodus 13:17--14:31, Matthew 18:21-35, Romans 14:1--15:13, Exodus 15:1-21
Sermon Aid
Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... act of excusing that concerns Jesus. But, how can we do more than try to live out the call to forgiveness? How can we possibly guarantee that our forgiveness will be from the heart? At base level this parable, as v. 35 makes clear, is about the true experience of grace. God is a God of grace. Like the king in the story, God has compassion on our human failures, and like the king, God acts even more graciously than we could ever expect. The servant who owed an impossible debt simply asked for more time to ...
1673. 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
... must inevitably transfigure all power structures in this world. The psalmist underscores this fact by contrasting the futile planning of the nations to overcome the heavenly rule of God. Third, Exodus 24:12-18 and Psalm 2 underscore how transfiguration is not an otherworldly experience but is about the descent of God, and that transfiguration is not complete until all aspects of our world are remade. The language of adopting the king, now the son of God (v. 7), is the psalmist's way of describing how all of ...
Sermon
James W. Moore
... his deep commitment to Christ and the church, as we recall his deep love for his family and friends… my prayer is that his witness will inspire us to be better people, better disciples, and better servants of Christ. This is a traumatic, tragic, heart-wrenching grief experience for Jerry's family, for our young people here at St. Luke's, for the students at Lamar High School, and for our church family. This one who meant so much to us was… one moment so full of life… and then so suddenly gone! And the ...
1675. Matthew 28:1-10
Matthew 28:1-10
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... own personal “quaking.” It is not hard to hear the clank of irony in Matthew’s description of these trembling guards. Those who had been assigned to watch over a corpse themselves became “like corpses” or “dead men.” The shaking these guards experience is so severe that, like extreme Parkinson tremors, they are paralyzed, frozen in place. Their rigorized presence is of no concern to the angel, for he is there to speak to the women witnesses. All the gospel accounts of Easter morning testify to ...
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