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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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1676. Fruit Or Twinkies?

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

Topic: Fulfillment through the fruit of the spirit Characters: Husband and wife Scene: The kitchen of the home of Bill and Sarah. As the scene opens Bill is carrying several different items of food to a table at center stage. He begins to munch on something when Sarah calls from offstage Sarah: Bill, what are you doing now? Bill: ...

1677. Hard Sale

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

Topic: Biblical truth, cults Characters: Salesman, man, woman Scene: A kitchen table Salesman: OK, so what do you say? Which one will it be? He: We can't just make up our minds like that. We need more time ... She: More information ... He: More research ... She: More reasons ... Salesperson: Exactly what is it that you ...

1678. Is It Really Worth It?

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

Topic: Easter services, inviting neighbors to church, cost of salvation, Christ's payment on the cross Characters: Husband and wife Scene: Living room or family room Wife: I was reading in the paper that two of those churches that are near our house are having special Easter Services. Husband: (Reading the mail) Yeah, so what? Wife: So, I'd like to go. Husband: Come on. Why? Why ...

1679. Just A Mistake

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

Topic: Self-esteem, encouragement, fortitude, vision Characters: Dad, Mom, teenage daughter Scene: Dinner table Mom: OK, everybody, it's time for dinner! (Father and daughter enter) Dad: Great, I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. Mom: Good, because that's what we're having. Daughter: Mom, that's gross. Dad: C'mon now, honey, I ...

1680. 1-900-MIDLIFE

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

Topic: Midlife crisis, aging, introduction to the life of Abraham, faithful living Characters: 1 doctor, 5 callers offstage on a microphone Scene: Radio studio or a TV studio with a chair, end table and a telephone Doctor: Hello, you're on Midlife. How can I help you? Caller 1: Well, I just turned forty and I was thinking of leaving my wife for ...

1681. The Other Side Of The Fence

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

Topic: Materialism, priorities, greed, shortness of life, treasures in heaven Characters: Peter and Penelope Piggie Scene: The Piggies' living room. They whine through the whole script. When they turn around the two are wearing little pig noses. (These can be found at costume shops and novelty stores) Peter: (He is miming the opening of drapes and has binoculars around his neck) ...

1682. A Handful Of Dandelions

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

Topic: Mother's Day, motherhood, joy of children Characters: One woman Props: Bouquet of dandelions Scene: A house, no scenery needed Mother: (She is holding a bunch of dandelions in her hands) All through high school, I couldn't wait until prom night when I would get a corsage of beautiful flowers. They smelled so sweet. I still have ...

1683. McChurch

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

Topic: Food for spiritual health, growth, church, church attendance, Bible doctrine Characters: 1 male, 1 female Scene: Worksite. The two are having lunch from brown paper bags Chuck: Well, I think that Julie and I have finally found a church. Sally: Great! Where is it? What's it like? Chuck: It's out in the subs. Sally: North, south, west, northwest? Chuck: ...

1684. The Mask

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

Topic: Sincerity, truthfulness, lying, deceit, ethics, slander Characters: 2 females and 1 male Scene: Anywhere Note: Actors need to have photos taken early enough for the masks to be made. These should be enlarged on a color copier and glued on cardboard. Harry: (Behind mask) Well, hello, Mary. It is so good to see you. What's been ...

1685. The Fool On The Hill

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

Topic: Spiritual power, prayer, wisdom, seeking Characters: Woman and a guru Sound Effects: Beatles, "Fool On the Hill" Props: Long gray beard, robe, sandals on guru; hiking equipment on woman. Sermon notes on a clothespin that slides down a string from somewhere up above Scene opens with Master Zing sitting in lotus position as the young woman ...

1686. The Mission

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

Topic: Evangelism, soulwinning, evangelism programs, evangelism training, prayer Characters: Captain, 2 Lieutenants, Sergeant, and several others as part of the army Scene: Anywhere Captain: All right, soldiers. The day has finally come, E Day. We are going to get out there and do evangelism. Caleb Company, you're going to hit (your city name). On the map here you' ...

1687. Because It Is There

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

Topic: Obstacles, trials, troubles, preparation Characters: 2 males Scene: At the foot of the mountain Sam: I can't believe it. Tomorrow we climb up the mountain and reach the top. This is a momentous occasion. This may go down in the history books. Do you know that no one has ever climbed this peak in ...

1688. It's A Dog's Life

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

Topic: Friendship, relationship, appreciation, responsibility, Characters: 2 dogs (in costumes) Scene: The backyard Prince: Hey, Dutch, I'm glad you could come over. Dutch: No problem. You know as long as there's that hole under the fence, I can get out any time I want. Prince: Doesn't your master ever fill it up? Dutch: ...

1689. Dim Visions And Blind Guides

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... our world operates both with and without signs. In some public buildings there are signs prohibiting smoking. But in church sanctuaries no such signs are needed. Who would light up and smoke a cigarette during a church service? The nature of the building and the character of the service make it unnecessary to post a no-smoking sign in there. The church can live with the limitation of not having a sign prohibiting smoking because of its identity. In fact, our freedom, our honor, and much of what is dear to ...

1690. First Things First

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... of today? We have marvelous examples of such persons. Ghandi persevered and was able to see the British Empire brought to an end. John Wesley gave back sobriety and honest labor to the British, putting self-respect and self-control into the British character in place of a gin-based society. Thus England was able to defeat Napoleon. Wilburforce confronted the vested interests of slavery around the world and brought this monument to human avarice toppling down. Our offering is Martin Luther King, Jr. who, by ...

1691. The Empty Tomb

John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... I need to give you all a brief lesson in historical-critical biblical studies (the study of the Bible the way biblical scholars do it). The doubts, uncertainty, or lethargy that we and the disciples feel has something to do with the character of the resurrection accounts and the fact that too often we only have half the story about Jesus' resurrection. Most biblical scholars teach that the gospels' and the epistles' accounts of the first Easter include two distinct, originally independent traditions of ...

1692. The Majesty Of God's Love

John 17:1-11

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... Think of your own family. You and all the members of you family share a common inheritance - common family ties, common genes, common stories, perhaps even common values and material possessions. My children, Elizabeth, Peter and Pat, seem to be three very different characters. Elizabeth will always be the boys' sister, no matter what happens. All three have been cursed with a common gene pool. They will have common stories about childhood that they can swap with each other for the rest of their lives (even ...

1693. The Temptations Of Christ And Our Temptations

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... economic and social reform is more important than other people's or our own spiritual well-being? That is a difficult temptation for me sometimes. When Jesus was tempted to turn the stones to bread, to focus his ministry on social and economic reform, the character of his Messiahship and his service to God was being tempted to manifest his Messiahship primarily as a miracle worker. You see, in Jesus' day many Jews had come to believe that, in the day of salvation, the miracles of Israel's journey through ...

1694. We Must Be Blind!

John 9:35-41

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... this is a temptation. However, what we really must do if we want to be open to hear God's Word in the scriptures is to be prepared to locate ourselves in the stories. We should seek to find ourselves in the biblical accounts, regarding the characters in the Bible to whom God is speaking and interacting as representing you and me. We come to learn a little bit about who we are by identifying ourselves with these people.1 This way of reading scripture entails identification with the blind man whom Jesus ...

1695. Anointed Ministry

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... Jesus said, "Today this Word is fulfilled in your midst." The root of the word "authority" is "right, based on origin." It is the author who has authority. Jesus was claiming "author's rights." The author had entered the story as one of the characters. It's no wonder that we frequently read in the gospels, "Jesus spoke as one with authority." Now things began to heat up and really get dangerous. Jesus was speaking with authority. He actually expected his friends and neighbors to change, to do something ...

1696. Wedding: A Special Kind of Love

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon Aid

Jeffrey A. Nelson

Recently I saw a cartoon which pointed out to the reader the fact that married people live much longer than those who are single. Based on that fact, the conclusion of the cartoon character was that marriage, then, is simply a means to a slow death. If that were really true, today would not be an occasion for celebration. But our reason for gathering here today is to rejoice. Today, ____ and ____ make their commitment to each other in the presence of this ...

1697. Improving Your Serve

Isaiah 49:1-7

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... body of my mother he named my name." God has called the servant and has given the servant a name before that person was ever born! Now recall that for the Hebrews, the name not only identified the person, but shaped the reality of the person's character. The prophet uses this vivid language to remind us that God's grace precedes any possible human merit or ability. I recall a line from some unknown poet that goes, "How odd of God to choose the Jews." Israel as a people always had trouble understanding what ...

1698. Is Anybody There? Does Anybody Care?

Isaiah 49:8-26

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... sitting in the audience, you begin to feel the loneliness of Washington and his rag-tag army in the field, fighting for a cause in which no one seems to care. On goes the endless debate in Philadelphia while men are dying of exposure and disease. Finally, the character who portrays John Adams, sings a song. It is a song that arises from the depths of his own heart, but it speaks for those in any age who question the ways of God as it asks, "Is Anybody There? Does Anybody Care?" How often even those with ...

1699. Christmas Preparations We Often Forget

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... from friends and family at Christmas. Even worse for the men of this unit was the irritating fact that they were commanded by a Hollywood actor! As David Niven wrote, "the men were not mutinous - but they were certainly 40 of the least well-disposed characters I ever have been associated with, let alone been in command of." No leave was permitted on Christmas Eve because the unit might well see action the next day. The entire platoon was billeted in the shabby stables of a country farm. Now it so happened ...

1700. What Christmas Is About

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... a very personal, intimate relationship with a parent whose love is personal and whose care is constant. Christmas was God's way of showing the world how much God loves, and how far the love of God will go to reach our hearts. One of the Peanuts characters made the statement, "I love humanity. It's people I can't stand!" A lot of us have that problem when it comes to loving, but the Christ of Christmas reveals a God whose love is personal, unconditional and endless. Think of the variety of human beings ...

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