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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151. Proper 27
Psalm 17:1-15, Psalm 9:1-20, 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5, 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17, Zechariah 7:1-14, 1 Chronicles 29:10-20, Job 19:1-29, Luke 20:27-40
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George Bass
... of Christ." Luke 20:27-38 (RC, E, L, C) When the teachers and theologians could not find a way of proving that he was a blasphemer, they changed their plan of attack in this pericope; they moved from the sublime to the ridiculous by posing an absurd story that found its locus in a doctrine of the resurrection. Jesus knew that the Sadducees rejected the resurrection, but he answered their question about the woman who had been widowed seven times, "whose wife will the woman be?" He said two things ...
152. The Pitfalls Of Practicing Piety
Matthew 6:19-24, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:1-4
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John M. Braaten
... down, the motivation for our kindly, unselfish acts is governed by our desire for prestige, or honor, or a good reputation before God and one another. Helmut Thielicke, the great German preacher asks, "Do we not all strut a bit upon a lighted stage and assume poses, because the good Lord and our neighbors and friends are sitting in the audience and we would like to have some applause and lots of flowers and handshakes?"2 Clearly our need for the warm glow of approval is often disguised as altruism. That's ...
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Harold G. Skinner
... time in a coma. It is good to see this large crowd here. It shows your support for the family of __________ . Yet most of you, even as you reach out in support, are echoing the question of St. Paul in some form. Paul had great insight and sensitivity. He poses the question for us, "What then shall we say to this?" And we are asking with Paul: Why? What then shall we say? Certainly none of us has all the answers. But of some things we can be sure. During the last seven months we have participated in and been ...
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George Bass
... water of the font, and they are the reflections of people who have been cleansed and assured that they will live with Christ forever, and the mark of the marked man is there. When Jennifer watched her baby brother Scott’s baptism several years ago, she posed what might be the most crucial question that we should be asking at the beginning, and during Lent. Four years earlier she had been baptized at the same font, and now she stood up close, was vitally interested in everything that went on. She listened ...
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Carlyle Fielding Stewart
... many of the excavations and the subsequent histories written on the projects and their findings was that many of the artifacts and relics discovered at these sites in Egypt contained the busts and heads of people with distinctively African or Negroid features. This posed a problem for many of the white racists who had been taught from day one that white people had created what is known today as Western culture and civilization. As a result, many of the artifacts which were unearthed were deliberately and ...
Children's Sermon
Wesley T. Runk
Object: The pose of someone on a ship keeping watch, with binoculars. Good morning, boys and girls. Today is the first day of Advent and that means it is the first day of a new year. Did you know that in the church we don't wait for January 1st to begin a ...
157. Mary Christmas
Matthew 1:18-25
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John Jamison
... . But, if you cannot afford a lamb, then two doves or pigeons will do. Luke reminds us that Mary and Joseph present the "poor" offering of birds in the place of the lamb. There was probably no donkey either. And don't dress Mary in that pretty blue robe she posed in for the Christmas card photo. The dye for the color blue came from the murex shell found over near Caesarea Maritima. You poked a pin in the top of the snail shell and out dripped a bit of blue coloring used to make the dye. It took 10,000 ...
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Theodore F. Schneider
... could name. There was clearly hunger among the grateful and the faithful to have a special festival day of thanksgiving. Who Follows In Their Train? Reginald Heber's moving hymn from the early 19th century - a hymn prepared for Saint Stephen's Day - poses the contemporary question, "Who follows in their train?"3 How do we hear the Beatitudes in our day? A friend once said, both humorously and honestly, "I am beaten by the Beatitudes. I feel totally overwhelmed." Frankly, I find that a more honest approach ...
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Theodore F. Schneider
... this encounter with the Parable of the Wicked Tenants, a parable the scribes and chief priests understood clearly. They were angered and would have arrested him. But again they feared the reaction of the people. Then came a new strategy. Spies were sent, posing as interested followers and sympathizers to the gospel. Again the question was for the purpose of posturing, not for gathering information. They asked, "Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar or not?" Again Jesus dodges their attack. "Show me ...
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Jerry L. Schmalemberger
... the ship was caught in a treacherous current which slowly, but surely, lured it out of its course. The Associated Press carried a story that stated the following article: “Agriculture Department scientists say a tiny parasite called a pinewood nematode poses a threat to U.S. ornamental pine trees, including Christmas tree plantings that help supplement the incomes of many farmers. “It also is a potential threat to the nation’s pine forests, says the department’s Science and Education Administration ...
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Justin Tull
... that the bulrushes were high enough and that my “Uncle Sam” was gracious enough. l am glad that Patricia and her family have found a new life across the border. I realize that the issues concerning illegal aliens are very complex. I realize that strangers can and do pose an economic threat to people of a country or state. But I also know this personally: Patricia cannot be a stranger to me any longer. For her I want a good life. For her and her family I want a chance for survival. I observe her hard ...
162. Step Eight - Love
Mt 7:7-14 · 2 Cor 5:16-21 · Ps 19:7-13
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John A. Terry
... requires our acceptance. Acceptance is demonstrated in this step. Last century two men named Wilson and Porter were sentenced in a federal court to be hanged. Two days before the hanging, President Andrew Jackson pardoned them both. But Wilson refused the pardon. That posed a complicated legal problem that ultimately reached the Supreme Court. They ruled: "A pardon is a deed, to the validity of which delivery is not complete without acceptance. It may be rejected by the person to whom it is tenured, and if ...
163. It Just Doesn't Work That Way
Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43
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Johnny Dean
... ? Walter Brueggemann has written that this is the most powerful argument against the church today. In his commentary, The Message of the Psalms, Dr. Brueggemann writes, "If God is powerful AND good, how can there be evil in the world? If the question is posed in this way, religion can offer no adequate logical response. Logically one must compromise either God’s power or God’s love, either saying that evil exists because God is not powerful enough to overrule it, or because God is not loving enough to ...
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Johnny Dean
... to the bottom. That had to be especially true for Peter, especially on this particular day the writer of Matthew describes for us in the lectionary passage you heard a few moments ago. In a moment of divine inspiration, Peter has answered that difficult question Jesus posed to his followers, "Who do you say that I am?" Peter’s response, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the Living God," had drawn high praise from Jesus. "Way to go, Peter! High fives all around, folks! That’s right! You HAVE been paying ...
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Johnny Dean
... tricks from mother dearest over the years. She tries to turn the tables and put mom on a guilt trip for a change. She accuses her mother of never being interested in what was going on in the daughter’s life unless it was something that posed a threat to Mother’s need for control. At this point, the mother, played by Shirley McClain, makes an interesting comment, expressing an attitude that is fairly common today. She says, "I knew everything about you that I wanted to know." In other words, there were ...
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Joann Hary
... filled with good humor, but it also makes a marvelous point. In the movie a casino singer witnesses a gangster execution and then agrees to testify. In order to protect this "wild woman of the world," the police hustle her off to an inner-city convent in San Francisco to pose as a nun so they can keep her hidden and safe until the trial. In the first place, she doesn't want to be there and keeps trying to get out, and in the second place, obviously, she just doesn't fit in with the real sisters that are a ...
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Johnny Dean
... paying tribute to Caesar. In answering their questions with questions of his own, Jesus had made the religious leaders look awfully foolish. Today’s reading from the Gospel of Luke finds the enemies of Jesus still trying to trap him into an error, posing yet another tricky question. The subject this time is the resurrection of the dead, and the fact that the leadership of the religious community was sharply divided over the issue made this an even more delicate question for Jesus to handle. There were ...
Drama
William Grimbol
... : Lies do all of us harm. They erode our culture and our faith. What is so simple, anyway, about calling yourself a Messiah or a miracle-worker? NATHAN: He does claim both! RUTH: So what? What he lives is exceptional, and what he teaches is extraordinary. RACHEL: He poses no threat to my faith. RUTH: Unless his loving manner and methods are frightening to you both. DAVID: The only threat I see in him is that he is a liar and a charlatan. NATHAN: The threat is that he is creating an uproar amongst the poor ...
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Larry Powell
... be altered to allow them to eat lower on the food chain, thus solving the problem of food supply? Notice, the question is not "could," but "should?" It is no longer a matter of knowing how, but of knowing "whether." Our complex world poses complex questions which may or may not find us prepared. However, away from the sweeping concerns of global electrical warfare, genetic manipulations, space trash, and the hazards of living in a "third wave" future, other questions are being asked - questions which are ...
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James Angell
... caused him to lose control of the car. It left the traffic lane, jumped the curb, and plunged through the door of a bank. While no one was hurt or killed, this discovery about a serious problem of which he had had no previous knowledge -and the threat it posed to both his job and the security of his family - had left him in a state of near terror. He would ask the members to pray for him. The chimes had now finished the ringing. The opening words of the service would have to await the tardy minister. "Let ...
171. A Radical Price To Pay
Luke 9:51-62
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Larry Powell
... came to the missionary and presented him with $40 to be used for the building project. The missionary was stunned. Where on earth, he thought, did this woman come up with such a large sum of money in a region afflicted by painfully forbidding circumstances? Confounded, he posed this question as politely as he knew how. He was informed that she had gone to a wealthy planter and sold herself into his service for the rest of her life. Let us be clear about what I have just told you. She had sold herself into ...
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Brett Blair
... words: “Behold a lawyer stood up to put him to the test.” Well, it's not the first time and probably won’t be the last time that a lawyer phrased a trick question. It was the kind of question in which any kind of an answer would pose still further problems. It was a test question: “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life.” Now right away we know that this man was a Pharisee, because the Pharisees believed in eternal life and the Sadducees did not. Jesus could tell that this man was an ...
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... this respectable assembly. Rumor has it that his character is highly questionable, and that although we boast of our inclusiveness, inclusiveness can go too far. Furthermore, they feared that he might blister them a little with a word or two about the righteous pose of this exclusive company, like Mama at the Harper Valley PTA. What Were They Really Like? What were they really like, this Pharisee and publican? Would the story ring true in a society today when terms like "righteousness" or "sinner" have been ...
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Carveth Mitchell
... Jesus’ words in mind, can we qualify for discipleship? Our Lord’s concern was that those who were following him for the possible perquisites should rather be counting the cost. Is such an admonition relevant to his followers today? It is this second reason that poses the greatest danger to us. Jesus is no longer much of a curiosity now, but he is still one from whom great blessings seem possible, and often are received. We need to hear his warnings that these blessings are not cheap, but rather carry ...
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... can get it. My real concern, however, is to try to be frank with you about how I perceive myself in my role as your pastor, and to have you join with me in the purpose of making our ministry together as meaningful as possible. To this end let me pose some pointedly personal questions, the answers to which could be as important to you as to me. For example, what kind of preaching do you want to hear, or are you willing to listen to? Can I speak to you freely from my heart in the light of my fullest ...
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