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Synonyms: thirstiness, dryness, parched, craving, strong desire, longing, yearning, avidity, hunger, voracity, keenness, eagerness, lust, appetite, passion, love, crave, want, covet, desire, hunger for/after, lust for/after, hanker for/after, have one's heart set on

Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

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176. Mending Fences

Luke 16:1-15, Luke 16:16-18

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Lori Wagner

... . You cannot serve both God and money.” The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight. “The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing their way into it. It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for ...

177. Vendetta

2 Kings 1:1-18

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Lori Wagner

You probably all know the play by Shakespeare called “Romeo and Juliet.” Even if you aren’t a Shakespeare fan, or even if you detest trying to read an older version of English, modernized versions of the play in the form of movies and references have made the story timeless. For those of you who may not know the whole story, it centers around two families, the Capulets and the Montagues. Another family, the Verona ...

178. Serpentine Soul

Numbers 21:4-9

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Lori Wagner

... tired, tired, tired of eating manna! They bickered and complained that Moses was trying to “kill” them with this boring, uninteresting food. “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!” Tired of hearing them balk, God steps in and basically says, “So you think it’s going to kill you eating this manna. At least you are eating! Ungrateful people, I’ll show you what death is really like! At that, the ...

How shall I love the sin, yet keep the sense, And love the offender, yet detest the offence?

Alexander Pope

Superiority is always detested.

Baltasar Gracian

Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8 times out of 9 I'll show you a man with detestable spiritual qualities.

Charles Bukowski

Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests him as the gates of hell.

Homer

I have always detested any departure from reality, an attitude which I relate to my mother's poor mental health.

Jean Piaget

Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.

Richard Steele

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.

Voltaire

Man spends his life doing things he detests to make money he doesn't want, to buy things he doesn't need, to impress people he doesn't like.

Joe Aldrich

187. A Nod of Recognition

John 3:14-21

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Timothy W. Ayers

... the Red Sea, to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!” Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take the snakes away from us ...

188. The Lord Abhors the Pride of Israel

Amos 6:8-14

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... ’s death. 6:8–11 Some commentators have maintained that this passage joins the fragments of two original oracles. Others point out that verse 8 forms a complete unit in itself. However, in the Hebrew, each line of verses 8c through 10c (and detest his fortresses . . . the name of the LORD) begins with a connective waw, and this progression culminates in verse 11 with an emphatic, “For behold, the LORD is commanding . . . .” The picture is of God, the commander of army hosts, destroying Israel’s ...

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Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

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176. Mending Fences

Luke 16:1-15, Luke 16:16-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

177. Vendetta

2 Kings 1:1-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

178. Serpentine Soul

Numbers 21:4-9

Sermon

Lori Wagner

How shall I love the sin, yet keep the sense, And love the offender, yet detest the offence?

Alexander Pope

Superiority is always detested.

Baltasar Gracian

Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8 times out of 9 I'll show you a man with detestable spiritual qualities.

Charles Bukowski

Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests him as the gates of hell.

Homer

I have always detested any departure from reality, an attitude which I relate to my mother's poor mental health.

Jean Piaget

Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.

Richard Steele

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.

Voltaire

Man spends his life doing things he detests to make money he doesn't want, to buy things he doesn't need, to impress people he doesn't like.

Joe Aldrich

187. A Nod of Recognition

John 3:14-21

Sermon

Timothy W. Ayers

188. The Lord Abhors the Pride of Israel

Amos 6:8-14

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Achtemeier

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