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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2126. Victory at Sea
Exodus 13:17--14:31
Sermon
Mark Trotter
... would choose these people, of all the people on earth. As that old couplet says, "How odd of God to choose the Jews." Just a group of slaves, nobodies, with nothing to boast about. Not a nation in any way. No land of their own. No power, or status, or respect in this world. Yet God, who is the Creator of the whole universe, chose this people, out of all the peoples of the world, and freed them from bondage, gave them a new life, and promised that he would always be with them in the future, no matter what ...
2127. You Are Somebody!
Galatians 3:26--4:7
Sermon
King Duncan
... of this, most of the blue‑eyed kids were thoroughly cowed, and some were even in tears. (4) If you don’t think such things happen in the real world, you are very naive. Many people have been beaten down by the world. Here is what the much-respected writer Henri Nouwen says about this: "The world tells you many lies about who you are and you simply have to be realistic enough to remind yourself of this. Every time you feel hurt, offended or rejected you have to dare to say to yourself, these feelings ...
2128. Freedom
Galatians 5:1-15
Sermon
King Duncan
... hats for the singing of the national anthem”? Have you noticed that young men wearing ball caps are everywhere? We can assume from this announcement that some young people today may not even know that wearing a cap during a ceremony might be showing a lack of respect. It’s not written anywhere. It’s a tradition. I can see a young man wear a baseball cap into worship. Maybe this is the first time this young man has been in worship. He doesn’t know our traditions. I can see an insensitive saint say ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... left--to Muslim neighbors. The other proposal was different. First, food would be given to Muslim neighbors, then to other Christians, and finally--if there was any left over--to church members. The meeting lasted six hours. “It ended when an older, quiet, much respected Elder, a woman, stood up and said, ‘If we do not demonstrate the love of Christ in this place, who will?’” And so the second motion--giving food to Muslim neighbors first--passed. (5) The story of the Good Samaritan demands that we ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... ’t get in the way of the emperor.” The boy replied, “He may be the emperor to you, but he is my father.” God is our Father. That makes all the difference when we pray. When we approach God, we do so not with fear, but with respect. God is our Father, but God is also “hallowed.” The word “hallowed” means we treat God’s name with holiness. Our Jewish ancestors understood the holiness of God in a way we may not. They steadfastly resisted making images of God. They resisted even describing God ...
Sermon
James L. Killen
... world. God always loves both the chosen and the outcast. God wants there to be a solution to the world's problems in which both are affirmed and in which the well-being and human dignity of both are provided for, one in which both not only respect one another but work together for the dignity and well-being of both. Why does there have to be an outcast? In God's eyes, everyone, every group, every nation is chosen. Does that sound utopian? It is obviously the only answer to the conflicts that keep tearing ...
2132. Worth Waiting For
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
Bulletin Aid
Frank Ramirez
Call To Worship Paul writes to a young church full of enthusiasm and spirit. He is careful to give words of encouragement as well as caution. As we gather in worship today let us resolve to cherish the Spirit in our midst with love and respect. Collect Give thanks to God for the ministry that we share in Christ Jesus. Give thanks to God for the wealth of Christian experience here and around the world. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, we hear so much about the coming wrath, and our concern is to save ...
Sermon
James L. Killen
... in some other places leads us to know that having everyone professing the Christian faith may not be the same as having everyone living the life of love. We should, however, do all that we can to teach all nations, beginning with our own, the way of respect for others, commitment to justice for all, and willingness to dare to trust and to work toward reconciliation. A certain Hindu by the name of Gandhi once took the principles taught by Jesus and used them to change the course of the history of his nation ...
2134. Different
1 Corinthians 1:18-31
Sermon
James L. Killen
... look to us like they are thriving and prospering. Those who are best at it live in big houses and drive big cars and don't seem to have a worry in the world. And the businesses and institutions and countries that live in that way seem to get respect and to have the power to control others. So it would appear. But look again. A certain young man went into the highly competitive field of commercial real estate because he admired the wealth of those who were successful in that field. But as he got to know some ...
2135. Dealing with Criticism
1 Corinthians 4:1-5
Sermon
James L. Killen
... God. You are acting out of motives that you believe God has generated with you. You will count on the judgment of God to determine whether you were right or wrong. Deal as kindly as you can with your critics. Appreciate those who intend to offer constructive criticism. Respect those who honestly disagree. Be ready to do combat with those who are opposing you because of some vested interest of their own, but try not to be drawn into the combat in a way that will make you as mean as they are. If you do that ...
Sermon
James L. Killen
... the early Christians to question what they thought. That happens to us today, too, doesn't it? There are a lot of different and sometimes conflicting opinions about important matters even among sincere Christians - and they are not always respectful of one another as they argue. We have seen theological differences divide families and churches and communities. People from other religions and people with no religion at all sometimes call important Christian beliefs and practices into question. As a defense ...
Sermon
Jeff Wedge
... out that our responsibilities do not end merely with the two people we recognize as our parents. He enlarges our understanding to include all those in authority, and he points out that we should "honor, serve, obey, love, and respect them." While those in authority, by their actions, sometimes make this difficult, Luther has already made the commandment substantially more comprehensive and difficult to fulfill by his explanation. If we took the Ten Commandments seriously, and tried actually to fulfill ...
2138. Always?
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
Sermon
Rick Brand
... serve that love by forgiving others. The labor of love is to act toward the one who has offended as if they had not offended us. The labor of love is to look at the terrorists as if they were still human beings and to be treated with respect and dignity even while they are punished for the crimes and actions they commit. That is hard labor. The labors of love are on a personal level. They are carried out on an institutional level as well. There are agencies and groups who are working to provide compassion ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... that Jesus told. Let’s begin here: We are living in denial if we believe that casual christianity is a viable choice. Casual Christianity. It’s a comfortable place to be. Eternal life with very few demands. Forgiveness without true repentance. Respectability with few responsibilities. Yes, it’s a nice lifestyle. The only problem is that it is an illusion. You may remember the time-honored story of the frustrated skeptic who blurted out, “If I believed what you Christians believed, I would crawl ...
Sermon
Mark Trotter
... throw it back?" I said, "No, I clutched it to my chest and danced." The following week I joined Jean and our youngest daughter, Amy, at our cabin in Northern California. One day Amy and I hiked up a fork of the river where no one goes to find some respectable trout. As we were fishing down stream, I came around a corner of the canyon and seventy-five feet ahead of me I saw a mountain lion drinking from the river. It must have been six feet long, and a tail that looked equally as long. I ducked back behind ...
2141. He's Here Somewhere
John 1:6-8, 19-28
Sermon
Mark Trotter
... authorities, they are identified as Levites and priests from Jerusalem, go down to the River Jordan, to where John is baptizing, to question John, because he is the logical candidate. He is enormously popular. He's obviously righteous. He's a natural leader, the most respected person in the country. He's the kind of person who God would undoubtedly choose to be the leader of the nation, and to lead some uprising that would throw the Roman oppressors out of the country and inaugurate the Kingdom of God. It's ...
Sermon
Mark Trotter
... authorities, they are identified as Levites and priests from Jerusalem, go down to the River Jordan, to where John is baptizing, to question John, because he is the logical candidate. He is enormously popular. He's obviously righteous. He's a natural leader, the most respected person in the country. He's the kind of person who God would undoubtedly choose to be the leader of the nation, and to lead some uprising that would throw the Roman oppressors out of the country and inaugurate the Kingdom of God. It's ...
Sermon
Mark Trotter
... who like us, got tired, and hungry, and impatient, and even angry, wrestled with his calling, but was faithful to it to the end. So the implication is that none of us is going to be Jesus, but we are all called to be like Jesus, in all respects. Not only to follow him into discipleship, keeping busy doing good, but to follow him also into solitude, and keep quiet, and listen, and pray. For he not only healed the sick with the power that builds up the creation, he received that power through his relationship ...
Sermon
Mark Trotter
... Galilee. Samaria is the word that Luke wants you to notice. Today, we would say "Samaria" is the operative word. It means, Jesus is close to the border. He is dangerously close to the border, across which no Jew was to travel, and close to which no respectable Jew would ever be seen. Jews had no dealings with Samaritans. But Jesus is about to have one, for here comes a band of lepers. Lepers were ostracized legally. They couldn't enter villages or cities. They had to stay out on the borders of life. They ...
Sermon
Mark Trotter
... born again, you must be born through water and the Spirit," which is a reference to baptism. And then in the next scene, Jesus goes to Samaria and meets the woman at the well. The woman at the well is the opposite of Nicodemus. If Nicodemus is the most respectable man in Jerusalem, the woman at the well is the most disreputable person anywhere. She is a Samaritan to begin with--that's bad enough for a Jew. But the story reveals that she's had a sordid life, a bad reputation, she's disreputable. And what's ...
Sermon
Mark Trotter
... the staff reached out their hands and touched them. They actually touched them. That was it. They could stop the spread of disease with drugs. That is called "cure." But they also brought back a sense of humanity, a sense of dignity, a sense of worth and respect as a child of God, just by touching those who had been told by society, you are untouchable. And that is called "healing." You can't cure everything, but you can heal everyone. You can make whole. That is what healing means. That is what salvation ...
Sermon
Mark Trotter
... . And for some, it will be the only genuinely human family they will ever know. Which is why I am made bold to tell this story. A woman went through the trauma of divorce. She was the granddaughter of a Baptist minister, whom she loved and deeply respected. Her grandfather, in fact, married her. But during this time of trial in her life, this painful period, she avoided seeing him, as she avoided seeing all the other members of her family. After her divorce she dreaded now having to see them, but she knew ...
Sermon
Mark Trotter
... for is here. The time is now, not some other time. The time for you to begin living is right now. That preaching created two scandals. The first was that the Messiah who came to bring us life now, went to the poor, the outcast, to the people that the respectable had given up on. They just assumed that they would always be the way they are. They will never change. The scandal was that Jesus went to them and said, the time for you is now. You can change. Now is the time of the Jubilee. The past is forgiven ...
Sermon
Mark Trotter
... sea, where human beings cannot descend. They were certain that in that world of darkness lay the first forms of life. They even had a name for that oceanic nursery. They called it the "Urschleim." They chose a German name to give it scientific respectability. In 1872, Sir Charles Thomson left England aboard a ship called the Challenger to sail through all the oceans of the world to test this theory. For four years they sailed the oceans, sixty-nine thousand miles, dragging the ocean bottom. They found rare ...
Sermon
Mark Trotter
... to know that Jesus was like us. "And he feeleth for our sadness, and he shareth in our gladness." The hymn proves the dictum, if you can explain something to children, something abstract, that maybe even adults will be able to understand it. Jesus was like us in all respects, that's the meaning of "The Incarnation." "Day by day, like us he grew." Which is why he is our Savior. He knows what it is like to live our life. "He feeleth for our sadness, and he shareth in our gladness." He is like us. Our text for ...
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