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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2201. Do As You Please
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Michael Horton
... That's a fair question. But it reveals a basic misunderstanding of the nature of God's saving grace. Paul's response is unmistakable: "Certainly not? How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?" (Romans 6:2, NKJV). Someone confronted Martin Luther, upon the Reformer's rediscovery of the biblical doctrine of justification, with the remark, "If this is true, a person could simply live as he pleased!" "Indeed!" answered Luther. "Now, what pleases you?" Augustine was the great preacher of grace during ...
2202. Method to the Madness
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... . He didn't respect lines of authority. He would deliberately give different aides similar assignments. He incessantly played members of his official family against one another. Internal battles were constant and bitter. FDR was devious. He was never confrontational, using indirect methods to get this way. You rarely learned where you stood by having a face-to-face meeting; the President was usually congenial and unspecific. Many thought FDR's methods were inefficient and chaotic, but most political ...
2203. Fully Loaded
Philippians 1:20
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George Atley was killed while serving with the Central African Mission. There were no witnesses, but the evidence indicates that Atley was confronted by a band of hostile tribesmen. He was carrying a fully loaded, 10-chamber Winchester rifle and had to choose either to shoot his attackers and run the risk of negating the work of the mission in that area, or not to defend himself and be killed. When his body ...
2204. Cabinet Masterpiece
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... panic-stricken. He ran to the telephone and called an acquaintance, a famous surgeon. "It's an emergency," he yelled, "a matter of life and death. Come quick!" The startled surgeon dropped everything and rushed to the home of the artist, expecting the worst. When confronted with the dog. The surgeon, with masterful self-control, said not a word but proceeded to treat the dog with the same skill he would have used on a human being. Then he picked up his instruments and left. Weeks passed, the dog got well ...
2205. A Pocket Prayer
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... the lining of his coat, was taken away. "I had to undergo and overcome the loss of my spiritual child," Frankl wrote. "Now it seemed as if nothing and no one would survive me; neither a physical nor a spiritual child of my own! I found myself confronted with the question of whether under such circumstances my life was ultimately void of any meaning." He was still wrestling with that question a few days later when the Nazis forced the prisoners to give up their clothes. "I had to surrender my clothes and in ...
2206. Horse For Sale
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... farmer asked its price, and since Quakers had a reputation for fair dealing, he bought the horse without hesitation. The farmer got the horse home, only to discover it was lazy and ill-tempered, so he took it back to the fair the next day. There he confronted the Quaker. "Thou hast no complaint against me," said the Quaker. "Had thou asked me about the horse, I would have told thee truthfully the problems, but thou didst not ask." "That's okay," replied the farmer. "I don't want you to take the horse back ...
2207. What's Your Style of Evangelism?
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Brett Blair
... : young, old, rich, poor, educated, uneducated, urban, rural, with different race, personalities, values, politics, and religious backgrounds. It's going to take more than one style of evangelism to reach such a diverse population! So what is your style? Confrontational? Repent and be baptized, save yourselves from this corrupt generation. (Acts 2) Intellectual? Paul debated with the philosophers on Mars Hill to convince them. (Acts 17) Testimonial? One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see! (John ...
2208. Superman Ducked
Humor Illustration
Comedian David Brenner used to do a bit about the Superman movies. Go back with me in your minds. Picture this scene. Superman is confronting one of the bad guys. The bad guy would fire at Superman with a gun. Superman would smirk and throw his chest out. The bullets would bounce harmlessly away. But did you ever notice what happened next? Brenner said, "And then when the guy ran out of bullets, he would ...
2209. A Garlic Diet
Humor Illustration
... and lowering blood pressure. At that point, each of them ate half a garlic head. For breakfast the next morning both students consumed three or four more heads of garlic a-piece. When teachers and students complained about their odor, the boys simply laughed and went on eating garlic. When confronted by school officials, one of the boys protested that the smell couldn't be all that bad. After all, he pointed out, "We were blowing in each other's face, and we couldn't smell anything."
2210. To Quote Jack London
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Brett Blair
... burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. The proper function of men is to live, not exist." Stabler nodded his head. "What does that mean to you?" the sportswriter asked. "Throw deep," Stabler replied. I like that. That's singularity of focus. When confronted by beautiful meaningful prose Stabler applied it to what he knows: Throw deep.
2211. The Assassins
Humor Illustration
There was once a medieval theologian, Fakhr al-Din Razi, who wrote scathing articles about a secretive group called the Assassins. One night, a man snuck into the theologian's house and confronted him. The man said, "My master wants to know what manner of man would attack the Assassins?" Fakhr replied, "I am not afraid to admit that I criticize the Assassins." The strange man pulled out a vicious-looking knife and plunged it into the table in front of Fakhr. "If ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... the fourth gospel, has no trouble distinguishing the one who “bears witness” to the light from the One who actually IS the light. John the Baptist is “a man sent from God,” but he is still just a man. When he is confronted and grilled by representatives of the highest religious authorities, those whose livelihood and lifework centered around the exclusivity of the Temple, those questioners are concerned that John himself may be a new incarnation of one of Judaism’s most celebrated and anticipated ...
2213. We Ache to Know God’s Blessings
John 1:6-8, 19-28
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Joel D. Kline
... and the youngest one, who couldn't have been more than twelve years old, clearly had watched a lot of television, because he began to flail away at Jim with earnest but ineffectual karate kicks. Noting that the youth weren't carrying guns, Jim decided to confront them with what they were doing. "Stop it! Just stop it!" Jim scolded them. "You guys have got to quit terrorizing people like this." The young teens, taken by surprise, dropped their hands, so Jim continued, "I'm a pastor. You boys want to try and ...
2214. Luke 1:26-38
Luke 1:26-38
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... behind the inner sanctum, the Temple, even Jerusalem. The angel specifically seeks out Mary, meeting her at such an unexpected, unimposing site as “a town in Galilee called Nazareth” (v.26). Interestingly, however, even though Mary is the one the angel confronts, she is first introduced by her relationship to Joseph. She is “a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph.” Even before Luke provides his readers with the name of this “virgin,” he specifically “name-drops” another tidbit of ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... behind the inner sanctum, the Temple, even Jerusalem. The angel specifically seeks out Mary, meeting her at such an unexpected, unimposing site as “a town in Galilee called Nazareth” (v.26). Interestingly, however, even though Mary is the one the angel confronts, she is first introduced by her relationship to Joseph. She is “a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph.” Even before Luke provides his readers with the name of this “virgin,” he specifically “name-drops” another tidbit of ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... Palm Sunday evening. Much that will happen over the last week of Jesus’ life will be centered in or near the temple courts. Was he already offended by thoughts of the moneychangers taking advantage of worshipers there in the temple? Was it then he decided to confront them the following day? Or perhaps he looked around at the massive stones of the temple. Was it then it occurred to him to say to his disciples that this mighty temple would soon be destroyed? This was a prophecy that was fulfilled within 40 ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... . The soldiers, at the urging of the religious elite, were already watching out for Jesus. But he slipped by them into the Temple and began teaching . . . and everyone was astounded at his teaching. This of course infuriated the religious authorities. They confronted the temple guards and asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?” “No one ever spoke the way this man does,” the guards replied. “You mean he has deceived you also?” the authorities retorted. At this point Nicodemus, who was ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... the fishes and the loaves or forgive sins. There was something about Jesus which could not be said about his contemporaries. He had authority—physical authority, spiritual authority, moral authority. Even after his death and resurrection, he had authority. When confronted by someone who was demon-possessed or who was blind or physically-challenged, all the disciples had to do was evoke Jesus’ name and demons were cast out and the physically-challenged were made whole and the blind could see. That ...
2219. Mark 1:29-39
Mark 1:29-34
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... at “Facebook” speed. (One could argue that “Facebook” is just the most recent incarnation of the town well, the quilting bee, the Sunday coffee hour and the telephone “party line”). Word got out — and around — at break-neck speed. Confronted with sudden popularity, Jesus’ response is surprising. He rises in the still darkness and once again heads out to the wilderness, to a “deserted space (“eremos”). Capernaum was not a particularly deserted or solitary environment. It was a densely ...
2220. Sandbox First, Soapbox Second
Mark 1:29-34, Mark 1:35-39
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... at “Facebook” speed. (One could argue that “Facebook” is just the most recent incarnation of the town well, the quilting bee, the Sunday coffee hour and the telephone “party line”). Word got out — and around — at break-neck speed. Confronted with sudden popularity, Jesus’ response is surprising. He rises in the still darkness and once again heads out to the wilderness, to a “deserted space (“eremos”). Capernaum was not a particularly deserted or solitary environment. It was a densely ...
2221. Mark 1:40-45
Mark 1:40-45
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... ” was far more than a medical diagnosis. It was a continual state of spiritual crisis. For that reason it is hardly surprising that this particular miracle is presented more like an exorcism than a typical healing, and Jesus’ own actions seem more confrontational than comforting. This scene between Jesus and the leper is not specifically tied by geography or timing to the other acts of healing and exorcism that are described in this section. Instead, the entire focus of this encounter is on the dramatic ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... powers that be. It would have been best for him if he had kept a low profile. Don’t rock the boat. Go with the flow. He had not come into the world to be a physician but to tell the world about God’s love. Still, when he was confronted with someone who was hurting he could not help but heal. Why? Because he cared. He himself embodied the love of the Father . . . so when the man with leprosy said, “If you will, you can make me clean,” Jesus could not help but say, “I am willing.” Writer James ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... , men and women, to raise those diamonds in the air and sing “This Little Light of Mine, I’m Gonna Let It Shine.”] COMMENTARY Thankfully for all ensuing generations of Christians, the first generation of Corinthian Christians were a quarrelsome, suspicious, and confrontative bunch of believers - or disbelievers, as the case may be. Their apparent tendency to listen to the “bad guys” and distrust the “good guys” inspired a poked and provoked Paul to pen two of his most important letters to that ...
2224. 2 Corinthians 4:3-6
2 Corinthians 5:1-10
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
Thankfully for all ensuing generations of Christians, the first generation of Corinthian Christians were a quarrelsome, suspicious, and confrontative bunch of believers - or disbelievers, as the case may be. Their apparent tendency to listen to the “bad guys” and distrust the “good guys” inspired a poked and provoked Paul to pen two of his most important letters to that contentious Christian community. It is in response to the niggling, ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... each time Ed’s advice seemed to Ron to be way off. So, Ron ignored Ed’s advice and went with his own knowledge, experience and instincts. Consequently, his golf game that day was lousy! When it became obvious to Ed that his advice was being ignored, he confronted Mehl. Ed made it clear that he had only one job and that was to caddy this course day after day. Every inch of the fairways, rough and greens was etched permanently on his brain. Ed, the caddy, told Ron Mehl, “If you want to play this course ...
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