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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Alex Gondola
... ." "Why?" asks the professor. "That's easy," replies the student. "The man with fifteen children doesn't want any more!" If things don't do it for us, can we fill up that inner emptiness with fame and distinction? It seems to me that if public recognition and acclaim could ensure our happiness, then the British novelist and playwrite Somerset Maugham surely should have been a happy man. After all, at the time of his death in 1965, Maugham was described by Time as the most famous author in the world. He had ...
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Frank Ramirez
... . We're more likely to argue over the method we use to wash our dishes. One way gets them clean. Another appalls us, even though the dishes are perfectly sanitized. Originally, being unclean was not considered a moral flaw. There was the recognition that after working with sick people, or burying the dead, or performing other functions, a little time was needed for purification before returning to the community. There was nothing wrong with you personally. But over time God's people had built up elaborate ...
203. On Getting Out Of The Way
Luke 3:1-20, Luke 3:21-38
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Charles H. Bayer
... importance of this text for the modern church cannot be overstated. It is a thin line we walk. We want our church to thrive, don't we? Is there anyone here who doesn't want to see more people, a larger program, a more enthusiastic spirit, a greater recognition in the community of our congregation? Don't we want to be known as the church to go to? We want the most attractive building, the best program, the finest choir, the most appealing preacher. We want to be this city's religious numero uno! We all want ...
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Larry R. Kalajainen
... gospel lesson, we find Jesus saying something very similar to his followers. In Luke's community, there were apparently some who misinterpreted the hard times they were going through, especially the persecutions that sometimes broke out against the Christians as they strove for official recognition and tolerance as a bona fide religion in the eyes of the Roman imperial power. But Luke is concerned that they not interpret a time of severe trial as a sign of the imminent end, and just give up hope and give up ...
205. What Law is Operating Here?
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John Killinger
... what you thought I wanted, or what you wanted me to want." Isabel dresses. They shake hands very formally. She unlocks the door and leaves. Some may find prurience in this passage, but I sense instead a great depth of love and mercy, a recognition of our common humanity, an act of genuine and redemptive compassion. What law is operating here? The law forbidding sexual looseness, voyeurism, and lust? Or is that transcended, in Isabel's case, by the law of kindness and generosity? The latter, I would contend ...
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Timothy J. Smith
... ago when two Canadian mothers decided to get together with some friends to pray for their children entering junior high school. Today there are Moms in Touch groups in every state, and representatives in about 45 foreign countries. "It's a real recognition of what is happening in society," says one of the participant mothers, Sally Simpson. Sally meets weekly in a local church with other mothers to pray for their children and their school. "Television, videos, music -- all of those outside influences are ...
207. Easter 4
Revelation 7:9-17, Acts 13:13-52, Acts 9:32-43, John 10:22-42
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John R. Brokhoff
... was before the cross, and as he is today in the faith of the church and in heaven. Three Lessons: Acts 9:36-43; Revelation 7:9-17; John 10:22-30 1. Getting To Know The Risen Jesus. Need: The problem some had with the resurrected Jesus was their recognition of him. This was the problem of Mary Magdalene, the two Disciples on the road to Emmaus, and of Thomas. The resurrected Jesus may be difficult for us to recognize because now he is more than a peasant of Galilee. In the Lessons, we learn who he is in his ...
208. Christmas Eve
Lk 2:1-20 · Tit 2:11-14 · Isa 9:2-7 · Ps 96
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John R. Brokhoff
... observance of Advent leads to a good Christmas. The Advent themes culminate in Christmas. It is well for the preacher to see his Christmas sermon in relation to the Advent themes we just covered. Advent 1 -- Anticipation: Christ is coming again. Advent 2 -- Preparation: for Christ's coming. Advent 3 -- Recognition: know the Christ who is coming. Advent 4 -- Expectation: Christ is on the way. Christmas -- Actuality: Christ is here!
209. Proper 22
Luke 17:1-10, Lamentations 1:1-22, 2 Timothy 1:1-2:13
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John R. Brokhoff
... v. 6b. 3. A God of no thank you (17:7-10). Need: Our churches have many members who serve for rewards. Accidentally leave out a name of those to be thanked, and you are in trouble! We seem to want some "pay" for the service we render: recognition, thanks, publicity, praise. How many church members would serve if you told them "There will be no pay, no reward, not even thanks?" That is exactly what Jesus is teaching in this parable. What a disciple does deserves no praise or thanks, because this is what is ...
210. Proper 5
Lk 7:11-17 · Gal 1:11-24 · 1 Ki 17:17-24
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John R. Brokhoff
... You Can't Get Away With It! 2. Variations on a Theme. Lesson 1 and the Gospel are variations of the same theme: God's power of life over death. The two accounts are parallel: a widow, dead child, resuscitation, restoration of the child to his mother, and recognition of a prophet. Both Elijah and Jesus raised a child to life again. Is there no difference between Jesus and Elijah? Note a few of the differences: a. Guilt. Elijah caused the widow to feel guilty for the death of her son. In the Gospel, there is ...
211. Proper 6
Lk 7:36 - 8:3 · Gal 2:15-21 · 1 Ki 21:1--21 · Ps 5
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John R. Brokhoff
... had a dinner date with a Pharisee in his home. It indicates that not all Pharisees were opposed to Jesus. We do not invite people home for dinner unless we love and appreciate them as friends. To eat together indicates equality, fellowship, and hospitality. It was recognition on the Pharisee's part that he considered Jesus to be a good, law-abiding, and pious person. Since the Pharisee was his host, Jesus had a right to receive courtesies which he did not receive. (vv. 44-46) 2. Sinner (vv. 37, 39). The ...
212. Epiphany 3
Lk 4:14-21 · 1 Cor 12:12-31 · Nehemiah 8 · Ps 19
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B. David Hostetter
... the head, Jesus Christ. Forgive us if we have acted toward anyone as if they did not matter, or as if the church could get along without them. Excuse discrimination that gives more praise to some than they deserve at the expense of others who serve modestly without recognition. We do not always share joy and sorrow equally as we are meant to do. Pardon us for the sake of Jesus Christ who forgets no one. Amen. DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS Hear the Good News! One Holy Spirit was poured out for all of us ...
213. Bad Timing
Matthew 20:20-28
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Thomas Long
... , to discern the sort of bad timing that threatens to undo us all. Let us try, then, to see ourselves in her, to grasp how her drive typifies and represents what is in us, too. First, this mother's question expresses a fundamental human craving for recognition. We all want that, too. Behind even the most humble and self-sacrificial face there is a human being who covets stature and credit. Andy Warhol predicted a future in which every person would achieve the universal human quest to be famous, but only for ...
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Roger G. Talbott
... changes almost imperceptibly at first and then we begin to notice that something is different. Some notice it at work. Whatever we chart on the graph of success -- increases in prestige or pay checks, numbers of compliments or customers, profits or professional recognition -- whatever we chart starts to flatten out. Some notice it at home. The number of arguments seems to increase. The emotional temperature is a few degrees lower. Some notice it within themselves. It takes a couple more cups of coffee to ...
215. Proper 14
Genesis 37:12-36, 1 Kings 19:9-18, Jonah 2:1-10, Matthew 14:22-36, Romans 9:1-5; 10:5-15
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Russell F. Anderson
... Elijah of the jobs he needed to complete (vv. 15-16). If God has given us a task, he will also give the wherewithal to complete it. Listening to the whispers of God. Sometimes God may speak through cataclysmic events or in a booming voice that demands recognition. However, most times he speaks in a whisper, in a "still, small voice," as he did with Elijah. Praying effectively means being a good listener. Old Testament: Jonah 2:1-9 Crying for help. Jonah cried out to the Lord for help from the belly of the ...
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Ronald Lavin
... first appeared to the apostles at the resurrection. He was a doubter. "Unless I see the scars...I won't believe," he said. Jesus then showed him. Thomas confessed, "My Lord and my God." As a result of Jesus' death, resurrection, and victory, recognition of our own smallness and Jesus' greatness is possible. Saint Paul, the apostle, shows us another way by speaking of the call to humility and obedience by remembering the humility of our Lord Jesus Christ: Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but ...
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Harold Warlick
... by the people of God have taken us to the realization that we cannot save ourselves. The first lectionary lesson rushes us into the paradox. Advent with its wreath of evergreen, symbol of life, of growth, of hope, is rushed back 2500 years to Isaiah and his recognition that "we all do fade as a leaf." That's the paradox of Advent -- the evergreen wreath of hope amid the reality that we indeed do all fade like a leaf. The trust in God that is voiced is apparently counterbalanced by a deep sense of ...
218. Religious Load-Management
Deuteronomy 18:14-22
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Harold Warlick
... . The Exodus and the Cross are not isolated events, participated in by the generation among whom they occurred. Rather, each generation as it tells those stories encounters the same God at work and experiences the same liberation from bondage to sin and death. In short, the recognition of the birth of our Savior has to be brought down to earth. It is not a remnant of a fairy tale first learned in childhood, as we encountered Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, or today, the Lion King and Forrest Gump. It is a ...
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Harold Warlick
... God. There's a power available to us that can sustain us. So be it! 1. J. Alfred Smith, Basic Bible Sermons on Christian Stewardship (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1992), p. 99. 2. I'm grateful to John Claypool, Tracks of a Fellow Struggler (Waco: Word, 1974), p. 56, for recognition of the proper sequence inherent in the Isaiah passage. 3. This illustration and portions of the sermon may be found in Harold C. Warlick, Jr., The Rarest Of These Is Hope (Lima, Ohio: CSS Publishing Company, 1985), pp. 93-97.
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E. Carver McGriff
... church. He said he believes that every church should be working at being a place of redemptive love where newcomers can go and quickly find their place and feel accepted. That's one example. Setting aside any petty competitive need to have our way, to receive recognition, or redress for imagined slight, instead, to care for each other with love and long-suffering generosity, that's what it would seem Jesus called us to be in the church. There are people for whom this all is natural, and thank God for those ...
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E. Carver McGriff
... out and accept it. How do we do that? Peter explained that when he said, "Repent ... turn again." Ah, there's that unpopular word again. Repent. I can have my sins blotted out. But it isn't automatic. I am to reach out in the form of a self-recognition, then a desire to be different, coupled with admission of my guilt, and a willingness to allow a higher power to send me off in a new direction. That's repentance. Mere remorse is not repentance. I'll always remember a haunting little story told years ago by ...
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E. Carver McGriff
... receive the admiration of those around us. As a group, we take great delight in banquets and other ceremonies at which honors are distributed. People who come in second are rarely remembered in our culture. The runner-up usually receives a brief word of recognition and then is quickly forgotten. If you happen to be a sports enthusiast, you'll remember the poor old Buffalo Bills of the NFL. Never mind that year after year that fine team distinguished itself by beating the best teams, winning titles right up ...
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William G. Carter
... I look out over this sparse congregation," the preacher said, "I ask myself: where are the nine? Why aren't they here, giving thanks? Aren't they grateful enough to come to church?" One by one, folks in the congregation began to nod their heads in smug recognition. They smiled as the minister said, "Think of all those people who will sit before a fat table of turkey and stuffing, yet who did not come tonight to thank the founder of their feast." One by one, the people began to glow with satisfaction as the ...
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William G. Carter
... at the heart of true Christian discipleship. And if we cannot watch and wait and feel a little bit guilty, then we don't know what it means to follow Jesus Christ. That is, the story of Jesus' final evening with his disciples is intended to evoke a recognition of our sinfulness. "Truly I tell you," the Lord says, "one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me" (Mark 14:18). Those who hear him begin to exchange glances and say, "Surely, you're not talking about me, are you?" For such people, Christian ...
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John A. Stroman
... today with every victim of torture, incest, or rape; with every peasant caught in the crossfire of an enemy patrol; with every single one of the forty thousand children who die each day of hunger ... with the Alzheimer's patient who is slowly losing the capacity of recognition and the AIDS patient who is barely holding on to life" (p. 142). The good news is that in Jesus God became flesh and knows life exactly as we know it, every pain, every tear, every aspect. Emmanuel, truly God is with us. That is the ...
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