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Synonyms: touch, feel, sense of touch, tactile sense, tactility, contact, using one's hands, sensation, sense, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, notion, inkling, hunch, fancy, apprehension, presentiment, premonition, foreboding, love, care, affection, fondness, tenderness, warmth, warmness, emotion, sentiment, emotional state, compassion, sympathy, empathy, fellow feeling, understanding, concern, solicitude, solicitousness, tender-heartedness, brotherly love, sensibilities, sensitivities, self-esteem, ego, pride, opinion, belief, view, impression, intuition, instinct, estimation, guess, theory, hypothesis, thought, way of thinking, point of view, atmosphere, ambience, aura, air, mood, climate, character, overtone, undertone, tenor, spirit, quality, flavour, colour, aptitude, knack, flair, bent, talent, gift, skill, art, trick, faculty, ability, propensity, inclination, sensitive, warm, warm-hearted, tender, tender-hearted, caring, soft-hearted, sympathetic, compassionate, empathetic, responsive, receptive, intuitive, thoughtful

Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice

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2276. A Time for Tears

John 11:17-37

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... gone from this earth altogether. I shall say, I must say, no matter how painful the confession may be, that I have lost something that I will never recover, the friendship that made the harmony between our two souls, which found expression in a look, a smile, a touch of a hand. These things have left us with a thousand sights and sounds and smells, reduced to a small stock of memories which will never be renewed. This is the catastrophe - that the gap between us may be bridged in another way that we do not ...

2277. TRYING IT WITHOUT GOD

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... are brilliantly lighted showcases, stuffed with the trivia of the little life. Soul-hungry, harried multitudes, seeking, seeking, seeking, dash from the chapel of the dollar. Checkbooks still in hand, to share vicarious confession, Slumped in deep-cushioned seats before a silver screen. A touch of laughter, a sniff of tears, a pinch of dirty filth, and then out again. And now to the station of the hat, or the shoes, or the candy, or the necktie. Then a visit to the baptismal font of the rich milk shake ...

2278. Well, What's for Sure?

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... by a fourth or fifth grader, but it might have been written by an adult. He writes: "Dear God, Our minister says that you are everywhere, but I don’t see you anywhere. How come? Your friend, Harold." I thought the closing was a nice touch: "I don’t see you anywhere. Your friend." Typical of the kind of ambiguity from which all of us suffer. Occasionally, someone will greet me with the rather trite and redundant quip: "Well, Pastor, what do you know for sure?" Common and hackneyed and repetitive as ...

2279. Chapter I

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... who had been physically blind might be overwhelmed if he suddenly had his eyes opened after years of darkness. That actually happened to an aunt of mine. Blinded in childhood by an eye inflamation, she grew up groping her way through life hearing, smelling, touching, but never drinking in the sight of the people and things that surrounded her, until one day, when she was seated at the table fininshing her dinner with the family. Since it was my aunt’s birthday my grandmother had baked her a cake, and ...

2280. Chapter V

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... your God is giving you." Exodus 20:12 One of the things about the Commandments is that even though there is only a handful of them they speak to nearly every area of life. Though in some instances they are only a few words or phrases long, they touch virtually every basic relationship that a man has with his fellows, as well as with God. The longer that perceptive and sensitive people study and live with them the more apparent become the wisdom and depth of these guides for living. In the 3,200 years since ...

2281. Chapter VI

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... on battlefields in other lands, our troops, and the men of other nations, have been dying at a steady pace for the last 35 or more years. In one way or another this man-administered death has come to the place where all of us have either been touched by it, or know that we might be. Faced with this grizzly possibility, people are looking more intently than ever at themselves and their fellows, wondering what it is that we are doing to each other. We are not the first society ever to look at man-administered ...

2282. Are You Ready for Jesus?

Matthew 25:13

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... things before Jesus is born into our world again. Isn’t that right? This is called the last Sunday after Trinity. This Sunday we have a lesson that I think you’re going to like. Do you see what I have here? (Hold up tire and do not let it touch the floor until the proper time) That’s right, a tire, and we sure do need tires, don’t we? What’s a tire made of? Rubber. That’s right and what do we put in the tire? Air, that’s right. Oh, this is a special tire because it ...

2283. Christmas Is for -

Sermon

Michael J. Anton

... all those who had so filled the inn that it was too crowded for one more family, God speaks his Word. Into our hurting and our worries, our sleepless slumber, our agony and ecstasy, God speaks His Word. The Word can be heard by his children. The Word can be touched and handled and used and enjoyed by his children who are willing to recogize his Word as Truth. The blessings of birth and rebirth become real for those who come to the crib to bow before this Child. For Christmas is for children. Amen.

2284. BUTCHER

1 Corinthians 10:23--11:1

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Stephen Stewart

... text and question this. Why does St. Paul tell them that they can eat non-kosher meats, then? Things had changed by his time, as they have further changed in ours. We look forward to a steak that is so rare that the blood spurts out at the first touch of the knife. Things and attitudes do change. Perhaps there’s more of Dracula in our make-up than we think! Although the Talmud seems to indicate that the butcher, per se, was held in rather low esteem in ancient Israel, this was not necessarily so in other ...

2285. PHILOSOPHERS

Acts 17:18

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Stephen Stewart

... , the greatest thinker of the age. In the golden age of philosophy, much that the philosophers said sounded very similar to what we might expect from a rabbi of Jewish teacher. For instance, the philosopher-mathematician, Pythagoras said, "If you have a wounded heart, touch it as little as you would an injured eye. There are only two remedies for the suffering of the soul - hope and patience." However, as with so many of man’s nobler ideals, the whole issue became clouded with narrower and more worldly ...

2286. PHYSICIAN

Luke 5:31; Colos. 4:14

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Stephen Stewart

... concerning the doctor’s ability to cure his patients. Mark 5:26 says, "he suffered much under many physicians." No post-mortem study of anatomy and the cause of disease, such as we practice today, was possible because of the Mosaic injunction against touching the dead. From the Bible we may infer that Hebrew doctors made use of oil lotions, anointings of balm, fig poultices, and wine. The early Babylonians had a law against malpractice, and one that varied the fees according to the financial status of ...

2287. POTTER

Jer. 18:4; Rom. 9:21

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... vessels were conceived and formed, and ceramics, one of the oldest of the arts, had its start. The study of pottery has yielded more knowledge of the history of the human race than has that of any other of the arts. The story of pottery touches on all ages and all lands. The potter’s wheel, one of man’s earliest mechanical inventions, was highly regarded by ancient peoples. Its invention was claimed by both the Chinese and the Egyptians. The potter’s work involved making clay utensils for the average ...

2288. Pillars of the Church

Exodus 17:8-16, Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... Civic?" they asked. "It's dangerous this time of year in this kind of weather." Linda replied, "Well, I'm determined to try." "In that case," one of the truckers said, "We're just going to have to hug you." Linda drew back and said, "You're not going to touch me." The truckers chuckled and said, "Not like that. We'll put one truck in front of you and one in the rear. In that way, we'll get you through the mountains." And so they did. Most of us Christians need to be hugged along life's pathway. With ...

2289. That Horse Called Style

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... do, you will give with confidence, knowing that God will out-give you every time. I heard about a Catholic family that used to listen regularly to the great Bishop Sheen's TV messages. One day Bishop Sheen appealed for money for some good cause. This family was touched by the appeal. They rounded up all the money they could find in the house; it was $5.35. Someone in the family complained that they couldn't afford to send what little money they had. But the mother replied, "We are going to give it all. It ...

2290. Watch Your Language!

Matthew 5:33-37

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... are misused constantly. The standard expression of surprise is "0 my God." And I wonder how many Christians are misusing God's name in the same way because they have heard it so often. One bright exception to the TV wilderness is a program entitled, "Touched by an Angel." I was delighted to see that it was very near the top of the ratings last month. We Christians have a responsibility to model speech that glorifies our Lord. Anytime holy names are used, it must be intentionally and reverently. A second ...

2291. No Retaliation

Matthew 5:38-42

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... is this: Don't retaliate. Instead, win over the aggressor with tough, wise love. Remember our two primary purposes on this earth: To win people to Christ and to transform human society into the Kingdom of God. On this past Tuesday morning, a newspaper story touched my heart. A 33-year-old Vietnamese woman named Kim Phu placed a wreath at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington and delivered a short speech. Twenty-four years ago, when Kim Phu was only 9 years old, her picture was taken by an Associated ...

2292. Getting on the Active List

John 1:35-42

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... 1, in each witnessing situation, the object was to get a person in direct contact with Jesus as soon as possible. Jesus said that where two or three are gathered in his name, he would be there in a special way. So, if you want to put someone in touch with Jesus, bring him where you know Jesus is, namely where his people are gathered in his name. We know from surveys that the two times each year when people are most receptive to the Gospel are at Easter and Christmas. For goodness sakes, use this window of ...

2293. Overcoming Fear

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... Jesus Christ. Those men and women in the darkest hours of their hopelessness would come here and put their hands on His holy and loving face. It was this that sustained them and gave them victory over their fears." Victory over fear belongs to those who through faith can almost touch the face of Christ, those who trust in his promise: "Lo, I will be with you always, even to the end of the age."

2294. The Snake: A Slick Salesman

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... ?" LOOK NOW AT VERSES TWO AND THREE: "AND THE WOMAN SAID TO THE SERPENT, 'WE MAY EAT OF THE FRUIT OF THE TREES OF THE GARDEN; BUT GOD SAID, YOU SHALL NOT EAT OF THE FRUIT OF THE TREE WHICH IS IN THE MIDST OF THE GARDEN, NEITHER SHALL YOU TOUCH IT, LEST YOU DIE." Why in the world did God put the forbidden tree in the Garden in the first place? Didn't He know that anything that is forbidden takes on a powerful attractiveness? Yes, God knew that. But he refused to remove our freedom of choice. God wanted ...

2295. Called Into Covenant

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... you just invite them to Christ Church, I will invite them to Christ. Several months ago Margaret Wallace of our church was presenting a children’s sermon in our 8:30 service. She added several of her own verses to the beloved children’s song, “Jesus Loves Me.” It so touched by heart that I asked for a copy of it. It is a call to help us share Christ. “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so. There are others who do not know; help me Lord to tell them so. Though I’m small I ...

2296. The Seeds of Social Conflict

Genesis 4:1-26

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... . Verse 5 tells us that Cain was very angry and his countenance fell. Can’t you see his furrowed brow, his narrowed eyes, his brooding and distancing from his brother? Nursing anger is like handling radioactive rocks, it can destroy all that it touches. John H. Hanley, CEO of the Mansanto Company, tells about a young chemist in his company who announced one day that he had discovered a great new solvent capable of dissolving anything: concrete, steel, glass, plastic, really anything. The chief engineer in ...

2297. 'Nevertheless': A Word of Faith

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... nil. I really would like for my doctor to help me overdose so I can just exit as quickly as possible. What possible purpose could I still have on this earth? (But here comes that word) ..."NEVERTHELESS, if you want me to model a faith that not even cancer can touch, if you want me to cast my burden upon you and allow you to sustain me, if you want me to show all these younger people how to die as well as live, with courage and conviction. ..then Lord, I will launch into the deep with you." A 37-year ...

2298. Running a Marathon

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... was an angel, but he cannot explain it any other way. In the twelfth chapter of Acts, St. Peter was asleep in jail. An angel came and released him from prison. The angel has to slap St. Peter rather hard to wake him up, you've heard of being touched by an angel; St. Peter was slapped. The author of Hebrews wants us to know that countless heavenly saints and legions of angels are cheering for us in the grandstands as we run the good race for Christ. And then think about the dear folks on earth our friends ...

2299. Lessons from a Shrewd Crook

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... . But when the annual audit was done, the stealing by the steward became obvious. So, the boss fired the steward and told him to get the books in order for a final accounting. Here is where the shrewdness of the steward comes into play. He got in touch with all of his business clients and gave them the wonderful news that since they had been such good customers, he was cutting their bills, in some cases by as much as 50 percent. Thus, the steward bought some good friends among the customers who might offer ...

2300. The Hardest Thing That God Could Ask

Genesis 22:1-19

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... at all sure that Allen could survive the surgery, but he had no choice but to try. We prayed with the surgeon before the operation and all during it. Allen survived! Gradually he grew stronger. The I was moved away from that community and lost touch with the Rudick family. Imagine the joy I experienced when, just a month ago, twenty years after leaving Hartsville, I received a letter from Allen’s mother, Judy. She informed me that Allen had been named Student of the Year at his high school. He received ...

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