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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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2376. Why?

Job 3:11-12, 16, 20, 23

Sermon

James Merritt

... that tells me that God is good. It is the cross that tells me that God is love. It is the cross that tells me that God can even use evil for his good purpose. As a matter of fact, you will never make any sense out of evil whatsoever, indeed, you will never make any sense out of life without the cross of Jesus Christ. How can anybody worship a god in a world of pain who is immune to pain? If you ever go to a Buddhist Temple, you will see a statue of the Buddha; his legs crossed, arms ...

2377. When the Pressure Is On

John 6:1-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... His disciples, ‘Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.' Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten." (vv.10-13) Jesus had a great sense of humor. Do you think it was coincidental that there were twelve baskets left over—one for every disciple? That little boy had given Jesus a schoolroom lunch you could have folded into a napkin, and he got to take home twelve baskets full of ...

2378. The Great Depression

Psalm 42:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... of messages that I am entitling “Dealing with Feelings.” I’m going to begin today with the most dominant destructive debilitating feeling of all. Have you ever awakened in the morning and somehow you just knew it was going to be a bad day? Somebody with a great sense of humor described a few clues to let us know that it’s “going to be a bad day” when: You wake up face down on the pavement. You call Suicide Prevention and they put you on hold. Your birthday cake collapses from the weight of the ...

2379. Do You See the Light?

Romans 1:16-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... on the earth and be an atheist but I cannot conceive how he can look up into the heavens and say there is no God.” Common sense alone tells us that behind everything made, there must be a maker. If there is a watch, there must be a watchmaker. If there is a car ... societies realize that murder, rape, stealing, and lying are wrong. The reason there is that universal conscience and that universal sense of guilt over wrong is because God has put it there. Now missionaries testify to an amazing fact. Even what ...

2380. And the Angel Said to Harry Potter

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

... an entire nation is expecting. The parents aren't married. The room's not prepared. But "fear not" says the angel. "Calm down…. mellow out….chill. Things are happening in you (and among you), which do not necessarily make sense to you, and may never make complete sense to you (given that God's ways are not necessarily your ways). But let it be. Open your minds. Open your hearts. Have a little faith." Which they did, don't you know. Everybody chilled. Everybody followed instructions. Everybody went ...

2381. This Feels Like Where I Came In

Mark 13:1-8

Sermon

... when, after all this time, I can still be swayed by the one who spoke last and the one who speaks loudest. Sixth, my decision to support war against Iraq was hard, given that my life-long "lean" has been toward those who would rather talk sense than knock sense. And I am incredibly patient when it comes to talking. Ask anyone who knows me. Seventh, my decision was hard, given my fear that the one place this war will be neither swift nor clean will be the streets of Baghdad, where (from both sides) the ...

2382. Healed By The Great Physician

2 Kings 5:1-27

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... is okay for uneducated and simplistic folks, but I’m much too sophisticated for that stuff.” Most of us act like physician “wanna-be’s”; we love to give prescriptions but have a hard time receiving them. Back to General Naaman. His servants talked some sense into him, saying, “General, come on, if the prophet had asked you to do something really difficult, you would have done it. This jumping in the Jordan River seven times is easy. You won’t even have to have to report this to your health ...

2383. Is Jesus The Only Way?

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... that he was the only way to God the Father, he was motivated not by arrogance but by compassion. If you will suspend judgment for just a little while, and consider with me a simple story Jesus told, I believe that Jesus’ claim will begin to make sense. In Matthew 22, Jesus told a story about a king whose son was getting married. No doubt, the king rented the banquet hall and ballroom of a big hotel and threw a bodacious bash. Remember, in first century Palestine, most people were poor. But even among the ...

2384. I Believe In God The Father Almighty

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... not nearly as many folks would fall in love and we would lose half of our love songs. Surely it strains our common sense to think that this world, with all its signs of design, is just an accident. Suppose you are driving through South Dakota and ... money and heads for the fast lane and the bright lights. He wastes all his resources in sin. But then he comes to his senses and decides to return home, repenting and asking forgiveness. The father does not react as you and I might, by demanding, “Where have you ...

2385. A Life to Die For

Acts 6:8-15; Acts 7:54-8:1

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... many tourists who shuffle through the place, he says he thinks one of the reasons they come is that "…in a day of disposable diapers, throw-away wedding gowns, biodegradable garbage bags and plastic everything, people are hungry for something that gives a sense of stability, a sense of permanence, as if to witness to something that will last forever." [1] The Confirmation class is in worship together this morning and I want to ask them, "Do you think much of what we do here seems out of date? Is the hymn ...

2386. Tongues, Ears, or Too Much to Drink

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... around saw and heard what was happening, they just couldn't explain it. "They must be filled with new wine," and of course, in a sense, they were…the new wine of God's Spirit. Tongues, ears or too much to drink… So, Luke says, it was when they were "….all ... . Then he speaks of his friends: When we pass each other on the church campus, we smile knowing smiles. We have a kinship, a sense of holy family. When things pile on for me, this community is essential. I've tried it out there. I am not equipped to ...

2387. When Seeing is Not Believing

John 20:19-31

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... Thomas had had it up to here! He must have been ready to shout, "Enough already! I can't take it anymore. I don't want to hear any more about your experience with the Risen Christ. I will not believe until I see for myself." And in that sense, I want to say, "Right on, Thomas!" Don't settle for a secondhand experience. Don't believe it just because someone else told you. Ask the questions. Probe the facts. Find out for yourself. Don't settle for some weak, puny, second-hand faith someone passed on like a ...

2388. Out of Solitude

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... and a cup of tea. I think we kids knew that sitting made all the other activity possible. It didn't solve our problems, but sitting offered my mother a chance to catch her breath, to remember life was more than the task at hand, and to tap into some sense of peace in the midst of the maelstrom. [4] And then I wonder...what would my kids remember of me? Always running to church meetings, always busy, or would they remember me napping by the lake or sitting by a campfire? Did they ever just see me sit? In the ...

2389. Worship Like A Wesley

Philippians 4:4-9

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... God in every word you sing. Aim at pleasing him more than yourself, or any other creature. In order to do this, attend strictly to the sense of what you sing, and see that your heart is not carried away with the sound, but offered to God continually; so shall your singing be ... appreciation for tradition, a love of the liturgy, the beauty and the depth of meaning in the worship experience, and a sense of awe, wonder and dignity in worship. And in our day, when it seems that the growing churches are the churches ...

2390. Taking a Necessary Step

Acts 19:1-7

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... long enough to be able to perceive it and the value. Counting our blessings is one way to begin positive pondering on such a matter. Then, we see the connections of how one set of events leads to another and so on. Those who don't have a sense of growth, of course, will have some problematic times trying to deal with this. In terms of the truth of the text we understand John's baptism of repentance was not wrong. It just didn't go far enough. More — substantially more — was in the offing and it would ...

2391. Looking to the Unseen

2 Corinthians 4:18

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... seen, but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal" (2 Corinthians 4:18). If Paul as a Jew had first experienced the seen things of power, recognition, success, a sense of achievement and widespread acclamation, he now was experiencing, as a Christian, the seen things of mockery, shipwreck, persecution, imprisonment, and flogging. If once he seemed on a clear path to success and acclaim, he now seemed to be on a path of hardship ...

2392. Make the Most of God’s Gifts

Ephesians 5:15-20

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... may be and as much as we might want to help, we cannot respond to all possibilities. All people need "down time"; we must choose among the myriad of tasks and opportunities that come our way. We must admit, however, that inside each of us lies a sense of complacency. We should listen to the Prophet Amos concerning such laziness: "Alas for those who lie on beds of ivory, and lounge on their couches, and eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the stall; who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp, and ...

2393. Fairness

Matthew 20:1-16

Illustration

George E. Thompson

... the pastor, though secretly he wanted absolution and faith's consolation. His physician, who loved him, was moved by his valor and whispered, "If I were God, I would far sooner save the man who does not repent at the last minute." Deep inside, our sense of even-scaled justice admires the hardened skeptic. But Jesus' parable communicates the opposite message. It shatters all our preconceived assumptions about the justice of God. Here is a story with a coded message that brings us to the core of what Jesus of ...

2394. Decisions Based on Integrity

Matthew 21:23-32

Illustration

Keith Wagner

... told the local media he could no longer put profits ahead of the health of his patrons. Perhaps that single event didn't change the smoking habits in society and other stores probably absorbed profits, but, this was not a decision based on economics, Thomas was responding from his own sense of integrity. (from God's Little Lessons on Life for Dad, Honor Books) It took Thomas years to change his family business. Thankfully, he made a commitment and like the first son in our story, acted out of a ...

2395. Outrageous Love

John 13:1-15

Sermon

Shirley Gupton Lynn

... sacrificial death, is meant to be accepted. What does Christ want us to do today where we recline with dirty feet, unwilling to admit our deepest need? He wants us to accept his love. It isn't easy. Remember how Peter resisted when Jesus came to wash his feet? His sense of propriety was insulted. "Methinks he doth protest too much." Is isn't just that Jesus the Lord is too good to wash feet. Peter knows he isn't good enough to accept what Jesus is doing for him. And he hates to admit his needs. Pride is in ...

2396. Blazing a Path to Christ

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit" (Mark 1:7-8). The trailblazers of history, Columbus, Copernicus, Lewis and Clark, Christiaan Barnard, and John the Baptist, have provided models for us to follow. While we, like these famous men of history, have not sensed or experienced the goal of our quest, we have some idea of its greatness. We recall Saint Paul's words, "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him" (1 Corinthians 2 ...

2397. Letting Go and New Beginnings

Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... past life and moving in a new direction. The uncertainty of new beginnings, fresh starts in life, raises fear among many people. We cling to the past as a source of strength. It might not be all we want it to be, but what we have we know. Our sense of security is lost if we move out from our level of comfortableness. What we do not realize, however, is that past events many times can become a ball and chain around our leg that impedes our movement forward. We are so weighed down, as was the climber, that ...

2398. Following a God Who Flip Flops ...

Jonah 3:1-5, 10

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... , because they changed their ways, and God changed God's mind. It seems to me that we need to promote flexibility instead of consistency. Whether it's in our personal lives, our family lives, our church or our community, it makes sense that we work to be adaptable as change comes. It makes sense that we lean into the forgiving and loving arms of grace, rather than adhere to the rigors of legalism and law. Indeed, isn't that one of the main things Jesus came to tell us? That "the Sabbath is made for people ...

2399. The Passion of the Servant Leader

Isaiah 50:4-9a

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... if you are hearing them spoken by Jesus himself. Tongue "The Lord God has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word" (Isaiah 50:4a). The most important quality in a teacher who leads is a sense of servanthood. Teachers know more than their pupils, but the true teacher doesn't just impart information. He leads students or disciples by example of selfless service. "What you are speaks so loudly, I can hardly hear a word you say," someone has observed, but words are ...

2400. Risking Relationships That Redeem

Ruth 3:1-5, 4:13-17

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... , her sons marry Moabite women, one of whom is Ruth. After Naomi's husband and sons die, Ruth makes a radical commitment to stand by Naomi through thick and thin. At that moment, Ruth makes a leap of faith, choosing an unknown future, against all common sense. She casts her lot with a poverty-stricken older widow who needs her and whom she cares about, deciding from her heart to do what she believes is right. Giving up everything in life that is familiar to her, Ruth makes her painstaking way from Moab ...

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