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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Sermon
Paul W. F. Harms
... they shall take up a taunt song against you, and wail with bitter lamentation, and say, "We are utterly ruined; he changes the portion of my people; how he removes it from me! Among our captors he divides our fields." Therefore you will have none to cast the line by lot in the assembly of the Lord. "Do not preach" - thus they preach - "one should not preach of such things; disgrace will not overtake us." Should this be said, O house of Jacob? Is the Spirit of the Lord impatient? Are these his doings? Do not ...
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John P. Rossing
... was clever enough to think of a way for Ruth to force Boaz's hand. Luckily, the other kinsman with a right to marry Ruth and inherit the property wasn't interested. So Boaz married Ruth, they had a son, Naomi was happy in her old age, and the family line that was to include King David was preserved. How lucky can you get? But what appears to be an amazing string of coincidences turns out to be the unfolding of God's plan to take care of Naomi. At the end of the story her friends say, "Blessed be the ...
2453. Foretaste
1 Corinthians 15:12-34
Eulogy
Richard F. Bansemer
... thing about life after death. We wonder about it in negative ways, doubting the possibility, skeptical about the reality of it, not wanting to be gullible or exploited by religion. None of us likes to be deceived. No, none of us wants to swallow bait, hook, line and sinker if "being caught" means "being tricked" or "being stupid."Yet, "if being Christian is of value only to us," writes Paul,and not to _____________, "then we (all of us), deserve more pity than anyone else in all the world." How are we to ...
2454. Step Three - Faith
Mt 8:5-13 · Heb 11:1-7 · Is 55:6-9
Sermon
John A. Terry
... . Sven had to find work in his new country and landed a job painting stripes down the center of the highways. This was before there were machines to do this job. Sven went to work his first day and ended up painting two miles of an almost perfectly straight line down the center of the highway. Sven's boss was never so pleased, for no one had ever before painted two miles of center stripe in one day. The next day out, Sven painted one mile of center stripe, which was still quite good, and his boss was well ...
2455. Step Eight - Love
Mt 7:7-14 · 2 Cor 5:16-21 · Ps 19:7-13
Sermon
John A. Terry
... laws. Weekdays when I drive to church, I drive through a school zone. There are flashing lights in the school zone, but they have not worked properly since school began. I am not sure what time the school zone speed limit is actually in effect. In the line with the rest of traffic, speeding through the school zone, I wonder if non-working flashing lights are an adequate legal defense for speeding through a school zone. That is concern for civil law. "What if I am found guilty?" The Law of the Lord has to ...
Sermon
Steven Burt
... right then and rushed back and told the eleven apostles -- the twelve minus Judas who had hanged himself -- they rushed back and told them what had happened on the road -- and how Jesus had made himself known in the sharing of the bread. For me, that last line sums it up: “He made himself known in the sharing of the bread.” I think that Jesus is made known to us in many ways; but I think that seeing the reality of Christ in our lives happens frequently through sharing meals together. In the most basic ...
2457. Richie Rich
Luke 16:19-31
Children's Sermon
Brett Blair
... I was waiting for my cell phone to charge. [Pause.] What are you doing? (response) Hey! Look at those photographs of those kids. They really need to put some clothes on. At this time the cell phone is rung by a person in the vestibule. If a phone line is not available, use another cell phone to place the call. Answering the phone, the child says, "What? Your kidding? Okay. All right. Sorry, I've got to go. See ya 'round." Getting back in the car, the child drives out of the sanctuary. Watch in silence as ...
Sermon
George Bass
... about it, except for the comedy of it." There is something ludicrous about Jesus' riding into the city of Jerusalem, with his disciples quoting scripture to support his claim to the throne of David, isn't there? It was hardly the red carpet treatment, because Jesus' path was lined with the garments of ordinary people. Would any of them have been dyed red? Jesus had to supply the red dye himself, and he did it by pouring out his blood on the awful tree, the cross. He knew that when he rode into the city that ...
Sermon
Johnny Dean
... none of the churches would have him! You know what his sermon is, don’t you? "Repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand." That’s it. No cute stories, no three points and a poem, no worn-out, pious clichés. He just stands there, roaring his one-line sermon like a lion. You could probably hear him long before you could catch sight of him. You could hear "REPENT!" echoing off the barren desert landscape. And I don’t want to hear that, especially now, at this time of the year. Don’t you just want to ...
Sermon
... . Isn’t it great that God lets us do that? And there’s no "three strikes and you’re out" policy with God, either! I was greatly relieved, however, to discover that there was still a sermon in the text, and it pretty much followed my original line of thought. The passage does reflect two different responses to the birth of Jesus. And these two responses are indications of the coming conflict the grown-up Jesus would have to face. Any time a child enters the scene, you can count on one thing – there ...
2461. Are You the One?
Matthew 11:1-19
Sermon
Johnny Dean
... as fearful people. We prefer to think of ourselves as strong and independent, as though we had the world by the tail and are just waiting for it to say "uncle," as if we were capable of taking on all comers. "I am strong, I am invincible," to borrow a line from one of my all-time least favorite songs. It just ain’t so, folks! None of us are "invincible," male or female. Every one of us, at one time or another has felt the cold grip of fear and felt helpless to do anything about it. One of the ...
2462. It Just Doesn't Work That Way
Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43
Sermon
Johnny Dean
... In his Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Gulag Archipelago, the great author, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, says, "If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being." She was the church organist, the mother of two beautiful children. Her father called me and gave me the news. "We’ve had to have her committed to the mental ward ...
Sermon
Johnny Dean
... most all of them. And without a faith that receives regular nourishment from the Word of God, all of the Word of God, and all of the people of God, I could not survive. Bread is the biblical metaphor because that was the staple, basic, bottom-line food source of Jesus’ day. If Jesus had been from Malaysia, it would have been sweet potatoes, and communion could get a little messy. Throughout the gospels, food always has a double meaning. Jesus frequently spoke of eating and drinking in connection with the ...
Sermon
Johnny Dean
... your enemies, take your vitamins, say a little prayer for good luck before you leave for work each day, keep your nose clean, and you’ll be alright. Grace? Yes, there is grace, and God’s grace is truly amazing, but if you step out of line, God’s going to get you, grace or no grace! I wonder if Matthew was a hall monitor when he was in school? God’s grace is amazing, the way it encompasses everyone, welcomes everyone, forgives everyone, and loves everyone. But grace can also be exasperating. There ...
Sermon
Johnny Dean
... way we think the world ought to be handled. Listen to a modern parable: One afternoon a church office assistant took a well deserved coffee break. She stopped by the vending machine and bought a bag of cookies, which she slipped into her purse. The she waited in line for a cup of coffee. After she got her coffee, she found a vacant chair at a table in the break room and sat down to enjoy these few brief minutes away from the office. She had brought the latest issue of "The Disciple" magazine with her, and ...
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Johnny Dean
... to forgive, abounding in steadfast, never-ending love"? There’s still time. No need to worry, no need to get in a hurry about anything. But there always comes that time when there is no more time. You come around the curve and a truck has crossed the center line and there’s no time. The little beeper on the monitor is one solid tone, the sine wave goes flat, the heart stops, we gasp for one last breath, life flashes in an instant before our eyes, and time runs out. It’s over. The door is shut. Does ...
2467. Use It or Lose It
Matthew 25:14-30
Sermon
Johnny Dean
... that this particular man was a reformed criminal. After he was released from prison, he had renounced the life of crime and gone straight. Joining the church, making a commitment to follow Jesus, was the first step in that effort. Serving God was a little out of his line, but he wanted to do what he could. So he went to the pastor and said, "Preacher, church work is something I’m not real familiar with, but I can fix the church’s electric meter so that every other day it will run backwards. That way you ...
Sermon
Johnny Dean
... none of the churches would have him! You know what his sermon is, don’t you? "Repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand." That’s it. No cute stories, no three points and a poem, no worn-out, pious cliches. He just stands there, roaring his one-line sermon like a lion. You could probably hear him long before you could catch sight of him. You could hear "REPENT!" echoing off the barren desert landscape. And I don’t want to hear that, especially now, at this time of the year. Don’t you just want to ...
Sermon
Johnny Dean
... next person, although I’m sure there are lots of folks who are more accurate with their casting than I am. I know a lot about fishing. I can talk about it for hours. But I’m just not very good at catching fish. The fish seem to know whose line that bait is attached to, and more often than not, they just swim right past it. But these fishermen Jesus called to follow him didn’t fish the same way you and I do. They didn’t bait hooks and cast them out and wait for the fish to come ...
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Johnny Dean
... for Jesus to handle. There were two ruling groups in the religious hierarchy of the synagogue. There was the priestly class, the Sadducees. Many of them were wealthy, and so they considered themselves the aristocracy of the church. They were the old line, hard shell believers, the ones who adhered strictly to ancient tradition and dogma. They didn’t believe in resurrection because they could find no teaching concerning resurrection in THEIR Bible, which was the Pentateuch, or the first five books of the ...
2471. Death Stinks
John 11:17-37
Sermon
Johnny Dean
... try to paint a picture of death that makes it look like we just glide from this life into the next, just as easy as you please. Then we wonder why death comes as such a shock when it punches us in the stomach! Comedian Woody Allen has a great line about death. He says, "I’m not afraid to die. I just don’t want to be there when it happens!" A little girl named Karen saw her precious Miss Kitty get killed. Miss Kitty darted in front of a steam roller that was preparing her street for repaving, and ...
Sermon
Brett Blair
... Jesus seemingly ignore the Greeks request for an audience with him? Jesus knows that the Greeks "Seek Wisdom" and are only interested in debate and dialogue on theological philosophical issues of the day. Even if they are God Fearers they are perhaps noncommittal. Jesus draws a line in the sand now that this is Passion Week and, in effect says, the time for debating is over! Those who would be my disciples must lose their life and hate their life in this world in order to save it. Unless a kernel of wheat ...
Sermon
Brett Blair
... all your heart, and with all your soul, and all your mind." And on the evening before his crucifixion, Jesus prays. He prays that the disciples will come to know God in a personal way. Actually Jesus is simply echoing those words of Moses. He is restating the lines in a brief phrase: "That they may know you, the only true God." Jesus isn’t talking about knowing God like you know your ABC’s. Let’s not kid ourselves. Gentlemen, when your wife tells you that she wants to know you better she doesn’t ...
Sermon
Johnny Dean
... him faithfully before the crucifixion. And then his disciples asked him, "Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?" The perceptions of disciples of every age and era of exactly what is to be restored has a tendency to be not exactly in line with what God has in mind. Back in the glory days of Israel, during the reign of King David, Israel was a force to be reckoned with by her neighbors, even envied by them. Israel was respected back then, and yes, by golly, even FEARED! People took ...
Sermon
Johnny Dean
... in the month of May. Of course, the biggest hit of this summer season supposedly will be the newest entry into the "Star Wars" series. As I watched and read reports about how anxious and enthusiastic people were about the opening of this movie, willing to stand in long lines waiting to purchase a ticket to see it, I wondered why it is that people don’t get that excited about the church any more. They don’t, you know? If I were to ask, for example, how many of you are glad to be here this morning, most ...
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