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Synonyms: humiliation, mortification, chagrin, ignominy, loss of face, shamefacedness, embarrassment, indignity, abashment, discomfort, discomfiture, discomposure, guilt, remorse, contrition, compunction, disgrace, dishonour, discredit, degradation, disrepute, ill-repute, infamy, scandal, odium, opprobrium, obloquy, condemnation, contempt, pity, misfortune, crying shame, cause for regret, source of regret, sad thing, unfortunate thing, discredit to, disgrace to, stain on, blemish on, blot on, blot on the escutcheon of, slur on, reproach to, bad reflection on, bring into disrepute, degrade, debase, defame, stigmatize, taint, sully, tarnish, besmirch, stain, blacken, drag through the mud/mire, give a bad name to, put in a bad light, humiliate, mortify, make someone feel ashamed, embarrass, abash, chasten, humble, put someone in their place, take down a peg or two, cut down to size, show up

Antonyms: honor, pride, respect, glory, praise, dignity, honor, esteem, glorification, laud, compliment, regard, credit, elevate, acclaim, pleasure, favor, kudos, recognition, flatter, admiration, greatness, happiness, self-confidence, reverence

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1. Miracle Nine: Healing A Deaf-Mute

Mark 7:31-37, Mark 7:24-30

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Harold H. Lentz

... not see the miracle performed, when Christ first put his finger into the man's ear and said, "Ephphatha," and then loosened the man's tongue, they knew at once that the miracle had been performed. But since Christ did not yet desire or seek public acclaim, he charged the crowd not to tell anyone about what had transpired. But people like to talk and to bear news. So Christ's admonition was ignored and they told about it everywhere. SERMON MATERIAL The Shortcomings Of Deafness · We who can hear are guilty ...

2. “Within Your Temple, O God, We Meditate on Your Unfailing Love”

Psalm 48:1-14

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C. Hassell Bullock

... and that was the point—not the place but God’s presence. That psalm was a confession by God’s people that God is their refuge, a confession of faith in an informal sense. Psalm 47 picks up the threads of a multilayered history of this city, acclaiming Yahweh to be “the great King over all the earth” (melek gadol ‘al-kol-ha’arets, 47:2) and summoning the nations to join the acclamation, still with no mention of the name Zion but only an allusion to worship activity there (47:5). With Psalm 48 ...

3. Fulfilled, Or Just Full?

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Alex Gondola

... 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 sold eighty ...

4. Looking A Little Bit Crazy

Mark 3:20-30

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William G. Carter

... bright new star of the jazz music scene. He was a phenomenal bass player, with a keen ear for harmony and an unsurpassed technical ability on his 1962 Fender bass. He joined the well-known jazz group Weather Report and gained instant acclaim for his musicianship. With the fame, however, came free access to cocaine and alcohol. As Jaco fell into a routine of drug abuse, he began to exhibit increasingly bizarre behavior. His substance abuse aggravated an undiagnosed manic-depressive condition, which, in turn ...

5. Competition In The Kingdom?

Matthew 20:17-19

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Mark Ellingsen

... way it is with us? One moment we sing God's praises and seek with all our heart to walk in his ways. The next moment, or even as we think we are walking in faith, it is all marred by our egocentricity and our yearning for the acclaim of the crowd. At least this is what happened to two of Jesus' disciples and their mother. Here is the story: James and John, two sons of Zebedee, were among Jesus' 12 disciples. In fact, they were prominent among his disciples. According to Matthew, they were among the first ...

6. Palms By Day And Plots By Night

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Erskine White

... ...I hid not my face from shame and spitting ...Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together.Who are my adversaries? Let them confront me. Now, why might Jesus think of Isaiah on this, the day of His biggest triumph? When He is basking in more public acclaim than He's ever known before, why might He think of "adversaries" and "smiters" who wait to stab Him in the back? Because Jesus knows what is coming. He knows that there are plots being laid against Him in the midst of the palms. He is aware that ...

7. The Reins of Power

2 Samuel 5:1-5

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... confusion in our minds as that which animated the crowd that waved palm branches and scattered them along the way from Bethany to Jerusalem so long ago? There is incongruity here, even as there was on that day when Jesus took his famous donkey ride. What do we mean by acclaiming him in such terms as that of king? How many Americans are there who are willing to submit to the rule of a king of any kind? And how fitting was it ever to speak of the humble Jesus as a king? We who are inclined to celebrate the ...

8. Resurrection: From Slave to Child

Galatians 3:26--4:7

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Leonard H. Budd

... by many people as their savior. "Jesus," they said to one another, "is the special gift from God. Messiah!" Jesus’ disciples, having walked with him the whole way from Galilee, were caught up in the acclaim, sharing in the shouting and exuberance. This was their Master, their teacher. He was being ushered into the Great City even as would be a king! The journey that Jesus took that first Palm Sunday illustrates the biblical call to move from slavery to being sons and daughters of God. ...

9. O Holy Night

Philippians 2:5-11

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James Merritt

... to the glory of God the Father." The purpose of this universe, the purpose of all of history, the purpose of your life and mine is to bring glory to God the Father, and the way glory ultimately is going to be brought to God is when we acclaim that Jesus Christ is Lord. One day all creation shall bow to our Lord, Even now among angels His name is adored, May we at His coming with glorified throng, Stand singing His praises in Heaven's great song: Jesus, Jesus, Savior adored— Of all men and angels forever ...

10. Won't You Come Home, George Bailey?

Luke 2:1-7

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... night ... to any suggestion that the world (and we) could be different. Earlier this morning (along about 11:35), one of you came into my office to tell me about your psychiatrist ... your highly-credentialed and widely-acclaimed psychiatrist ... your highly-credentialed and widely-acclaimed Jewish psychiatrist. And you told me that in your most recent session, the subject of church had come up ... this church ... our church. To which your Jewish psychiatrist said: Ah yes, that church. I went to a funeral ...

11. Jesus' Baptism: Affirmed by God

Mark 1:9-13

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Maxie Dunnam

... to it more convincingly than I. Here’s one. Parade magazine carried the story of Byron Janis, the world renowned pianist. He has played in some of the greatest music halls of the world, in Europe, in the United States, even in the Soviet Union. He has been acclaimed by many as the most accomplished pianist of our time. Few people know about another side of his life. In fact, it’s a side that only his wife, Maria, knew until just recently Byron Janis has severe bursitis in one of his shoulders and has a ...

12. Jesus Enters Jerusalem as a Peaceable and Humble King

Matthew 20:29-34, Matthew 21:1-11

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Jeannine K. Brown

... out for mercy, as do other supplicants in Matthew’s story (9:27; 15:22). The motif of Jesus as the Son of David occurs here and in 20:31, preparing the way for Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, where the crowds escort him into the city acclaiming him “Son of David.” Children will also join this refrain in the temple courts in 21:15. 20:34 Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Jesus’ compassion is thematic in Matthew. Jesus has healed people because of his compassion already at 9:35 ...

13. Saul’s Finest Hour

1 Sam 11:1-15

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... of old (Judg. 6:11). But once God’s Spirit energizes him, he acts decisively, uniting the people and displaying impressive military strategy. The key to his success is God’s supernatural enablement, not his physical attributes or his status as the newly acclaimed king. Unfortunately, Saul will soon get out of step with the divine Spirit and forfeit God’s enabling power (1 Sam. 16:14). That power will be transferred to another, whose inner character is predisposed to obey God (13:14). Illustrating the ...

14. The Voice of the Lord in the Thunderstorm

Psalm 29:1-11

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... But also in the mere singing of this psalm, the earthly choir at the Jerusalem temple echoes this cry of praise. 29:10–11 The closing fourfold praise of the LORD (Yahweh) describes his status (v. 10) and how he exercises that status (v. 11). He is acclaimed as King, enthroned over the flood. We should thus imagine him seated on his throne in his palace surrounded by his royal court. The closing verse comes as a surprise. All we have heard thus far is of royal glory, a thunderous voice that is powerful and ...

15. Moses Blesses the Tribe

Deuteronomy 33:1-29

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... God’s hosts) with historical events (the gathering of the tribes at Sinai) and also links divine authority (Yahweh as king) with human agency (Moses as lawgiver). Three main emphases thus occupy this first stanza. (a) The transcendent power of Yahweh is acclaimed by reference to the Sinai theophany. Sinai is remembered not merely as the place of the giving of the law, but as the occasion when the awesome cosmic power of Yahweh was demonstrated and as the place from which Yahweh marched forth victoriously ...

16. Miracle Three: Healing A Leper

Mark 1:40-45

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Harold H. Lentz

... people and, secondly, how it causes death. It is a deadly disease. A young woman was talented and beautiful. Among other activities, she was a soloist in her church choir. But another member of the congregation became insanely jealous of her acclaim. So she began to invent stories about the soloist and spread unfounded charges of immorality. Other members of the congregation believed her lies. They joined in a spreading ostracism of the young lady, who could not understand the growing resentment against ...

17. Miracles Seven and Eight: Healing An Issue Of Blood & Healing The Rulers Daughter

Mark 5:21-43

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Harold H. Lentz

... ignorance when we adopt a scornful attitude. Because of their scorn and lack of faith, Jesus was not able to perform many miracles in his hometown of Nazareth. Elsewhere he could restore sight to the blind, heal the sick, raise the dead, and be widely acclaimed. But here in the house of the ruler of the synagogue the people laughed and rejected him. When this type of action takes place, who is the loser? Surely those who take "offense at him" and reject him with laughter and scorn. Their lack of confidence ...

18. Holy Love and Herod's Love

Matthew 2:13-18, Matthew 2:19-23

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Mark Radecke

... suggest a related reason: We have in the Christmas story and in the Herod story a study in contrasts in styles of loving. There are some striking similarities, to be sure. Herod is a king who wants his people to love him. Throughout the Old Testament, God is acclaimed as Israel's king. And he, too, wants his people to love him. Herod is jealous of his people's affection. "Jealous" is a word also used to describe God: "Behold, I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God"; a God who will not tolerate any rivals ...

19. Be Patient

James 5:7-12

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Frank Luchsinger

... . Establish your hearts...." Establish your hearts. James instructs us to allow God to do what God does -- to send the early and the late rain -- and to wait upon what God will do, expecting precious fruit. Steven Covey in his highly acclaimed Seven Habits of Highly Effective People discusses the productive practice of having a time of idea planting, growth and development, and harvesting. He recommends a focus on things which are "important," and resisting the dominance of the "urgent." Things which are ...

20. Hope Against Hope

Jeremiah 33:1-26

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Robert A. Hausman

... s own grieving made it possible for Israel to hope, so the good shepherd gives us life by dying. For the Christian, the "days that are surely coming" spoken of by the prophets are now here in Jesus. We find our salvation, our security, in Jesus, whom we acclaim as our shoot from the stump of Jesse. Just as Jerusalem was given, in hope, the name "The Lord is our righteousness" (v. 16), so we, in faith, appropriate that name also for ourselves. By that name we profess that we put our faith not in success, not ...

21. Proper 10

Luke 10:25-37, Psalm 82:1-8, Amos 7:10-17, Colossians 1:1-14

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B. David Hostetter

... false preoccupation with piety that would obscure the needs, both physical and spiritual, of our hurting neighbors. Grant us the spirit of the caring Christ. Amen. PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING Invisible God in the visible Son, Creator Spirit, holding the universe together, we acclaim your preeminence. We rejoice in the resurrection of Jesus as first-born from the dead. He is the head of the church whom we revere in worship and in daily service. We glorify you, O Creator, Sustainer, Reconciler of a fractious world ...

22. Jesus' Countercultural Sermon

Matthew 5:38-42, Matthew 5:43-48

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Mark Radecke

... 's Gospel reading. The themes of that sermon are highly countercultural. They ran counter to the beliefs and practices of first century Israel and Rome, and they run counter to the beliefs and practices of late twentieth century America. From an itinerant rabbi whom faith acclaims as God's only Son comes an astonishing reversal of human values and mortal ways of going about the business of life. But one glance at the morning news is all it takes to see that the great reversals Jesus proclaims are not very ...

23. Light From And For The East

Matthew 2:1-12

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Mark Radecke

... street vendor. You were puzzled by the inclusion of the likeness of Jesus on an obviously Hindu painting, and by the merchant's easy incorporation of Jesus into the pantheon of gods. You said he seemed genuinely pleased to acknowledge and acclaim Jesus as yet one more deity. We who are familiar only with the monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam find such polytheism shocking and confusing, almost like a kind of spiritual promiscuity. Meanwhile, they sometimes see our insistence on one ...

24. Death Shall Be No More

Isaiah 25:1-12

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E. Carver McGriff

... make sense to believe that we are in a state of process, becoming what we are to be but are not yet? Maybe it will be like Oscar Wilde's story of "The Portrait Of Dorian Gray," the man who lived a totally selfish life, yet was widely acclaimed for his dashing good looks and witty manner. He had a painting, a portrait, in the attic of his home. When first completed, he often went to admire his own attractiveness in the painting. But as the years went by, the painting became ugly, hateful. Then one day Dorian ...

25. Kindness In Action: Evangelism

Acts 8:26-40

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E. Carver McGriff

... people." Francis smiled. Then he said, "My friend, that's what we've been doing all day." That's evangelism at its most faithful. Ministry to people in their need. Not worrying about numerical growth, or adding to one's own conversion record, or winning acclaim within the denomination. Evangelism is sharing the love of God in concrete form among God's people. For the local church, this means finding a way to minister in practical ways to human need while at the same time respecting the individuals we serve ...

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