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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. A Trip to God's Woodshed

Hebrews 12: 5-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... a saved person or a lost person, you may get away from your sin, but you'll not get away with your sin. Please understand that discipline is not a sign that God does not love you, it is a sign that He does. "For whom the Lord loves, He chastens." (v.6) I heard one time about a family of wayward members of a church, who at one time were very active in their church. But they had fallen away and lost interest. They were true backsliders. That is, they were saved, but they had just gotten away from the ...

2. House-Building Time

2 Samuel 7:1-17

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Richard L. Eslinger

... newborn child. So our celebration is somewhat restrained. We bless God for the gift of a son, even as we remain soberly aware that this birth will be difficult for Mary. She will stand before the Cross and know that the Son of David will suffer, be chastened, for the house of Israel. And a final clarification: this house of David, and of David’s line, will last forever. The throne "shall be established forever." The house of King David will never end. In Mary’s day, though, it must have seemed to be at ...

3. Up and Running

Mark 1:9-13

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Robert Noblett

... from us; always they are there. Therefore the agenda? Admit they are present and then consign them to our internal jails and throw away the key. And there is help with that assignment: "... and the angels waited on him." On us, they also wait. Calling, chastening, and now commissioning: "Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, 'The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news' " (Mark 1:14-15). To ...

4. Questions Without Answers

Job 42:1-6

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... he will stand upon the earth." There are also some assuring statements: "Happy is the man whom God reproves; therefore, despise not the chastening of the Almighty ... (Job 5:17) You shall know that your tent is safe" (Job 5:24). And there are also statements ... and there, a little setback now and then may not be difficult. We can take it and attribute it in noble spirit to the chastening of God. But when it rains and pours and the floodtide of adversity reaches our chin level, is that a scream we hear? God’ ...

5. A Miracle Story

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . On his copy of Bruckner’s score, another Austrian composer and conductor, some would say one of the greatest conductors who ever lived, the great Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), crossed out "for chorus, solos, and orchestra, organ ad libitum" and wrote these words: "for the tongues of angels, heaven‑blest, chastened hearts, and souls purified in the fire!" On this “Baptism of our Lord” Sunday, will you live the story of Jesus with “the tongues of angels” in your ears, with “heaven-blest ...

6. The Faith of the Cannanite Woman

Mark 7:24-30

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Brett Blair

... proved to be the inspiration for William Bathhurst as he wrote the words of his great hymn: O for a faith that will not shrink tho pressed by many a foe, that will not tremble on the brink of any earthly woe that will not murmur nor complain beneath the chastening rod but in the hour of grief or pain will lean upon its God. Amen.

7. A Habit of Happy Heirs

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Thomas Slavens

... modern Christians have occasion to be thankful. But most of all and above everything and everyone, Christians should come to this thanksgiving season thankful to God for God himself. As Joyce Kilmer put it: Thank God for the bitter and ceaseless strife, And the sting of His chastening rod!Thank God for the stress and the pain of life, And Oh, thank God for God!21 As you come to this season, may your turkey or chicken or pork chop be browned just right; may your pumpkin pie be the kind that mother used to ...

8. Paradoxes Of The Christian Faith

Matthew 10:1-42

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... surroundings, then, is a vital factor in making them strong and sturdy. How similar this is to the experience of the Christian who graciously accepts the hardships God allows to come into his life. In Hebrews 12:11 we read that such chastening produces "the peaceable fruit of righteousness." (KJV) For those not rooted in Christ, suffering can be decimating. As Christians we claim glory out of suffering. Second, we claim victory out of defeat. Before claiming victory we must surrender to Christ. How strange ...

9. Mourning Turned To Joy

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

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Ron Lavin

... the mourning in Babylon came because of sin and the refusal to acknowledge that sin against God and other people. The major sin was idolatry. They have burned incense to other gods and worshiped the works of their own hand (Jeremiah 1:16). Your wickedness will chasten you, and your apostasy will reprove you. Know and see that it is evil and bitter for you to forsake the Lord your God..." (Jeremiah 2:19). Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field, and they cannot speak; they have to be carried, for ...

10. Improving Your Serve

Isaiah 49:1-7

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Robert Beringer

... century policy of Manifest Destiny. God had given America great natural resources and we Americans can believe that our mission was to bring civilization to benighted nations, even if it meant conquering them for their own good. Nowadays we are somewhat chastened and more realistic. We no longer regard ourselves as the civilizers of the world. Instead there are many voices suggesting that, rich though we are, we have no responsibility for sharing with the hungry nations of the world if that means lowering ...

11. Three Days To See

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Helen Keller

... which are often lost when time stretches before us in the constant panorama of more days and months and years to come. There are those, of course, who would adopt the epicurean motto of 'Eat, drink, and be merry,' but most people would be chastened by the certainty of impending death. In stories, the doomed hero is usually saved at the last minute by some stroke of fortune, but almost always his sense of values is changed. He becomes more appreciative of the meaning of life and its permanent spiritual ...

12. Expectations of a Vital Faith James K. Cobb

Exodus 1:1-22

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... my life in God’s hands for time and eternity." The hymn writer has said it best. O for a faith that will not shrink, Though pressed by many a foe, That will not tremble on the brink Of poverty or woe; That will not murmur nor complain Beneath the chastening rod, But in the hour of grief or pain Can lean upon its God. Lord, give me such a faith as this, And then, whate’er may come, I taste e’en now the hallowed bliss Of an eternal home. Amen (William H. Bathurst, 1796-1877)

13. The Secret Story of Gabriel

Luke 1:26-38

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... ways, says the Lord.’ (Isaiah 55:8) Come back tomorrow and if you don’t have a better idea than this, I’ll make sure that Peace and Goodwill Associates never works in heaven again!" The ancient manuscript says that Gabriel came back the next day a chastened and contrite angel. He came back more concerned with mystery than marketing. He was ready to try again. "You were right, God," he said. "I mimicked the world and missed Your Word. But now I’ve got a plan which is more faithful to Your ways. With ...

14. Salvation Through His Suffering

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... suffering, difficulties and even momentary reverses, but actually helps us to see such seeming obstacles as actual bench marks and stations along the way which help us to remain aware that we are traveling on the proper path. "Whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives." It all serves to heighten our appreciation of what he endured, and helps us to focus more reverently upon the true significance of Golgotha and what it means in terms of our eternal destiny." Through what ...

15. Great Is Your Faith

Matthew 15:21-28

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Brett Blair

16. No Huggies

Mark 10:13-16

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... those who have left family and home to follow - have done? He blows up. He becomes angry in a way that he never becomes angry again. The disciples have scolded, rebuked, rejected the people; Jesus now rebukes and rejects the disciples. He tells his chastened disciples that children are not to be kept from the Kingdom, for the Kingdom in fact is theirs. It belongs to them - those miserable little urchins whom the disciples rejected - and not to the disciples themselves. Then, as if to illustrate in the most ...

17. What Is True And Who Can You Trust?

John 18:28-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Otherwise we become like the widow who was talked into a shady real estate deal by a fly-by-night developer. After she calculated her losses at over $50,000 from her life savings, she contacted the Better Business Bureau to file a complaint. The Bureau representative chastened her a bit: "Well, it sounded fishy right from the start. Why didn't you come to us before you invested your money? Didn't you know about our services?" "Oh, I did," she answered. "But I was afraid that if I called you, you'd tell ...

18. The Indwelling Christ And Holy Communion

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . The answer came immediately, ‘You are living with me. I am living with you.’ He’s been living with me ever since. Sort of first month, Kim like. I confess, occasionally, I tried to dodge his presence, but then my whole world crashed and I hurried back chastened and secure. Therefore, I can feel your pain in not communing completely.” Then he said, and this again will show you the kind of fellow he is, “I’ve been reading things about teaching children math. Now here’s an 82 year old monk in a ...

19. Saints In The Light

Colossians 1:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a day. But I could not pray. I felt that God had failed and forsaken me. And, then, all at once, a hand seemed laid on my shoulder and a voice sounded in my ear. ‘Am I a man that I should lie,’ It said. I was startled. I was chastened and rebuked. Then a great peace soothed my broken spirit. No, I should not speak of sweetness as I recall those years of bitter sorrow and struggle. In those days I entered into the power of religion.” “Would you say”, he asked, “that you now enjoy the sweetness or ...

20. The Future You Hope For

Jeremiah 29:1-23

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Maxie Dunnam

... plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." II. Now a second word suggested by our text: Struggle is essential for growth. In the next chapter of Jeremiah's prophecy, Chapter 30, verse 11, there is this word from God: "I will chasten you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished." You see, struggle is essential for growth. "There's a wonderful story in one of Nikos Kazantzakis' books about a profound experience he had when he was a little boy. And I think you'll ...

21. The Promised Messiah

Micah 5:1-4

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Elizabeth Achtemeier

... of our text tells them that first they would have to go through the humiliation of their king in 597 B.C. and the deprivations of the Babylonian exile in 587 B.C. and following. The Messiah would not immediately appear on the scene. First, Israel had a chastening for her sins and a discipline to undergo, as we do also so often before we know our Savior to be with us. God prepares our hearts in many different ways before we are ready to receive him. But the Messiah will come, Micah promises -- that anointed ...

22. The Privilege and the Price

Matthew 5:13-16

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Phil Thrailkill

... been scorned, humiliated, hung out to dry by his traitorous colleagues who voted against him publicly, and will this June be moved so that the bishop can show who’s boss and who’s not. That her decision was overturned by our Judicial Council has not chastened her. The old episcopal thumbscrews are now being unpacked, and hard times for faithful pastors are just ahead. Folks, this is not the loose left coast or the liberated north; this is Virginia, and in a church where Lori has family, so I have the ...

23. Getting Your Politics Right

Matthew 6:5-15

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Phil Thrailkill

... . We could again be a good people and show the nations the way forward. How naive I was, how misguided, how uneducated about the seriousness of sin and evil and how it infects all we touch, even our noblest impulses. My theory of history is now much chastened and more modest. We are moving towards an ultimate collision with the kingdom of God, but we are not progressing towards it. It is not onward and upward till God rewards us by topping off our labors with the gift of his kingdom. When has the world ...

24. The Monsters We Are All Afraid Of

Luke 20:27-40

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Leonard Sweet

... and superior. · We'll flippantly plan for a thousand tomorrows. But everything is different now because the monster we're all afraid of, death, has been destroyed. Have you opened Jesus' door to eternal life? A life that can begin now. Are your egoboos being chastened and controlled by the one who is The Way, The Truth, and The Life? An old cartoon features a fairyland that was tyrannized by a dark force called The Shadow. All the fairies, elves, and animals in the kingdom fled in terror of The Shadow ...

25. If I Only Had One Wish

2 Chronicles 1:1-12

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James Merritt

... entice you, do not consent. (Pr. 1:10) My son, do not walk in the way with them, keep your foot from their path. (Pr. 1:15) My son, do not forget my law, but let your heart keep my commands. (Pr. 3:1) My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor detest His correction. (Pr. 3:11) My son, let them not depart from your eyes keep sound wisdom and discretion. (Pr. 3:21) Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of your life will be many. (Pr. 4:10) My son, pay attention ...

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