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Synonyms: fail to look after, fail to care for, fail to provide for, leave alone, abandon, pay little/no attention to, let slide, not attend to, be remiss about, be lax about, leave undone, lose sight of, skimp on, shirk, skip, disregard, ignore, pay no attention to, take no notice of, pay no heed to, discount, set aside, overlook, turn a deaf ear to, throw to the winds, fail, omit, forget, not remember, disrepair, dilapidation, deterioration, shabbiness, disuse, abandonment, negligence, failure to take proper care, lack of proper care and attention, dereliction of duty, non-performance/non-fulfilment of duty, failure to take proper action, remissness, neglectfulness, carelessness, heedlessness, lack of concern, unconcern, laxity, laxness, slackness, irresponsibility, ignoring, overlooking, failure to pay attention to, inattention to, indifference to, oversight

Antonyms: cherish, look after, care for, concentrate on, attend (to), heed, remember, care, attention

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1. ADJUSTABLE JUSTICE?

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G. William Genszler

Saint Paul reminds us that we ought to pray, make intercession for, and thank God for all those in authority, "so that our common life can be lived in peace and quiet." He reminds us that "those in authority are given this authority from God for the maintenance of law and order and for the punishment of evil doers." If we pray for good government, good law and order, and good schools, we must be willing to play our part as responsible citizens to stand by and support these activities. Much of the terrible ...

2. Phone Home

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Dennis Miller

Out of parental concern and a desire to teach our young son responsibility, we require him to phone home when he arrives at his friend's house a few blocks away. He began to forget, however, as he grew more confident in his ability to get there without disaster befalling him. The first time he forgot, I called to be sure he had arrived. We told him the next time it happened, he would have to come home. A few days later, however, the telephone again lay silent, and I knew if he was going to learn, he would ...

3. THE AGE OF ANXIETY

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John H. Krahn

The present decade may well be termed the Age of Anxiety. Anxiety is nothing new. In the Sermon on the Mount we read (Matthew 6:25, 33-34): "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? ... But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be ...

4. A Russian Resurrection

John 20:1-18

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Donald Dotterer

An old illustration about Russia with an update. You'll see in the update that Yancey picked up on a movement that seems to have held: Columnist Philip Yancey, in an article titled "A Russian Resurrection," writes of his visit in October 1991 to the former Soviet Union. He says that it "would be hard to overstate the chaos that he found when he arrived in the Soviet Union, a nation that was about to shed its historical identity as well as its name." Yancey reports that one day the central bank ran out of ...

5. Parable of Grading the Teacher

I Corinthians 13:1-2

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"Bill, you will never get into college, if you settle for C's on your report card." "Dad, I work hard, but that new teacher just can't explain things right. He's only a "C" teacher. Everyone in the class says he doesn't know how to teach." "What seems to be wrong with his teaching?" asked the father. "He doesn't have time for questions, he talks about too many other things than the lesson and he can't seem to explain the subject very well. Maybe he will learn after a few years, but it will be too late for ...

6. Challenging Questions

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John Wesley was so concerned with building a righteous fellowship that he devised a series of questions for his followers to ask each other every week. Some found this rigorous system of inquiry too demanding and left. Today, the very idea of such a procedure would horrify many churchgoers. Yet some wisely follow just such a practice. Chuck Swindoll for example, has seven questions that he and a group of fellow pastors challenge each other with periodically: 1. Have you been with a woman anywhere this past ...

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Antonyms: cherish, look after, care for, concentrate on, attend (to), heed, remember, care, attention

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1. ADJUSTABLE JUSTICE?

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G. William Genszler

2. Phone Home

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Dennis Miller

3. THE AGE OF ANXIETY

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John H. Krahn

4. A Russian Resurrection

John 20:1-18

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Donald Dotterer

5. Parable of Grading the Teacher

I Corinthians 13:1-2

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Staff

6. Challenging Questions

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