Dictionary: Rest
Synonyms: relax, take a rest, ease up/off, let up, slow down, pause, have/take a break, unbend, repose, laze, idle, loaf, do nothing, take time off, slack off, unwind, recharge one's batteries, be at leisure, take it easy, sit back, sit down, stand down, lounge, luxuriate, loll, slump, flop, put one's feet up, lie down, go to bed, have/take a nap, nap, catnap, doze, have/take a siesta, drowse, sleep, lie, be laid, recline, be, be placed, be positioned, support, prop (up), steady, balance, lean, lay, set, sit, stand, position, place, put, be based on, be grounded in, be founded on, depend on, be dependent on, rely on, hinge on, turn on, hang on, pivot on, be contingent on, revolve around, centre on, relaxation, leisure, ease, inactivity, respite, time off, time out, breathing space, break, interval, interlude, intermission, base, holder, stay, prop, brace, rack, hook, frame, shelf, bracket, trestle, tripod, plinth, pedestal, foundation, bed, foot, substructure, a standstill, a halt, a stop, remainder, residue, remaining part/number/quantity, part/number/quantity (that is) left over, others, those left, remains, remnant, remnants, rump, surplus, difference, extra, excess, superfluity, overflow, overspill, additional people/material/things, extra people/material/things, remain, continue to be, keep, persist in being, carry on being, go on being
Antonyms: work, motion, movement, struggle, rage, go mad, have a fit, see red, hit the roof, toil, be active, labor, effort, agony, activity, do, blow one's stack, blow a gasket, do one's nut, go ape, go wild, lose it, drive, action, move
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1. A Missed Movement
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Staff
... men will be baptized, and their subjects baptized, and so there will be more Christian here than there are in your parts." The Mongols were then wavering in the choice of a religion. It might have been, as Kublai forecast, the greatest mass religious movement the world has ever seen. The history of all Asia would have been changed. But what actually happened? Pope Gregory X answered by sending two Dominican friars. They got as far as Armenia, could endure no longer and returned home. So passed the greatest ...
2. Love One Another - the Hospice Movement
John 13:31-38
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John R. Steward
There is a special hospital in London for those whom other hospitals consider a lost cause. It is a hospital for those who are diagnosed as "terminal." Most people would consider such a hospital to be a very sad place, but it is not. Actually, it is a hospital filled with hope and a lot of life. The emphasis in this London hospital is on life and not on death. The truth is that several of the patients have seen remissions in the disease process instead of death. A great deal of the credit is given to the ...
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William B. Kincaid, III
There are two very different ways to think about baptism. The first approach recognizes the time of baptism as a saving moment in which the person being baptized accepts the love and forgiveness of God. The person then considers herself "saved." She may grow in the faith through the years, but nothing which she will experience after her baptism will be as important as her baptism. She always will be able to recall her baptism as the time when her life changed. The second approach wouldn't disagree with any ...
4. A Youth Movement
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Brett Blair
Here's an old stat which probably would hold up even today: Nineteenth century Scottish preacher Horatius Bonar asked 253 Christian friends at what ages they were converted. Here's what he discovered: Under 20 years of age - 138 (54.5%) Between 20 and 30 - 85 (33.6%) Between 30 and 40 - 22 (8.7%) Between 40 and 50 - 4 (1.6%) Between 50 and 60 - 3 (1.2%) Between 60 and 70 - 1 (.4%) Over 70 - 0
5. Epiphany 3
Mt 4:12-23 · 1 Cor 1:10-18 · Is 9:1-4 · Amos 3:1-8 · Ps 27 · Ps 139
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Russell F. Anderson
... the darkness of prison. People don't so much walk in prison or live there; they merely sit on their perches like birds in a cage. Incarceration immobilizes its victims. In proclaiming the nearness of the kingdom of God, Jesus is initiating a movement of spiritual liberation. Kairos crisis. This account of the call of Andrew, Peter, James and John leaves the impression that Jesus suddenly came along, issued his call and these men immediately left what they were doing in midstream. There are other indications ...
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John A. Stroman
... :6b-8 NEB This is to say that the Spirit is not always visible, and there is an element of mystery in the Spirit's coming. But you "will hear the sound of it." Although the wind itself is unseen, yet the effect of the wind is evident in the movement of the leaves, clouds and weather vanes. The same can be said about the wind or breath of the Spirit upon a person's life, the Spirit is visible from the effect that the Spirit has upon a human life. Where there is no sound, whistling, swirling or rustling, one ...
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Carroll Gunkel
... who were to join the crusade. The tragic deaths of the Maguire children served as catalysts for the beginning of a movement to bring peace to Northern Ireland, so that the hatred and religious bigotry, which had festered like a suppurating wound, could be ... The women responded by placing the money they received into trust funds, the proceeds of which were to be used for the peace movement. We see in this criticism an excellent if unfortunate example of the truth that for all too many people ... it is easier ...
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Leonard Sweet
... Birmingham Jail,” which was published nationwide in May 1963. But there really should be three sacred texts to the civil rights movement. In fact, the third text you could argue is the most sacred of the three, because it has more to do with ... day? Should more people know about this “Commitment Card,” which I’m calling one of the three sacred texts of the civil rights movement, or what? Here is the highest compliment you can pay a Christian: “That was SO Jesus.” Here is the worst swear-word you ...
9. Bad Form and Bad Jesus
Ephesians 2:11-22
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Leonard Sweet
... Birmingham Jail,” which was published nationwide in May 1963. But there really should be three sacred texts to the civil rights movement. In fact, the third text you could argue is the most sacred of the three, because it has more to do with ... day? Should more people know about this “Commitment Card,” which I’m calling one of the three sacred texts of the civil rights movement, or what? Here is the highest compliment you can pay a Christian: “That was SO Jesus.” Here is the worst swear-word you ...
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Carroll Gunkel
... specifically he believed he was called to be a travelling evangelist rather than a pastor. When the Methodist hierarchy disagreed with Booth’s conclusions, he parted company with those under whose ministry he had first met the Master. Thus, he became for the Wesleyan movement a big fish who slipped the hook and got away. Some would see Booth’s exit as an arbitrary action of a head-strong man unwilling to submit to a particular discipline. I would see his departure, however, as evidence that lust as God ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... again: When our minds are open to understand the Scripture, our hearts are open to receive God’s grace. But then there follows this profound truth. When our hearts are open to receive God’s grace, our wills are softened to do God’s bidding. Get the movement now. When our minds are open to understand the Scripture, our hearts are open to receive God’s grace. And when our hearts are open to receive God’s grace our wills are softened to do God’s bidding. We could pursue that in a lot of different ...
12. A Supernatural Leap
Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45, Luke 1:26-38
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Lori Wagner
... sign of a spiritual change in the world and in the history of God’s people. God’s plan is coming to fruition, and He has poured out His Holy Spirit upon those who will carry out His mission. This meeting of Elizabeth and Mary kicks off the supernatural movement of the Holy Spirit’s power in the world in a physical and incarnational way never before seen or heard of. God now is acting in and within creation and in and within us in a way He has never done before. God’s power is inherent in the ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... metaphors as they overlay my vision for a transforming theological seminary that self-consciously claims ministry belongs to the whole people of God, and the seminary is to be a catalytic agent helping move the church out of its institutional boundedness to recover a movemental quality. As a seedbed, the notion of academy and abbey are brought together as we genuinely seek God. That’s a big part of what we are about here—genuinely seeking God—head and heart going hand in hand. Let me focus that a ...
14. Let's Dance
Matthew 28:16-20
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Leonard Sweet
... that the bass line is thumping along so loudly that it's giving everyone else synchronized migraines – it seems there is always someone out on the dance floor who just can't find the beat and move to it. For those with well-tuned senses of rhythm and movement, watching such an out-of-step, out-of-sync struggle is agony. How can they not feel the downbeat? How can they not want to move at the right moment? How can they not vibrate internally with the external rhythms that surround them? It seems that the ...
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Richard Gribble
... be our goal. God is a community of love. We firmly believe that God is a unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier. It is this same unity that is found naturally in the created world, human relationships, and countless movements over history that have sought to effect change, growth, or revolution in our world. Saint Paul understood the need for unity and preached the same, but he was only following the lead of his Lord and Savior, Jesus of Nazareth, who expressed it best ...
16. Born Again
John 3:1-21
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Maxie Dunnam
... proud and self-righteous. They became hypocritical and scornfully contentious toward ordinary people. They were a kind of religious elite. It was obvious that Nicodemus was an important Pharisee because he had been named as a member of the Sanhedrin; along with others in the movement, he was serious about ethical ideas, about keeping the Law, about knowing the will of God. He had a deep concern for truth. Because of this deep concern and position he held as a Pharisee and as a member of the Sanhedrin, it is ...
17. Jesus Brings New Life
Isaiah 63:7--64:12
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Richard Gribble
... troubles us, we too often fall into a pattern that exalts the world and what it offers to the detriment of the power and presence of God in our lives. But, as the dark night of Communism was dispelled to the courage and hard work of Solidarity and similar movements in eastern Europe, as God brought a new day to the Hebrews through their return from exile, God will bring a new day to our lives, as well. We can be confident that if we give ourselves to God, all will be fine. Years ago, a popular television ...
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C. Hassell Bullock
... him, anymore than he withdrew his faithfulness from unfaithful Israel.5In other words, God’s faithfulness is not contingent on human faithfulness. Outline/Structure This psalm is difficult to outline. Schaefer provides a helpful way to look at it in three movements: 1. First Movement: Prayer for personal cleansing (51:1–9) a. The metaphors of forgiveness (51:1–2) [These verbs occur in reverse order in 51:7 and 9.] i. “blot out” ii. “wash” iii. “cleanse” b. Confession of sin (51:3–6) c ...
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Carlyle Fielding Stewart
... the Greek noun Chrisma which is "a pouring out, upon, or into from without." This is one meaning of the word "anointing." It is something that moves from without to within and from within to without. It is something conferred by God through the movement of the Holy Spirit. This Chrisma's outpouring enabled these various groups to reach new power and heights in spiritual consciousness and belief, but it was because of their openness to the Spirit's anointing and outpouring that the Spirit of Pentecost was ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... without the power. And this undoubtedly will be the case, unless they hold fast the doctrine, spirit, and discipline with which they first set out.” The Church has the awesome responsibility of holding fast the doctrine, spirit, and discipline with which the Methodist movement first set out. I am bold now to suggest that the model for what is an enclave of resistance, a Church that is holy, charismatic, and apostolic. Don’t turn me off now. I know those are loaded words, charted with diverse meaning ...
21. A Radical Faith
Matthew 6:25-34
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Mark Trotter
... at Erfurt. In those days it was the most prestigious university in Germany. Luther went to Erfurt in 1501. The university had already had been there for 150 years before Luther got there. There Luther was exposed to the first wave of humanism, this movement that would blossom later into the Renaissance. It was a movement of freedom, a movement emphasizing the individual. It was a movement that sought to appreciate the joys and the beauty of this life, rather than focusing on the next life. It was a ...
Understanding Series
David J. Williams
... entirely unwarranted. To the apostles it must have brought great encouragement at a time when they needed it most. And had the Sadducees eyes to see it, it might also have shown them how useless it was to try to stem the tide of the new movement. Strange to say, when later they had the opportunity, they appear never to have questioned the apostles’ means of escape. One wonders whether they feared to have further evidence of the supernatural made public (cf. Matt. 28:11–15). But of course Luke does not ...
Teach the Text
Joe M. Sprinkle
... toward death in contrast with God and life. As mentioned in the commentary on Leviticus 11, many of the unclean animals were also associated with death. The general rule is the following: that which moves toward death is a movement away from God and is unclean, while that which moves toward life is clean. A mother obeying the law of Leviticus 12 would actually enhance her life and health. The forty- to eighty-day period of uncleanness allows the woman to rest and recuperate before resuming her normal ...
Teach the Text
C. Hassell Bullock
... the law of God.”[10] That is, sin is both omission and commission. The psalmist suggests that his sin is an offense against God, implied by the fact that, though he does not, the Lord ought to count it against him (32:2a; see also 51:4). The second movement in the psalm represents a new voice of instruction (32:6–9), obviously the Lord’s, who counsels the godly not to be stubborn and disobedient like a horse or mule. The plural number of the verb in 32:9 alerts us to a wider audience than the psalmist ...
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Lori Wagner
... . Many have. But many have also championed the lives and voices of the unheard, unpowerful, immobilized, and untouched. Jesus understood what it meant to operate on “the fringe.” Jesus “kingdom dream” was a “fringe” movement in its time, a counter-cultural movement that shocked the institutions and authorities that sought to uphold the status quo and “high religious culture” of the first century. In nearly every story of the gospel, Jesus is pushing the envelope, crossing boundaries ...
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