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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Children's Sermon
Wesley T. Runk
... put it away and never used it. They kept it for themselves and never shared it. They would rather have it locked up somewhere getting tarnished than give it to someone to be used. The Bible teaches us how wrong that is. We should never take our gifts or money and ... something, and you buy it, you should use it. But to buy something and not use it, but keep it hidden until it rusts or tarnishes like this, is a sin against God, and against all of God's people. The next time you look around your room you may ask ...
2. Walk in Light
Isaiah 2:1-5
Sermon
... , 25) God did not do that only once, eight centuries before Jesus. It was done in Jesus’ time when God’s only Son was nailed to the Cross, and again in our lives each day. God treats us like rusty iron and has to burn off our rust. We are tarnished gold to be polished with God’s Word and Law. I once spent some time in a restaurant in Virginia, where many hunters gathered. A young man of eighteen or so walked in ahead of me. He had just shot his first deer. I heard him say to the woman ...
3. Praying for Endurance and Healing
James 4:13-17, James 5:1-6, James 5:7-12, James 5:13-20
Understanding Series
Peter H. Davids
... will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. The image is that of the final judgment, as if the tarnished coins and the moth-eaten garments were displayed before the court. The evidence condemns them, for if God had been served, ... occurs in Sirach 12:11; 29:10; Baruch 6:12, 24. James knew gold and silver did not rust, but they would build up heavy tarnish. So the analogy was used, in the tradition, for stored and useless money: “Help a poor man for the commandment’s sake.… Lose your silver ...
4. Praying for Endurance and Healing
James 5:1-6, James 4:13-17, James 5:7-12, James 5:13-20
Understanding Series
Peter H. Davids
... will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. The image is that of the final judgment, as if the tarnished coins and the moth-eaten garments were displayed before the court. The evidence condemns them, for if God had been served, ... occurs in Sirach 12:11; 29:10; Baruch 6:12, 24. James knew gold and silver did not rust, but they would build up heavy tarnish. So the analogy was used, in the tradition, for stored and useless money: “Help a poor man for the commandment’s sake.… Lose your silver ...
5. Praying for Endurance and Healing
James 5:7-12, James 4:13-17, James 5:1-6, James 5:13-20
Understanding Series
Peter H. Davids
... will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. The image is that of the final judgment, as if the tarnished coins and the moth-eaten garments were displayed before the court. The evidence condemns them, for if God had been served, ... occurs in Sirach 12:11; 29:10; Baruch 6:12, 24. James knew gold and silver did not rust, but they would build up heavy tarnish. So the analogy was used, in the tradition, for stored and useless money: “Help a poor man for the commandment’s sake.… Lose your silver ...
6. Praying for Endurance and Healing
James 5:13-20, James 4:13-17, James 5:1-6, James 5:7-12
Understanding Series
Peter H. Davids
... will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. The image is that of the final judgment, as if the tarnished coins and the moth-eaten garments were displayed before the court. The evidence condemns them, for if God had been served, ... occurs in Sirach 12:11; 29:10; Baruch 6:12, 24. James knew gold and silver did not rust, but they would build up heavy tarnish. So the analogy was used, in the tradition, for stored and useless money: “Help a poor man for the commandment’s sake.… Lose your silver ...
Sermon
Steve Burt
... backpacker who offered to walk with the man seeking to claim his inheritance. Others must look for hikers to walk with. Still others of us can be what I call "coin scratchers," people who find a tarnished coin in the dirt and scratch off the corrosion to see if it's a dime or a penny. People whose self-image is so tarnished they have no way of knowing the soul inside them: they need the help of us "coin-scratchers." But even there we find a trap. We can be seduced into helping others while avoiding our own ...
Sermon
Billy D. Strayhorn
... but oh, what a mess, Seeing all that garbage fueled my distress. Bitterness, fear, anger and strife, Lay in the dust of my tarnished life. Pettiness, jealousy, old words I regret, Hadn't been swept out since, well, I forget. Down on my knees I started to ... my life that was rotten, Now fell in two piles, Forgiven, Forgotten. I tried cleaning out my own heart one day, All cluttered and tarnished I'm here to say. But in one simple moment with words barely spoken A heart was healed that once had been broken. No ...
Sermon
Billy D. Strayhorn
... but oh, what a mess, Seeing all that garbage fueled my distress. Bitterness, fear, anger and strife, Lay in the dust of my tarnished life. Pettiness, jealousy, old words I regret, Hadn't been swept out since, well, I forget. Down on my knees I started to ... my life that was rotten, Now fell in two piles, Forgiven, Forgotten. I tried cleaning out my own heart one day, All cluttered and tarnished I'm here to say. But in one simple moment with words barely spoken A heart was healed that once had been broken. No ...
One Volume
Tremper Longman III
... the highest quality gold (fine gold) but now it no longer shines, but rather is dull. God does not become tarnished really (Hillers, Lamentations, pp. 78–9), making this description all the more remarkable. It’s equally a surprise that a people so blessed ... with an intimate relationship with the Lord could be so spiritually tarnished. The gems are no ordinary gems but sacred gems like the ones that adorned the ephod and the breastpiece (Exod. 25:7 ...
11. Let Us Make A Name For Ourselves
Acts 2:1-13, Acts 2:14-41
Illustration
Richard A. Jensen
... his health. "When I fell from my pedestal nobody remembered me," he confessed. "No one called me with offers of work. No one stopped by to see me." He had made a name for himself which attracted all kinds of people into his life. When his name became tarnished, however, the human family on which he so much depended fractured all around him. Making a name for ourselves can be done in this world. But it comes with a great price. When we make a name for ourself we inevitably get cut off from the very community ...
Sermon
Paul W. Kummer
... at every level of society. My victims are helpless. They cannot protect themselves against me, for I have no face or no name. To track me down is impossible. The harder you try, the more elusive I become. I am nobody's friend. Once I tarnish a reputation, it is never quite the same. I topple governments and wreck marriages. I ruin careers, cause sleepless nights, heartaches, and grief. I make innocent people cry into their pillow. I make headlines and heartaches. I am called gossip. The next time you want ...
13. Mother's Day
Romans 16:1-27
Sermon
Brett Blair
... is sentiment to this day, but what is wrong with that. Seems to me that a little bit of sentiment is healthy. True enough, there are some women in the Bible, such as Jezebel and the vindictive Herodias, who had John the Baptist beheaded, who tarnish the institution of motherhood. There are women today who abandon, abuse, and corrupt their children and who create a poor model, but I like to think that these are the exceptions. Most mothers do the right thing and deserve recognition. So this morning I would ...
Sermon
Brett Blair
... is sentiment to this day, but what is wrong with that. Seems to me that a little bit of sentiment is healthy. True enough, there are some women in the Bible, such as Jezebel and the vindictive Herodias, who had John the Baptist beheaded, who tarnish the institution of motherhood. There are women today who abandon, abuse, and corrupt their children and who create a poor model, but I like to think that these are the exceptions. Most mothers do the right thing and deserve recognition. So this morning I would ...
Sermon
Thomas Long
... are not able in our own strength and on our own resources to care for others, even those closest to us. But this "bad news" is really the best good news of all, for Jesus takes the basin and the towel and tenderly, mercifully washes our soiled feet and our tarnished souls. 1. Belden C. Lane, "Inadvertent Ministry," The Christian Century, (November 7, 1984), p. 1030. 2. Robert Wuthnow, "Stories to Live By," Theology Today, XLIX/3, pp. 308-309. 3. Ibid., p. 308.
16. That Heavenly Call
Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 1:26-38
Drama
Karren Boehr
... I sent him away. (Stands before JOSEPH) But I couldn't get him out of my mind. His message continued to ring throughout my very being until I could think of nothing else. What if he was right? Suddenly my job, my reputation seemed like filthy rags, so tarnished and unimportant. Within me grew a knowing that he spoke the truth. Something happened inside of me, Joseph. Something so wonderful, I can't explain it. I called him back and told him that I would accept his words as true. I agreed to be the mother of ...
17. Uncovering Cover-Ups
John 15:18--16:4
Sermon
Maurice A. Fetty
... over the presidency to Gerald Ford, Congressman from Grand Rapids, Michigan. The cover-up had been uncovered. Since that time, we have had no shortage of the exposure of cover-ups and as a result, the image of some of our dearest heroes has been tarnished. For example, my father and his generation were great admirers of J. Edgar Hoover, head of the F.B.I. But recent books and articles have uncovered a variety of behaviors and improprieties which would have greatly offended my dad. John F. Kennedy lauded ...
18. Piety as Private, Not Public
Matthew 6:19-24, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:1-4
Bulletin Aid
Dennis Koch
... , Lord. Ashes call to mind Endings...the end of unclear thinking, insecure faith, wavering commitment and, finally, the end of the struggle between death and life. Time passes. Erosion and rust methodically and silently accomplish their work. Treasures and trophies tarnish. Things which we thought were so important become transparent. Everything returns to dust. Yes, ashes are a fitting symbol for this day, Lord. By your grace, help us to see that endings make possible New Beginnings. As we encounter ashes ...
Sermon
Robert Salzgeber
... . Hence, as long as we are with the eternal divine logos, the infinite "Word become flesh" in the Lord Jesus, our thoughts come from God, not from man. But as we see in the lesson, this eternal relationship with the "Word become flesh" is easily tarnished. "Jesus rebuked Peter, 'Get away from me Satan,' he said, 'Your thoughts don't come from God but from men!' " Peter did not yet have the spiritual perception to see that the by-product of Jesus' suffering and death would be resurrection power and growth ...
20. Christmas Eve
Lk 2:1-20 · Isa 9:2-7 · Tit 2:11-14 · Ps 96
Sermon Aid
Russell F. Anderson
... , featured a picture of a father holding his child, with the caption "Why Fathers Count." Two of every five children does not live with his or her father. Who can deny that fatherlessness looms as one of our most disturbing trends? The image of father may be tarnished but this does not diminish his importance. How wonderful to know that God will always be there for us as our "Everlasting Father"! Lesson 2: Titus 2:11-14 Grace for all. Picture a mother dog who has given birth to a large litter of puppies who ...
21. Easter 7
John 17:6-19, Acts 1:12-26, 1 John 5:1-12
Sermon Aid
Russell F. Anderson
... when a person doesn't concern himself with being #1 but lives life with gusto, fervor and tenacity, faithful to his call. People come to recognize eventually that there is something stellar about that kind of life. Baseball, the American icon, has become badly tarnished of late. Cal Ripken helped restore some of its luster. Epistle: 1 John 5:9-16 1. Sermon Title: Witness Within. Sermon Angle: John employs legal language when he speaks of the testimony or witness of God. He writes: "Those who believe in the ...
22. Good Friday
John 19:28-37, Hebrews 10:1-18, Isaiah 52:13--53:12, John 18:1-11, John 19:38-42, John 19:17-27
Sermon Aid
Russell F. Anderson
... of Hebrews invites us to draw near to God in full and confident assurance. Through faith in Christ we can approach the Almighty with confidence (v. 22). In baptism we are washed clean. Each time we confess our sins, every time we receive the Eucharist, the tarnish of our iniquities is scoured away. What a privilege it is to come to the Lord with Blessed Assurance! This confidence does not derive from the fact that Jesus is mine but that I, that we, belong to Jesus. Outline: 1. Have you ever stayed away ...
23. As Is
Ephesians 2:1-10
Sermon
Mark J. Molldrem
... , more tomorrow. We can look at our lives and see how many ways in which we are broken. We do not measure up to what we would like from ourselves. We have dreams, but they often turn into nightmares. We have an image of ourselves, but it is tarnished. We know the truth of the words, "You were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once lived, following the course of this world." Paul expresses this in another way in his Letter to the Romans: "There is no distinction ƒ all have sinned and fall ...
Sermon
Robert Allen
... the nation and led to his resignation. John Tower was considered by many to be the ideal candidate to be the Secretary of Defense, but when the revelation of his private conduct involving excessive drinking and womanizing became public knowledge, he was tarnished and discredited so severely that he could not get Senate confirmation. A prominent minister with a bright future in the church becomes a major topic of conversation when his wife files for divorce and rumors that he has been involved with another ...
Sermon
Larry Goodpaster
... have had to spend a great deal of time doing their homework. A paralytic is healed, both physically and spiritually. A tax collector, whose way of living spoke of graft and greed, is welcomed and offered a pew with the disciples. And sinners, souls and spirits tarnished by what society has done to them or said about them, find a forgiving word at the table of the Christ. Can it be that in doing our homework we rediscover what this means: “Thus says the Lord, I want from you concrete expressions of your ...
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