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  • [234]. A Message From A Poem - Rigid Trees Are Our Example

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Oct 24, 2025
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    [234]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - RIGID TREES ARE OUR EXAMPLE Trees are a wonderful aspect of God’s creation and they are the mightiest organic structures on earth, discounting the great coral reefs. This poem is not about trees in general, but specific trees. Those are the ones that are often ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Be Strong!

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 1, 2004
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    ii. Be strong! We are not here to play, to dream, to drift. We have hard work to do and loads to lift. Shun not the struggle, face it: ’tis God’s gift. Be strong! Say not the days are evil. Who’s to blame? And fold the hands and acquiesce, O shame! Stand up, speak out and bravely, in God’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • The Tree Of Hippocrates

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010
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    THE TREE OF HIPPOCRATES In the Greek Islands, one can seek out the home of Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine. In the area, one can also find an olive tree, supposedly dating from his time. If this is so, this tree would then be some 2400 years old. The trunk of this tree is very large ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • The Banyan Tree

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2012
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    THE BANYAN TREE The Banyan is native to India, but they can be found in the United States and other parts of the world, especially Asia. It grows as a young tree and then, as it gets larger, the heavy limbs put forth roots which drop to the ground to form a secondary trunk to support the large ...read more

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  • The Tree Of Hippocrates

    Contributed by Kelly Mitchell on Oct 3, 2012
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    The Tree of Hippocrates On the island of Kos, the home of Hippocrates, the great physician from whom we get the “Hippocratic Oath”, there grows a tree that history says Hippocrates himself once gathered his students for class. Although the current tree is only about 500 years old, it is purported ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Strong Evidence  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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    STRONG EVIDENCE There is evidence for the deity of Jesus -- good, strong, historical , cumulative evidence; evidence to which an honest person can subscribe without ...read more

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  • Strong Emotions

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 16, 2005
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    There is nothing wrong with strong emotions; even those that center squarely upon ourselves. Witness the story of missionary Adoniram Judson. He sweated out Burma’s heat for 18 years without a furlough, six years without a convert. Enduring torture and imprisonment, he admitted that he never saw a ...read more

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  • A Strong Foundation

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    1. A STRONG FOUNDATION • When building a structure, the key to that structures longevity is the base upon which it has been built • The structure, no matter how large or small must have strong ‘legs’ in order to stand in the midst of the storms that might come • The Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy ...read more

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  • Finish Strong

    Contributed by Jeffrey Rowe on Dec 29, 2012
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    In 2 Tim 4:7 Paul said that death was like finishing the race. Like crossing the finish line. That all of life is really about one thing – finishing well. Accomplishing the dreams and goals that God has for your life. I ran cross country in high school. We’d go out to these golf courses and ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Stand Strong

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Feb 13, 2023
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    I want you all to think back with me as we begin this morning. Many of us looked forward to leaving high school behind with all of its challenges. Then we began to experience a whole new set of challenges in college or in the workplace. We began wondering what direction we were going to take in ...read more

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  • A Strong Foundation

    Contributed by John Bright on Feb 2, 2025
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    The foundation of your house is important to making sure it continues to stand. The foundation of a skyscraper is even more important. Years ago, I read that the challenge for making buildings taller and taller was not adding floors on top – the challenge is adding to the base. Three ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • The Giving Tree

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 8, 2009
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    THE GIVING TREE Once or twice in a lifetime you hear a story that leaves an indelible mark on your heart and mind. Such is Shel Silverstein’s story, "The Giving Tree." "Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy." And so begins the story of a tree’s being happy because she is able to make ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Resurrection Tree

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2011
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    RESURRECTION TREE In a cemetery in Hanover, Germany, is a grave on which were placed huge slabs of granite and marble cemented together and fastened with heavy steel clasps. It belongs to a woman who did not believe in the resurrection of the dead. Yet strangely, she directed in her will that her ...read more

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  • The Old Tree

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 4, 2010
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    THE OLD TREE There is an old proverb about the leader of a city who would take daily walks to gain peace of mind and inspiration from nature. One day, the burdens of his position had his mind more disturbed than normal, and the old man found himself walking much further than usual. Eventually he ...read more

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  • The Heritage Tree  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2012
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    THE HERITAGE TREE The Heritage Tree, Cape Perpetua, Central Oregon coast. This giant spruce is called The Heritage Tree because it stands almost 200 feet tall and because it started to grow as a seedling about the same time Martin Luther was pounding his theses on the church door at Wittenberg. ...read more

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  • Christmas Tree

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Dec 9, 2014
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    Around 10 years ago I began to tell my Grandson Ryan, who then was 5 years old about how when I was his age we always had a cedar for a Christmas tree and how to this day the smell of a cedar tree reminded me of Christmas growing up as a child at home. So, we decided to go Christmas tree hunting ...read more

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  • A Tree Grows In England

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Apr 6, 2010
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    A TREE GROWS IN ENGLAND In Tewin, England's St. Peter's churchyard stands a great four-trunked tree growing out of a grave. Its presence there is a constant reminder of resurrection for residents in the community. The grave from which it grows is that of the 18th century's Lady Anne ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • The Trouble Tree  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 5, 2002
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    THE TROUBLE TREE The carpenter I hired to help me restore an old farmhouse had just finished a rough first day on the job. A flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric saw quit, and now his ancient pickup truck refused to start. While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence. On ...read more

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  • The Christmas Tree  PRO

    Contributed by Jennifer Mathews on Dec 28, 2004
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    The Christmas tree: It was on a Tree that God hung His greatest gift to humankind. The Christmas tree is symbolic of a broken curse, its evergreen branches representing everlasting life. Our exchange of gifts isn’t a surrender to commercialism, but ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Bread Tree

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Aug 14, 2009
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    BREAD TREE Some might ask, 'If God intended man to live on bread, why didn’t he create a bread tree?' And the answer, in effect, is that God could have created a tree that produced crusty loaves of bread, but he prefers to offer us a grain and invite us to buy a field and plant the seed. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed