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  • Blaming Others

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 5,855 views

    Blaming Others • If a man cuts his finger off while slicing salami at work, he blames the restaurant. • If a man smokes three packs a day for 40 years and die of lung cancer, he blames the tobacco company. • If your neighbor crashes into a tree while driving home drunk, he ...read more

  • One Cold [winter] Day A Snail Started Climbing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,334 views

    "One cold [winter] day a snail started climbing an apple tree. As he inched slowly upward, a worm stuck its head from a crevice in the bark to offer some advice. You're wasting your energy. There isn't a single apple up ...read more

  • The Word Of God Is A Treasure ...

    Contributed by Mark Roper on Jun 1, 2008
     | 3,535 views

    The Word of God is a treasure Map Their was a wonderful movie from 1963 “It’s a Mad Mad world” It was about a madcap cross-country rush to find buried treasure marked by the letter “W”. It was four palm trees leaning that resemble the W. At the W the treasure was found. We have a ...read more

  • A Young Rotc Cadet Was On A Training Exercise To ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Oct 21, 2008
     | 1,223 views

    A young ROTC Cadet was on a training exercise to look for the enemy along a road. The road had a bend in it so you could not see far without exposing himself to the enemy. The cadet climbed a tree to get a better view and was able to complete his mission successfully. Just like ...read more

  • When People Have Been Brought Up Together, They ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,406 views

    "When people have been brought up together, they are like two trees that grow near each other in the same forest. You can hardly distinguish the branches and leaves of the one from those of its neighbor. All seem to belong together. So with the thoughts, feelings, actions of these old friends. ...read more

  • #8217;who Flew The ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 28, 2010
     | 1,448 views

    ‘’Who Flew the Kite?’’ "I did," said the wind! "I did," said the paper! "I did," said the string! "I did," said the boy! But in reality they ALL flew the kite! If the wind had lulled, if the paper had torn, if the sticks had broken, if the tail had caught in the ...read more

  • Did You Ever Hear Of A Man Named Donald Wyman? ...  PRO

    Contributed by Emil Boniog on Dec 10, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,601 views

    • Did you ever hear of a man named Donald Wyman? You may have, but it’s been some years ago when he made the national news. Donald Wyman is from Pennsylvania and he was out in the woods, cutting trees and a tree fell on his leg, pinning him under it. Wyman laid there for an hour screaming for help. ...read more

  • Professional Golfer Tommy Bolt Was Playing In Los ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,163 views

    Professional golfer Tommy Bolt was playing in Los Angeles and had a caddy with a reputation of constant chatter. Before they teed off, Bolt told him, “Don’t say a word to me. And if I ask you something, just answer yes or no.” During the round, Bolt found the ball next to a tree, where he had to ...read more

  • It's Official. Rospa - The Royal Society For The ...

    Contributed by Paul Stokes on Dec 20, 2005
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     | 1,730 views

    It’s official. RoSPA - The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents - has issued regular warnings about a whole range of hazards just waiting to happen... all of them arising from what you thought were innocent, Christmas-related activities or accessories. On Christmas Day in 2003 more than ...read more

  • In New York's Hayden Planetarium A Special ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 2,442 views

    In New York’s Hayden Planetarium a special Christmas holiday show was enhanced by an added feature. A giant lollipop tree was projected onto the planetarium dome, surrounded by a horizon filled with brilliantly colored toys which came to life and cavorted to the tune of "Jingle Bells." At the ...read more

  • When I Was Learning To Ride There Stood In A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,248 views

    When I was learning to ride there stood in a field a huge tree trunk, it was massive. Such was the size it made the Channel Tunnel look like a drain pipe, this thing was seriously big. We avoided it like the plague, actually we could never understand why it was there for surely no rider and horse ...read more

  • The Babylonian Talmud (Tractate Baba Metsia, Page ...

    Contributed by Mark Kennicott on Mar 20, 2008
     | 1,420 views

    The Babylonian Talmud (tractate Baba Metsia, page 59b) tells a story of Rabbi Eliezer, one of the greatest of the rabbinical sages, and instructor of the great Rabbi Akiva. One day he was engaged in a fierce debate with a group of rabbis about a small matter of interpretation. When he could not ...read more

  • Professional Golfer Tommy Bolt Was Playing In ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 5, 2008
     | 1,327 views

    Professional golfer Tommy Bolt was playing in Los Angeles and had a caddy with a reputation of constant chatter. Before they teed off, Bolt told him, “Don’t say a word to me. And if I ask you something, just answer yes or no.” During the round, Bolt found the ball next to a tree, where he had to ...read more

  • Deal With Habits Early On

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
     | 1,456 views

    DEAL WITH HABITS EARLY ON An elderly teacher, with a pupil by his side, took a walk through a forest. Suddenly he stopped and pointed to four plants close at hand. The first was just beginning to peep above the ground, the second had rooted itself pretty well into the earth, the third was a small ...read more

  • I Tithe—he'll Find Me.  PRO

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on May 1, 2011
    based on 16 ratings
     | 7,275 views

    "I TITHE--HE'LL FIND ME." Two men have ended up marooned on an island in the South Pacific. You can fill in the blanks as to how they got there. So they are on the clichéic deserted island, one palm tree, nothing to see but the ocean. One guy is in a complete panic, pacing back and forth, ...read more

  • In September 2003, Hurricane Juan, The Tenth ...

    Contributed by Frederic Whittier on Nov 14, 2006
     | 1,271 views

    In September 2003, Hurricane Juan, the tenth named storm and the sixth hurricane of the 2003 Hurricane season. It was a category two hurricane that struck the provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island causing significant damage to trees and property, particularly within the urban core of ...read more

  • You Know, When We Were In Florida We Went On A ...

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Feb 17, 2010
     | 1,868 views

    You know, when we were in Florida we went on a little safari and saw elephants, and I remembered that an elephant’s trunk can uproot a huge tree, pick up a peanut, and hold an egg without breaking it. And I don’t know why, but the thought of God came to my mind. ...read more

  • Hosta La Vista

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 6, 2020
     | 1,795 views

    The neighbors cut down a shade tree., and Marylu was lamenting that, our shade landscaping was now sunny. When one of her favorite hostas died, she lamented its loss. I could have said, “Chin up. Just say, ‘Hosta La Vista, baby.’” But then again, it was ...read more

  • The 2,000-Year-Old Seed

    Contributed by Roshelle Deas Roberson on Feb 6, 2012
     | 2,903 views

    THE 2,000-YEAR-OLD SEED This is DAY TO DAY. I'm Alex Chadwick. A tree grows in Kibbutz Ketura in the Israeli desert, and what a tree it is, a tiny sapling actually 2,000 years old, or the seed that it comes from is 2,000 years old, making it the oldest seed ever germinated. Botanists never gave ...read more

  • There Is A Very Old Story About A Man And His Boy ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 31, 2007
     | 1,344 views

    There is a very old story about a man and his boy who were walking through the jungle and came upon a man who had fallen into a pit dug to trap lions. He had been trying in vain for hours to climb out and had accomplished nothing except to exhaust himself. Nighttime was about to fall and both he ...read more

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