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  • The $100,000 Car, The Thief, & The Tree Of Knowledge

    Contributed by Jason Evans on Oct 4, 2016
     | 3,237 views

    Let’s say there is a man who owns a brand new $100,000 car. He decides he wants to take it out one day to go to the store and parks in a lot around a lot of other cars. When he comes out it has been stolen. When they find the thief and arrest him the thief says "Well you should have known better ...read more

  • Sorrow Is Knowledge, Those That Know The Most ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,125 views

    "Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of ...read more

  • The Knowledge Of Good And Evil  PRO

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Jan 8, 2014
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,783 views

    THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL Viktor Frankl in his book, "Man's Search for Meaning," describes the reactions of two brothers with the same heredity, the same environment, in the same concentration camp under the Nazis. One became a saint and the other a swine. Frankl tells us the reason why. He ...read more

  • Deeds Without Knowledge Are Blind, And Knowledge ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 14, 2009
     | 2,294 views

    "Deeds without knowledge are blind, and knowledge without love is sterile." (Source: Pope ...read more

  • A Good Tree

    Contributed by Dr. John Singarayar on Mar 2, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,657 views

    A Good Tree A lovely little girl was holding two apples with both hands. Her mom came in and softly asked her little daughter with a smile: my sweetie, could you give your mom one of your two apples? The girl looked up at her mom for some seconds, then she suddenly took a quick bite on one ...read more

  • Knowledge By Revelation

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 15, 2012
     | 4,282 views

    KNOWLEDGE BY REVELATION Dr. Nichols states, "There must be a difference between the knowledge that comes from the gathering of information, and that which comes by revelation. The Pharisees and Sadducees had the best information anyone could have in their day. If you asked them, they would tell ...read more

  • Knowledge Of Jesus

    Contributed by Samuel M on May 16, 2024
     | 321 views

    The knowledge of you (Jesus) changes my understanding of who I am. The words I speak, the way I think, the life I live will radically change when I see you and get to know you Jesus. ‘I’ in me will alter (change or destroy) to become more like you (Jesus). Knowing and seeing you Jesus helps me to ...read more

  • The Trouble Tree  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 5, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,680 views

    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

  • The Christmas Tree  PRO

    Contributed by Jennifer Mathews on Dec 28, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,961 views

    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

  • The Giving Tree

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 8, 2009
     | 5,238 views

    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

  • Bread Tree

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Aug 14, 2009
     | 3,625 views

    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

  • The Tree Of Hippocrates

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,570 views

    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

  • The Old Tree

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 4, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,850 views

    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

  • Resurrection Tree

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2011
     | 7,842 views

    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

  • Tree Toppers  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 19, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,819 views

    TREE TOPPERS I visited a blog that was selling some of these tree toppers and the variety astounded me: Some were wintery decorations. Things like: * Snowmen * Ginger bread men * Spires that looked like the steeples of a Russian church buildings. Then, there were some peculiar decorations ...read more

  • The Banyan Tree

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2012
     | 3,998 views

    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

  • The Heritage Tree  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,455 views

    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

  • The Tree Of Hippocrates

    Contributed by Kelly Mitchell on Oct 3, 2012
     | 4,068 views

    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

  • Christmas Tree

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Dec 9, 2014
     | 5,321 views

    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

  • Two Trees

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 15, 2019
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,001 views

    TWO TREES Imagine you are walking through the woods on a path, one side of the path is in sunlight and one side is in darkness. On each side of the path is a tree. The tree on the left is in darkness and the tree on the right is bathing in the sunlight. The tree on the left is old, scary, and ...read more

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