In Sermon Illustrations: "Tree Of Knowledge"

Apples And The Things We Usually Miss

Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Feb 20, 2026

I brought something with me today. (Bring out the apples.) These are apples. Nothing fancy. Not miraculous. Not smuggled out of the Garden of Eden. Just apples. But here’s what I want you to notice. An apple is sweet. An apple is useful. An apple is good. But the apple is not the point. The point ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-8

Tags: Faithfulness, The Church, Remain, Abide, Fruitfullness, Discipleship  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

I Want You To Imagine A Couple Sitting In A ...  PRO

Contributed by Steve Lucas on Jul 30, 2005

I want you to imagine a couple sitting in a coffee shop. And you are one table over. Have you ever done this? You just kind of eavesdrop. You know, those coffee shops are small enough; you can hear almost every conversation in the room. You know, just have your laptop open so they don’t know you ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:9-14

Tags: Romantic Love

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Bearing Fruit  PRO

Contributed by N A on Oct 24, 2008

BEARING FRUIT I once read of a little boy who used to escape his bedroom after being punished. He would crawl out of his bedroom window down an old fruit tree to the ground. One day, his father told him that he was going to chop down the fruit tree, because it hadn’t borne any fruit for a number ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 10:1-36

Tags: Fruit, Fruit Of The Spirit

Denomination: *other

We Often Don't Realize The Impact Of Our Acts Of ...

Contributed by Darryl Bell on Apr 17, 2006

We often don’t realize the impact of our acts of love in Jesus’ name. In 1994 our church sold Christmas trees in the parking lot. After Christmas there were a lot of trees left. The grower had parked his big trailer on the lot one night intending to load out the trees in the next few days. Then, on ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Aim Higher

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 29, 2008

AIM HIGHER Several years ago I read where some mountain hunters had played a trick on another hunter in their COON CLUB. They lowered the sight on his rifle. After they did this their friend was missing everything at which he was shooting. He shot at a raccoon in a tree. Of course his bullet went ...read more

Tags: Ambition

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Really Frightening Thing About Middle Age Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge ...read more

Tags: Aging

Reading Furnishes The Mind Only With Materials ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking ...read more

Tags: Thought

The Noted Chinese Christian, Watchmen Nee, Had ...  PRO

Contributed by Bruce Willis on Dec 14, 2006

The noted Chinese Christian, Watchmen Nee, had this to say about knowing truth: “The normal Christian life must begin with a very definite ‘knowing,’ which is not just knowing something about the truth nor understanding some important doctrine. It’s not an intellectual knowledge at all, but an ...read more

Scripture: John 18:28-38, John 14:6

Denomination: Baptist

Over-Running The Temple

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2012

OVER-RUNNING THE TEMPLE Ta Prohm is the modern name of a temple at Angkor, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, built in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. Unlike most Angkorian temples, Ta Prohm has been left in much the same condition in which it was found: the photogenic and atmospheric ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:1-14

Tags: Sin Wages Of

What Is The Largest Ancestry In The World? How ...

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 25, 2008

WHAT IS THE LARGEST ANCESTRY IN THE WORLD? HOW FAR CAN WE GO BACK? WELL, WIKIPEDIA THE ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA STATES: THE LONGEST FAMILY TREE IN THE WORLD IS THAT OF THE CHINESE PHILOSOPHER AND EDUCATOR CONFUCIUS (551-479 BC). THE TREE SPANS MORE THAN 80 GENERATIONS, AND INCLUDES MORE THAN 2 ...read more

Tags: Apologetics General

Denomination: Baptist

The Unthankful Pig

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on May 6, 2022

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE LESSON OF THE PIG? Seems a big fat pig is roaming around the forest and finds all likes of delicious juicy acorns on the ground. The acorns are strewn on the ground. The pig eats and eats the acorns until the acorns are gone. The pig takes a long nap. When the pig wakes up ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 13:33

Tags: Pigs, Unthankful

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Growth Takes Time

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jul 18, 2018

GROWTH IS RARELY AN ACCIDENT, GROWTH HAS A PLAN… GROWTH REQUIRES EFFORT… THE MORE EFFORT THE MORE THE GROWTH WILL THRIVE… Blessed is he who expects nothing for he shall get exactly what he expected. Les Brown tells a wonderful illustration that we need to consider… There is a tree that grows in ...read more

Tags: Plan, Growth

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Advertisements In A Newspaper Are More Full Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Advertisements in a newspaper are more full of knowledge in respect to what is going on in a ...read more

Tags: Business And Marketplace

Education Is A Private Matter Between The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Education is a private matter between the person and the world of knowledge and experience, and has ...read more

Tags: Culture

The Difference Between A Successful Person And ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

R.c. Sproul Described The Relationship Between ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008

R.C. Sproul described the relationship between science, God and omniscience: "God is a God of knowledge. He is concerned with science; indeed, He invented science. The root word of science means simply "to know." Science is the business of acquiring knowledge. ...If God is truth, then all true ...read more

Tags: God's Omniscience

Hunting Area — Large Oaks

Contributed by Gary Kins on Jun 25, 2007

Hunting Area - Large Oaks Tree stands last when you put them in oaks because they withstand the winds of winter. One time the mighty oak was just an acorn covered with soil that ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

I'd Rather Have People Hate Me With The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"I’d rather have people hate me with the knowledge that I tried to ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Fear Of

The Writer Does The Most Who Gives His Reader ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

The writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

What We Need In Appointive Positions Are Men Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

What we need in appointive positions are men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient ...read more

Tags: Christian Values