SCredneck
LARGE member
A preacher became frustrated that a large part of his congregation was going water skiing on Sunday, rather than coming to church, so he said to his wife, This Sunday, Im going to preach about the evils of water skiing on Sunday.
What! she exclaimed. Thats a silly thing to preach about!
I dont think so, he said, its a problem we need to address.
The next Sunday as they were driving to church, the wife asks the preacher what he was going to preach about.
I already told you, he said, Im going to preach about the evils of water skiing on Sundays.
Thats idiotic! the wife says. First of all, its a stupid sermon topic, and second, the people who need to hear it wont be at church!
Why dont you preach about sex or something people are interested in?
Nope. The Lord wants me to preach about the evils of water skiing on Sundays, and thats what Im going to preach about he said firmly.
The wife says, Well, Im not going to sit through a stupid sermon like that. Im going to stay in the car. You can tell the congregation Im sick or something. And she stayed in the car.
As the preacher was walking from the car to his study at the church, he started thinking his wife might be right, and he changed his mind and gave a brilliant sermon on the proper role of sex in modern society.
When the service was over, one of the parishioners stopped by the preachers car and said to the pastors wife, Im sorry youre not feeling well this morning. Your husband gave the finest sermon today that hes ever given since coming to this parish.
I dont know why he thinks hes such an expert on the subject, the wife snapped.
Hes only tried it twice, and he fell off both times.
What! she exclaimed. Thats a silly thing to preach about!
I dont think so, he said, its a problem we need to address.
The next Sunday as they were driving to church, the wife asks the preacher what he was going to preach about.
I already told you, he said, Im going to preach about the evils of water skiing on Sundays.
Thats idiotic! the wife says. First of all, its a stupid sermon topic, and second, the people who need to hear it wont be at church!
Why dont you preach about sex or something people are interested in?
Nope. The Lord wants me to preach about the evils of water skiing on Sundays, and thats what Im going to preach about he said firmly.
The wife says, Well, Im not going to sit through a stupid sermon like that. Im going to stay in the car. You can tell the congregation Im sick or something. And she stayed in the car.
As the preacher was walking from the car to his study at the church, he started thinking his wife might be right, and he changed his mind and gave a brilliant sermon on the proper role of sex in modern society.
When the service was over, one of the parishioners stopped by the preachers car and said to the pastors wife, Im sorry youre not feeling well this morning. Your husband gave the finest sermon today that hes ever given since coming to this parish.
I dont know why he thinks hes such an expert on the subject, the wife snapped.
Hes only tried it twice, and he fell off both times.