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Illustration: Denominations

A Baptist preacher and his wife decided to get a new dog. Ever mindful of the congregation, they knew the dog must also be a Baptist. They visited kennel after kennel and explained their needs. Finall...

Illustration: Choices, Lost and Found

Two older men are pushing their carts around Wal-Mart when they collide. The first old guy says to the second guy, "Sorry about that. I'm looking for my wife, and I guess I wasn't paying attention to ...

Marriage And Appreciation

Bob attended a seminar on interpersonal relationships and became convinced that he needed to do a better job of showing appreciation to his wife. So on his way home from work he picked up a dozen long...

Overcoming Temptation

Donald Grey Barnhouse, who was pastor for many years of the Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, once told of a young man he knew who was dating a woman many of his friends thought was not worth...

Criticism

There is an old tale, attributed to Aesop, concerning a man who had two wives, one old and one young. The man was getting gray. His younger wife did not want to be confused for his daughter, so when h...

Self-Absorption

A pastor's wife went to an aerobic dance class to lose a little weight, be herself, and all that. The place was jammed with divorced women who complained that men are "a bunch of pigs," "indifferent,"...

Illustration: Preaching

One Sunday morning right after the worship service had ended, the pastor went and sat down with his wife. She asked him how he thought the service went. ...

Illustration: Relatives, In-Laws

A couple had an argument, and now they were driving down a country road, not saying a word. As they passed a barnyard of mules, the wife sarcastically asked, "Relatives of yours?"...

Pride

A man came to his wife and said, "Honey, I want to confess a great sin." "What is it?" she asked. "The sin of pride," he answered, "Why this morning I just sat an hour before the mirror admiring how ...

Illustration: Preaching, Sermons; Pastors and Their Wives

The preacher's wife must keep her wit and wisdom about her in their marital relationship....

Illustration: Generosity, Improvement

One night at the dinner table, the wife commented, “When we were first married, you took the small piece of steak and gave me the larger. Now you take the large one and leave me the smaller. You don't...

Bible

Have you seen these answers to test questions from teachers in Christian schools? • Adam and eve were created from an apple tree. Noah's wife was Joan of ark. Noah built an ark and the animals c...

Marriage

A wife went to the police station with her next-door neighbor to report that her husband was missing. The policeman asked for a description. She said, "He's 45 years old, 6 foot 3, has blue eyes, blon...

Kiss

Bonn, Germany - a German group of psychologists, physicians and insurance companies who cooperated on a research project, designed to find the secret to long life and success, made a surprising discov...

Conflict in Marriage

A henpecked husband was advised by a psychiatrist to assert himself. "You don't have to let your wife bully you," he said. "Go home and show her you're the boss." The husband decided to take the docto...

Lying

Internal Revenue Service auditor, to nervous citizen: "Let's begin with where you claim depreciation on your wife." --Quotable Quotations ...

Service

A woman accompanied her husband to the doctor's office. After his checkup, the doctor called the wife into his office alone. He said, "Your husband is suffering from a major disease, complicated by gr...

Illustration: Scars

In The Odyssey, there is a scene that takes place near the end of the story. Odysseus returns home after many years of wandering. He is in disguise as an old man. At first nobody recognizes him, not e...

Illustration: Ministers, Memory

Not too long ago a large seminar was held for ministers in training. ...

Easter

The cartoon This Funny World once showed a couple leaving church. The wife said to her husband, "I'll tell you why it's always the same old sermon. The only time you come is on Easter Sunday, that's w...