The Bible says of Jesus: “the people were astonished at His teaching.”5 When was the last time you were astonished in church? Men need to be amazed by God, but our liturgies and rituals have made him utterly predictable. No wonder men find church so boring. My advice: when teaching men, do the unexpected. Break something. Pretend something’s going wrong. Do a card trick. Take them outside. Light something on fire (besides a candle). Challenge a cherished assumption. Arrange for a critic to stand up and argue with you—right in the middle of the sermon. Get off the stage and wander the aisles
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