Comments for Church for Men

Comment on Bring David to your church for $19.95 by David Rohwer

David Rohwer — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:07:22 +0000

I wanted to get as many of the congregation “on board” as possible in understanding the gender gap issues. So I am using the DVD as a primary part of a presentation to all of the church committees to begin the process to work on bringing the church back to men. Its worked very well and most of the women “get it” right away. The multi-part DVD lends itself well to logically stepping through awareness and discussing change. Strong recommendation for this DVD.

Comment on Churchgoing = Pink to Men? by davidmurrow

davidmurrow — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:28:17 +0000

In an ideal world, men wouldn’t care about such things. But every culture has its taboos – cultural norms that people embrace. My point is this – the modern church forces men to embrace feminine norms. In most cases, this feminization is unnecessary and often extra-biblical. Thanks for your comment.

Comment on Churchgoing = Pink to Men? by PinkISnice

PinkISnice — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:42:09 +0000

I think you are basing your perceptions on the world around you through the eyes of what you THINK is right. But that’s fine, because this is typical behaviour of American (male) Christians (of the Protestant/Evangelical variety). After all, what may be right for you, may not be right for others. It’s just a matter of cultural relativism.

It’s a shame how such a culture represses the expression of men to believe in these silly made up rules. Are you actually afraid to NOT wear pink or whatever? Articles such as these are a sign of insecurity.

Comment on The Men’s Huddle by Marvel Euell

Marvel Euell — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:28:08 +0000

I had to read your post three times to get the full impact of it. I appreciate reading what you have to say. It’s too bad that more people do not comprehend the benefits of coaching. Keep up the good work.

Comment on In Praise of Short Sermons by Josh

Josh — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:41:46 +0000

As a minister of the gospel, I have to ask why shortening sermons is causing such an uproar.
As far as I can tell both from my Master’s example and that of the rest of the Word, a Sunday morning sermon isn’t our only recourse for equipping the saints, evangelism, discipleship, teaching, addressing issues in the congregation, dispatching the congregation to ministry etc.
As a matter of fact, there is only one example I can think of that has Christ addressing a crowd in a typical religious meeting, teaching or preaching scripture. His sermon, after reading His passage, “Today this passage is being fulfilled in your midst,” my paraphrase.
Did Christ attend services? Yes. Did he properly use scripture? Yes. Was everything, He taught and spoke about communicated on a Sunday? Quite the opposite.
I am not the wisest nor best exegete, but I think that it is plain that a sermon was not intended to be a “golden bullet.” Therefore, if we shorten it, lengthen it, or remove it entirely, we are not necessarily abandoning God’s Flock in our care.
Maybe it is time to focus more attention on personal discipleship, breaking of bread in the homes of believer and daily teaching of the Word.
If cutting it out makes us uncomfortable are we putting all of our eggs in one basket, contrary to the biblical model? Then we should ask if we are we getting our needs met by God or our congregation?

Comment on Communion for Men by Dave

Dave — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:40:52 +0000

Communion started to lose it’s impact when churches started to do “drive by”communion. You have to approach the alter and kneel down and believe in the presence of Jesus Christ. Otherwise, it’s a sham and a shame. Why bother with a symbol?

If you want music, you could use the refrain “Jesus remember me” from Taize. It’s a chant that people can sing while waiting and rejoin after communing.

For strong visuals, I’ve been telling the guy at the church I attend to project icons on that big, clean, open wall space beside the reredos.

Comment on Baptism for men by Dave Wilson

Dave Wilson — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:53:02 +0000

How about this?

Encourage men who are being baptized to invite co-workers, neighbors and Facebook friends from high school to witness their identification with Christ through this sacrament. Seems like that would require a manly faith that guys would find meaningful.

Thanks,
Dave

Comment on Communion for Men by Chris Wynn

Chris Wynn — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:55:44 +0000

FYI…The Eastern Orthodox Church uses leavened bread because Christ is “risen.” Just an interesting aside.

Comment on Communion for Men by Pierre Duranleau

Pierre Duranleau — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:15:20 +0000

Hi, I’m new to your site, this way of celebrating the lord’s supper is different, but not that different from tradition.

Ford Man: One way to make shure the bread stays clean is to have the husher hold the bread.

As far as germs go, you should attend an anglican communion were the cup is passed from person to person (it may explain wy some rushed to the front of the line) but then again it was fermented wine.

Comment on Communion for Men by Phillip Woodfin

Phillip Woodfin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:40:18 +0000

Great thoughts on communion and I agree wholeheartedly.