If you fall asleep in church tomorrow…
If your mind wanders…
If your eyes glaze over…
If your imagination flies away during the sermon…
It might not be your fault. It might be mine.
“Ministers have found it entirely too convenient and self-serving to dismiss congregational disinterest on the basis of attenuated attention spans or spiritual indifference. In most cases, the inattentiveness in the congregation is due to poor preaching—preaching that does not reward an energetic, conscientious listening. When attentive listeners are not rewarded for their energetic attentiveness, they eventually become inattentive.”
Why Johnny Can’t Preach by, T. David Gordon