Consumer vs. Contributor: Why Most Men Are Getting Church Completely Wrong

About this episode

The episode discusses the consumer mentality many men have towards church and how it affects their spiritual experience.

You showed up on Sunday. You sang the songs. You sat through the sermon. You checked the box that good men are supposed to check. But what if that consumer approach is exactly why church feels more like an obligation than the spiritual family it's supposed to be? Most men treat their local church like a restaurant. Someone else cooks, someone else cleans, and you pay the bill on the way out. It feels comfortable. It feels sufficient. But it's a consumer relationship with something that was ne...

People in this episode

Host: Seth Troutt

Topics covered

• church
• masculinity
• spirituality
• consumerism
• community

Keywords

• church
• men
• spiritual family
• consumer approach
• obligation

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