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Originally Posted by Aquila
Nope. Not quite what I mean. I told you I'm doing a terrible job at explaining what I'm trying to say. lol
In a house church... an elder reads a passage and speaks about it. Every man present can comment on the passage and even comment on the elder's words. I've seen older men turn a younger elder around on a topic with the younger elder thanking the older man for his wisdom, insight, and knowledge. It can be a powerful experience. That older man would typically have to keep his thoughts to himself and sit in that pew... clapping and getting behind the pastor... even if the pastor were wrong on a topic or needed it developed more fully. Men can contribute more to the discussion in a house church. And some house churches separate the men from the women for these sessions. Among the men it can be powerful, intellectually challenging, brutally honest, and even tender and broken. But with the ladies there... it only goes so deep and stops most of the time.
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So you believe the reason more men don't go to church is that they don't get to tell the preacher he doesnt have a clue what that verse means in front of everyone else?
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