This is part three of a three-part series. A central part of any healthy ministry is the teaching of God’s Word. But after spending hours at work, then facing the pressures of home and family, and then even more hours consuming media, the minds of people in your ministry are often numb and unresponsive. How was Christ able to hold the attention of crowds for hours? Why did his teaching stick – and transform? What can we learn from him that will make our teaching attractive, interesting, and life-changing to people who are used to hearing a lot of noise?

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Dave Patty has been involved in training youth leaders and leading national and international youth movements in Europe for over 30 years. He serves as the president of Josiah Venture. He is also a founding member of Global Youth Initiative, which mobilizes and equips youth ministry trainers in over 60 countries of the world. Dave is an ordained pastor with a BA in theology and a MA in education. He has also done graduate work in leadership development at Harvard University. For the past 27 years he has lived in the Czech Republic, and he spent the 10 years before that in Germany. Dave is married to Connie and has three grown children, Tyler, Caleb, and Claire.

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