When they tossed out sin and any challenge to struggle to be holy and virtuous and replaced it with saccharine "God loves you no matter what" all the time in the liturgy, then naturally men will respond less well. Men don't want to go to optional Oprah sessions of a Sunday morning.
Amen! Once the sin is taken out of the sermon, all that's left is not-very-hot air.
(I sure hope you're not the "last Puritan.") 8~)