Thursday, February 24, 2011

Really long sermons... thoughts?

Recent post by Gary Hendrix.  Thought it was interesting.

3 comments:

TheBeastMan said...

I read that too. I noticed I'm on the lower echelon of the time frame he finds acceptable :)

Pastor Randy said...

It's rare I preach over 35 mins. I guess I have work to do still!

Dan Rolfe said...

I think much has to do with culture, setting, ability, and what length a congregation is accustomed to hearing (I'm re-reading Christ-Centered Preaching and Bryan Chapell pretty much says the same thing, although he assumes most sermons will be about 30 minutes).

For me to preach a 50-60 minute sermon to a church that is accustomed to 30-minute sermons would not be serving that church very well. It might even be sinful on my part - depending on my motivation.