Every Sunday we have a sermon in our church which lasts approximately 20 minutes. In the church I grew up in the sermon normally was about 45 minutes long although there were occasions when it stretched to an hour.
So what is the point of the sermon? Is it just to fill a time slot in the service? Is it just the opportunity for our pastor / vicar to speak for a while and the congregation to switch their brains into neutral or take a nap or is there any eternal purpose in it?
Ben Patterson has written an article entiled “Why the Sermon?” where he discusses the eternal purpose of this weekly exercise.
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