But chiefly we are there to meet with God. We come together to learn from God and worship God. But in order to do that you have to be taught. The Reformers understood that very well and they transformed services from celebration in the Middle Ages into teaching fellowships where the word of God was taught and where the people responded to God on the basis of the teaching. I recognize as a preacher that there are unique problems faced in preaching to a world that is geared to entertainment and used to television with its fast moving images and attractive personalities.
Preachers have a hard job.
Today, I do not know how you could do as the Puritans did, for example, and preach three hour sermons. Our culture has created limitations in the church. In a given church there might be several limitations. You could be called to a church where the people have never heard a sermon longer than ten minutes. Even a half hour sermon may be difficult for the congregation to endure.