And UA has quotes from a Spurgeon biography to prove it. See here.
It really doesn’t matter how long a pastor preaches, there will be some element in the listening audience that wants it shorter. Preach an hour… how about 40 minutes? Preach 40 minutes… how about 30? Preach 30… can’t we do with 15? It’s one measure of our depravity and dullness to want to leave off attention to the word of God. Now, I don’t mean that every preacher should preach an hour, or that I like the fact that I’m more often than I like preaching longer than I’d like. Just observing something that I think is true; most people don’t want to give extended attention to the word of God.
And yet in Nehemiah 8, the word was read, explained, and applied from sun-up until noon! Seems that biblically every time revival breaks out among God’s people it follows rediscovery and recommitment to hearing the word of God. If we want revival among God’s people, we must take seriously reading, preaching, and hearing the word of God. And, guess what? It takes time to do that well.
