Sorry it took so long to authroise this post I’ve only just got my internet back.

I agree and since I wrote this I have written longer posts than my prescribed limit if needed. I agree that the idea of shorter is always better in this busy world is a lot of baloney. When I preach I never keep to the 20 mins most preachers in our church stick to, but because it’s Biblical content people don’t care.

However, the medium makes it better to go shorter.

Reading on the internet is difficult. I’ll search monergism.com and find an excellent article but half way through have to either leave it or print it off because my eyes can’t concentrate. I’m motivated to do it, but I can’t necessarily keep going.

Moreover, people surf the web and so have been proven to spend a short amount of time on a page. For example, the average visit length here is 52 seconds. That really isn’t long for me to get my point across.

As you know I’m new to the the blogging world. I found your thoughts interesting! However, I guess the length of a post should be guided mainly by who your intended audience is and not so much by a prescribed word limit.

I would also caution against the notion that in today’s busy world people don’t have time to read long articles. I believe that this is a fallacy as (a) people in general make time for what is important to them (b) people are more than happy to sit and watch a movie for a few hours.

I also think that Mark Driscoll has demonstrated that in certain contexts length is not an obstal to engaging people, but rather an necessary ingredient if you are going to meaningfully offer gospel truth to them.