When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. Many pastors have grown professional in their service, and preach like automatons, wound up for a sermon, to run down when the discourse is over. They have little more care for the souls of men than if they were so much dirt. Too many pastors are fascinated with technical trifles about words. fancies of speculation, or fopperies of oratory. God forgive us if we have fallen into so deplorable a state. For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. Romans 16.18