"I am sure our Lord Jesus Christ does not want His ministers to deliver magnificent orations, spread-eagle sermons, with long and elaborate sentences in them. He wants them to just come and talk as He talked, in all simplicity, so that the very poorest and most illiterate of their hearers may understand their meaning, embrace the Truths of God they proclaim and find everlasting life in Him of whom they speak."
~ Charles Spurgeon
~ Kirk
"The Pharisees loved the sound of their own voices, and many of today's preachers enjoy the admiration of their fellow seminarians and astute theological contemporaries, not realizing the ineffectiveness of their techniques. In an effort to impress their hearers with eloquence, their words often miss the mark completely, flying right over the heads of those who are most eager to learn from them. We must remember that it is not the wise, the mighty, and the noble that God has called, but rather the foolish, weak, and the base, so "that no flesh should glory in His presence." So if you feel called to speak the oracles of God to men with a view to leading them to salvation, then do what Jesus did. Speak the truth in love, and keep it simple (1 Corinthians 2:1-5)
