“The first and principal duty of a pastor is to feed the flock by diligent preaching of the word.”3 Pastors should be keenly aware of the stylistic devices and literary qualities found in the Bible as they examine the biblical texts. Pastors craft their sermons to be plainly worded, down to earth, well navigated in sound doctrine and practice, understood by all, and delivered with passion. To preach God’s Word diligently, pastors were to have “a kind of spiritual heat in the heart.” Sermons are delivered