Did someone try to control the experience with God talk? The book of Proverbs is filled with examples of smooth talkers whose words are actual traps (2:16; 7:5; 10:19; 18:8). Just because stakeholders in a ministry situation invoke the Lord’s name or say all the right, proper, and popular spiritual words, it does not mean they are being truthful, objective, or godly. In fact, too much “God talk” may betray people’s selfish desires to manipulate a ministry situation.
