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# A layman’s advice to preachers
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/2007215a-laymans-advice-to-preachers-html/
- Published: 2007-02-15T05:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:33:02.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Homiletics, theocentric, #DashHouseCom, #wp

Tim Ellsworth has some [great advice for preachers](http://www.timellsworth.com/?p=1583&ref=dashhouse.com), including this:

> **Talk less about yourself and more about God.** Too many times after I’ve listened to a sermon, I could tell you quite a bit about the preacher, but precious little about God. There’s nothing wrong with using personal examples from time to time, but keep it to a minimum.As an I example, I can cite a sermon I heard about a year ago from Vance Pitman, pastor of Hope Baptist Church in Las Vegas. Vance was preaching at a conference I attended. I’d never heard him before and didn’t know anything about him. After the first time I heard him preach, I still didn’t know anything about him – but I knew more about God. He exalted the Lord in his message, and not himself. Follow this pattern, and your listeners will benefit.

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