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If you are a Christian, you are not a citizen of this world trying to get to heaven you are a citizen of heaven making your way through this world.

Vance Havner

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Vance Havner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1886
Born: February 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 2
Clergyman
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Literary Historian
Plainfield
New Jersey
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God judges what we tolerate as well as what we practice. Too often we put up with things we ought to put out.
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The tragedy of today is that the situation is desperate but the saints are not.
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Nothing is needed so much as a holy indignation against sin. It is true that there is not enough love for God, and one sign of it is that there is not enough hatred for sin.
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Christmas is based on an exchange of gifts, the gift of God to man - His unspeakable gift of His Son, and the gift of man to God - when we present our bodies a living sacrifice.
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One hour in heaven, and we shall be ashamed that we ever grumbled.
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Our Lord approved neither idol worship or idle worship but ideal worship in Spirit and truth.
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The middle of the road is a poor place to walk. It is a poor place to drive. It is a poor place to live.
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A true preacher is best measured not by how many bouquets have been pinned on him but by how many brickbats have been pitched at him. Prophets have been on the receiving end of mud more than medals.
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What we live is what we believe. Everything else is just so much religious talk.
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Somehow the idea has gotten around that it is unchristian to take a stand against heresy. Some of us need to read the New Testament again.
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It is only the life that is lost for Him that is found in Him.
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What our Lord said about cross-bearing and obedience is not in fine type. It is in bold print on the face of the contract.
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Christians, like snowflakes, are frail, but when they stick together they can stop traffic.
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No life is great that does not point to Christ.
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It is one thing to say Jesus is all you want until He is all you have and you discover He is all you ever needed.
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Our Lord sent His disciples out as sheep among wolves now the wolves are being invited into the sheepfold.
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Another thing I liked about my Dad at church: he did his sleeping at home. He never used the church as an adult nursery.
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It is not our responsibility to make it acceptable it is our duty to make it available.
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An old minister explained the smudges on his sermon outlines by saying they were caused by sweat and tears. And without those two marks, a sermon is not a sermon.
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Our Lord holds the keys to the doors of Christian service. You don't have to chase 'key men' around if you know the Keeper of the keys!
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