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Vance Havner
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Vance Havner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1886
Born: February 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 2
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At the rate America is decaying morally, we shall have to change our national symbol from an eagle to a vulture.
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Jesus is all we have he is all we need and all we want. We are shipwrecked on God and stranded on omnipotence!
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Satan is not fighting churches he is joining them. He does more harm by sowing tares than by pulling up wheat. He accomplishes more by imitation than by outright opposition.
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Worse than blind leaders of the blind are bland leaders of the bland.
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The gospel is for lifeboats, not showboats, and a man must make up his mind which boat he is going to operate.
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Our Lord approved neither idol worship or idle worship but ideal worship in Spirit and truth.
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God isn't a talent scout looking for someone who is good enough or strong enough. He is looking for someone with a heart set on Him, and He will do the rest.
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Most of the notable turn out to be the not-able. God's greatest truths still belong to babes.
Vance Havner
Some preachers ought to put more fire into their sermons or more sermons into the fire.
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He who waits on God loses no time.
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The same church members who yell like Comanche Indians at a ball game on Saturday sit like wooden Indians in church on Sunday.
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Popularity has slain more prophets of God than persecution ever did.
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The only way to meet the modern demon-stration of the powers of darkness is by a demonstration of the power of God.
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The man who sets out to live the life worthwhile-to follow his vision and speak his heart-need not look for position, honors, prosperity.
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If the fire of hell is not literal, it is worse than actual fire, and if the gates of the Celestial City are not actual gold, they are far finer.
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There is a trend today that would put a new robe on the prodigal son while he is still feeding hogs. Some would put the ring on his finger while he still in the pigsty. Others would paint the pigsty and advocate bigger and better hog pens.
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Christians, like snowflakes, are frail, but when they stick together they can stop traffic.
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If I had only one sermon to preach it would be on the Lordship of Christ. When we get right on that point we are right all down the line. God honors the exaltation of His Son.
Vance Havner
I suspect that much of our praying to be used is selfish, and underneath it is the sneaking desire to make our mark and be recognized.
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We are suffering today from a species of Christianity as dry as dust, as cold as ice, as pale as a corpse, and as dead as King Tut. We are suffering not from a lack of correct heads but of consumed hearts.
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