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Vance Havner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1886
Born: February 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 2
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New Jersey
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To build character of purpose and integrity is our high mark, and that cannot be done in a world where there are no adverse elements.
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If the church would only be the church- if Christians would only be Christians- nothing could halt our onward march.
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Most people would not want to live where there are no churches but many people live as though there were no churches.
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Not everyone who has made peace with God has realized the peace of God.
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There are no trivial assignments in the work of the Lord.
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Jesus Christ demands more complete allegiance than any dictator who ever lived. The difference is, He has a right to it.
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Abraham did not know where he was going immediately, but he knew where he was going ultimately. He did not know the Whither but he knew the Whom. He believed God, and, being sure of his destiny, he did not worry about his destination.
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Taking it easy is often the prelude to backsliding. Comfort precedes collapse.
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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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Most of the notable turn out to be the not-able. God's greatest truths still belong to babes.
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You have not really learned a commandment until you have obeyed it. The Church suffers today from Christians who know volumes more than they practice.
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If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home.
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One of the greatest errors in the church today is the artificial distinction we have created between accepting Christ as Savior and confessing Him as Lord. We have made two experiences of it, but the New Testament makes them one.
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It's hard to be optimistic when you have a misty optic.
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God's Word is its own best argument.
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Progress is a farce because man's head and hand have created wonders that stun the imagination, but his heart does not keep step and his morals undo all that his mind has wrought.
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Revival is simply New Testament Christianity, the saints going back to normal.
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I'm tied of hearing about temperance instead of abstinence, in order to please the cocktail crowd in church congregations.
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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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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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