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More Bibles are bought and fewer read than any other book.

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Vance Havner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1886
Born: February 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 2
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Literary Critic
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Plainfield
New Jersey
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We can often do more by doing less. God is not particularly interested in quantity production. That is an American standard, not a Bible standard.
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I preach on specific sins because people are not convicted by sermons on sin in general. It was when our Lord said to the Samaritan woman, 'Go call thy husband...' (John 4:16), that she really faced up to her sinfulness.
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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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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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Christ is most concerned with the direction in which you habitually are going and not with a spasmodic eruption either good or bad.
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The first step towards the evangelizing of the world is the christianizing of the church.
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If you can't pray as you want to, pray as you can. God knows what you mean.
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Beware of being a religious poseur, trying to live up to a dramatized version of yourself.
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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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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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You always enter God's hospital as a charity patient. You can't pay your way.
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It's hard to be optimistic when you have a misty optic.
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Satan does some of his worst work on exhausted Christians when nerves are frayed and the mind is faint.
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The world does not hate its own. It does hate our Lord. It hates His followers. Where do you belong in this lineup?
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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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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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A mortician can make a dead man look better than he ever did when he was alive. So churches like Sardis may appear very much alive when they are dead in the sight of the Lord. God knows the difference.
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The alternative to discipline is disaster
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If you see a Bible that is falling apart, it probably belongs to someone who isn't!
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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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