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I can conceive of no greater, more romantic and interesting adventure than to undertake to live like Jesus in this complicated day.

Vance Havner

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Vance Havner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1886
Born: February 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 2
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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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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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What we live is what we believe. Everything else is just so much religious talk.
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When a man makes alliance with the Almighty, giants look like grasshoppers.
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Faith doesn't wait until it understands in that case it wouldn't be faith.
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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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If you stand on the Word, you do not stand with the world.
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God has a place and purpose for you, somewhere for you to be and something for you to do. You never will be happy elsewhere, nor can you please God anywhere but there.
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It is debatable which is causing us more harm - hot-headed ignorance or cold-hearted intellectualism.
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Don't ever come to church without coming as though it were the first time, as though it could be the best time, and as though it could be the last time.
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When the Lord's white sheep become dirty gray, all black sheep feel more comfortable.
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We are the salt of the earth, mind you, not the sugar. Our ministry is to truly cleanse and not just to change the taste.
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God's Word is its own best argument.
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The real test of your Christianity is not how pious you look at the Lord's table on Sunday, but how you act at the breakfast table at home. If it takes two cups of coffee to make you fit to live with, you had better go to the mourner's bench.
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I know that some are always studying the meaning of the fourth toe of the right foot of some beast in prophecy and have never used either foot to go and bring men to Christ. I do not know who the 666 is in Revelation but I know the world is sick, sick, sick and the best way to speed the Lord's return is to win more souls for Him.
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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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I would say to today's young minister, 'Be not afraid to give much time to solitary walks and meditation'.
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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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A deep and sober concern to please God is the rarest of rarities.
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We are fighting the greatest battle of all time with the most untrained army on earth. If strict discipline is necessary in art and athletics, how can we expect to be advanced Christians and stay in kindergarten?
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