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Men seek fame and high places only to learn that they were happier in obscurity

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Vance Havner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1886
Born: February 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 2
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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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Beware of being a religious poseur, trying to live up to a dramatized version of yourself.
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A soft and sheltered Christianity, afraid to be lean and lone, unwilling to face the storms and brave the heights, will end up fat and foul in the cages of conformity.
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One man with a genuine experience with God is worth more than a library full of arguments.
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