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It is only the life that is lost for Him that is found in Him.

Vance Havner

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Vance Havner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1886
Born: February 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 2
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Plainfield
New Jersey
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There was a time when ministers spoke forthrightly and named things. We don't name anything anymore. Finney had a sermon on How to Preach so as to Convert Nobody. He said 'Preach on sin but never mention any of the sins of your congregation - that will do it.'
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No amount of facts in his head can compensate for the lack of fire on his lips.
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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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When a man makes alliance with the Almighty, giants look like grasshoppers.
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Make Jesus Christ your theme! I have seen preachers espouse causes and champion movements, and when the cause died and the movement collapsed, the preacher vanished too. But the man who glories in Christ never grows stale.
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God is on the lookout today for a man who will be quiet enough to get a message from Him, brave enough to preach it, and honest enough to live it.
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People used to blush when they were ashamed. Now they are ashamed if they blush. Modesty has disappeared and a brazen generation with no fear of God before its eyes mocks at sin. We are so fond of being called tolerant and broadminded that we wink at sin when we ought to weep.
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The devil is in constant conspiracy against a preacher who really prays, for it has been said that what a minister is in his prayer closet is what he is, no more, no less.
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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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If you see a Bible that is falling apart, it probably belongs to someone who isn't!
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We are suffering from a believism that never has believed, and a receivism that never has received, and it leads to deceivism.
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Many people have the right aim in life, they just never get around to pulling the trigger. The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps -- we must step up the stairs.
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Life is like a grain of wheat: to plant it is to recognize its value to keep it is to destroy its value. The 'planted' Christian counts life dear not unto himself but unto God.
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People get so used to the dark that they think it's growing brighter. It's possible to fraternize with unbelievers until false doctrine becomes less and less objectionable.
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The devil's not fighting churches today, he's joining churches.
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Revival precedes evangelism. The church must first repent. This is the blind spot in our eye today.
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Nobody in pulpit or pew needs a revival more than a bitter-spirited fundamentalist with his dispensations right and his disposition wrong.
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If you are what you've always been, you are not a Christian. A Christian is a new creation.
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