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Popularity has killed more prophets than persecution.
Vance Havner
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Vance Havner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1886
Born: February 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 2
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Nothing is needed so much as a holy indignation against sin. It is true that there is not enough love for God, and one sign of it is that there is not enough hatred for sin.
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One cannot help the evil thoughts that come, but it is the thoughts we cultivate that make the difference between good or evil. We don't have to open the door to the devil and say, Make yourself at home.
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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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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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Too many church services start at eleven sharp and end at twelve dull.
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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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The first step towards the evangelizing of the world is the christianizing of the church.
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God judges what we tolerate as well as what we practice. Too often we put up with things we ought to put out.
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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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We honor God by asking for great things when they are a part of His promise. We dishonor Him and cheat ourselves when we ask for molehills where He has offered mountains.
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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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At the rate America is decaying morally, we shall have to change our national symbol from an eagle to a vulture.
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The church is so subnormal that if it ever got back to the New Testament normal it would seem to people to be abnormal.
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If you would try out a preacher, send him to preach to farmers: if he cannot make the grade there, let him reconsider his call - or maybe he needs to be converted.
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There never has been a culture since this world began in which a New Testament Christian could feel at home.
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Every Christian is a priest, not offering a sacrifice for sins - since that has been done once and for all - but offering his person, praise and possessions.
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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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The gospel is for lifeboats, not showboats, and a man must make up his mind which boat he is going to operate.
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We need to be preaching a dynamic Gospel and living firecracker lives.
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