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A revival is the church falling in love with Jesus Christ all over again.

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Vance Havner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1886
Born: February 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 2
Clergyman
Literary Critic
Literary Historian
Plainfield
New Jersey
Church
Jesus
Christian
Christ
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Falling

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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 see a Bible that is falling apart, it probably belongs to someone who isn't!
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It is not our responsibility to make it acceptable it is our duty to make it available.
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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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If you can't pray as you want to, pray as you can. God knows what you mean.
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You can't preach it like it is if you don't believe it like it was.
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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 the church would only be the church- if Christians would only be Christians- nothing could halt our onward march.
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If you lack knowledge, go to school. If you lack wisdom, get on your knees.
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A deep and sober concern to please God is the rarest of rarities.
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