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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.

Vance Havner

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Vance Havner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1886
Born: February 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 2
Clergyman
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Plainfield
New Jersey
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