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We need men of the cross, with the message of the cross, bearing the marks of the cross.

Vance Havner

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Vance Havner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1886
Born: February 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 2
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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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If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home.
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Satan is not fighting churches he is joining them. He does more harm by sowing tares than by pulling up wheat. He accomplishes more by imitation than by outright opposition.
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If the devil cannot keep you from being saved, if next he fails to make you backslide, then he undertakes to keep you just an average Christian. Here he succeeds with most believers.
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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 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 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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Adam tried to hide behind the trees in the garden. There is only one tree that can hide us from Him and that is the tree of the cross.
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Plenty of church members are shaky about what they believe, while not many are shaken by what they believe.
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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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Sin has gotten men into more trouble than science can get him out of.
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To build character of purpose and integrity is our high mark, and that cannot be done in a world where there are no adverse elements.
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Our efficiency without God's sufficiency is only a deficiency.
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It is only the life that is lost for Him that is found in Him.
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In other days people chose a church on the basis of their doctrinal convictions. Now, lacking doctrinal convictions, they choose for social reasons.
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Beware of being a religious poseur, trying to live up to a dramatized version of yourself.
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