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There are no trivial assignments in the work of the Lord.

Vance Havner

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Vance Havner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1886
Born: February 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 2
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Jesus is all we have he is all we need and all we want. We are shipwrecked on God and stranded on omnipotence!
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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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There never has been a culture since this world began in which a New Testament Christian could feel at home.
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The primary qualification for a missionary is not love for souls, as we so often hear, but love for Christ.
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Progress is a farce because man's head and hand have created wonders that stun the imagination, but his heart does not keep step and his morals undo all that his mind has wrought.
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