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The devil's not fighting churches today, he's joining churches.

Vance Havner

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Vance Havner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1886
Born: February 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 2
Clergyman
Literary Critic
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Plainfield
New Jersey
Churches
Devil
Fighting
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Today
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Abraham did not know where he was going immediately, but he knew where he was going ultimately. He did not know the Whither but he knew the Whom. He believed God, and, being sure of his destiny, he did not worry about his destination.
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The man who sets out to live the life worthwhile-to follow his vision and speak his heart-need not look for position, honors, prosperity.
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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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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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If we don't come apart we will come apart.
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Too many Christians are stuffing themselves with gospel blessings while millions have never had a taste.
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No nation can last long when it stops praying and takes up playing.
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People used to blush when they were ashamed. Now they are ashamed if they blush. Modesty has disappeared and a brazen generation with no fear of God before its eyes mocks at sin. We are so fond of being called tolerant and broadminded that we wink at sin when we ought to weep.
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A deep and sober concern to please God is the rarest of rarities.
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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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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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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 devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself.
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I would just as soon listen to a gangster lecture on honesty as watch Hollywood portray the Bible.
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Don't ever come to church without coming as though it were the first time, as though it could be the best time, and as though it could be the last time.
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Some preachers ought to put more fire into their sermons or more sermons into the fire.
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Christians, like snowflakes, are frail, but when they stick together they can stop traffic.
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A preacher should have the mind of a scholar, the heart of a child, and the hide of a rhinoceros. His problem is how to toughen his hide without hardening his heart.
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Another thing I liked about my Dad at church: he did his sleeping at home. He never used the church as an adult nursery.
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