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You have not really learned a commandment until you have obeyed it. The Church suffers today from Christians who know volumes more than they practice.
Vance Havner
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Vance Havner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1886
Born: February 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 2
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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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A preacher who is too big for a little crowd would be too little for a big crowd.
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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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Not everyone who has made peace with God has realized the peace of God.
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Some preachers ought to put more fire into their sermons or more sermons into the fire.
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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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God knows His own. It is well that He does, for sometimes it would be difficult for us to determine who are His!
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People get so used to the dark that they think it is growing brighter.
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If we don't come apart we will come apart.
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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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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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Humility is not thinking meanly of oneself, but rather it means not thinking of oneself at all.
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There are no trivial assignments in the work of the Lord.
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You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide.
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God isn't a talent scout looking for someone who is good enough or strong enough. He is looking for someone with a heart set on Him, and He will do the rest.
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