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The same church members who yell like Comanche Indians at a ball game on Saturday sit like wooden Indians in church on Sunday.
Vance Havner
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Vance Havner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1886
Born: February 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 2
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If the fire of hell is not literal, it is worse than actual fire, and if the gates of the Celestial City are not actual gold, they are far finer.
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The first step towards the evangelizing of the world is the christianizing of the church.
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At the rate America is decaying morally, we shall have to change our national symbol from an eagle to a vulture.
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