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I wouldn't cross the street to hear Ingersoll preach on the mistakes of Moses, but I'd love to hear Moses preach on the mistakes of Ingersoll!

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Vance Havner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1886
Born: February 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 2
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Nothing is needed so much as a holy indignation against sin. It is true that there is not enough love for God, and one sign of it is that there is not enough hatred for sin.
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Simply wait upon Him. So doing, we shall be directed, supplied, protected, corrected, and rewarded.
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A mortician can make a dead man look better than he ever did when he was alive. So churches like Sardis may appear very much alive when they are dead in the sight of the Lord. God knows the difference.
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I would say to today's young minister, 'Be not afraid to give much time to solitary walks and meditation'.
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It's hard to be optimistic when you have a misty optic.
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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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Make Jesus Christ your theme! I have seen preachers espouse causes and champion movements, and when the cause died and the movement collapsed, the preacher vanished too. But the man who glories in Christ never grows stale.
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He who waits on God loses no time.
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It is only the life that is lost for Him that is found in Him.
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Any man who takes Jesus Christ seriously becomes the target of the devil. Most church members do not give Satan enough trouble to arouse his opposition
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Life is like a grain of wheat: to plant it is to recognize its value to keep it is to destroy its value. The 'planted' Christian counts life dear not unto himself but unto God.
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Men seek fame and high places only to learn that they were happier in obscurity
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Christ is most concerned with the direction in which you habitually are going and not with a spasmodic eruption either good or bad.
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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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Satan does some of his worst work on exhausted Christians when nerves are frayed and the mind is faint.
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Where are the marks of the cross in your life? Are there any points of identification with your Lord? Alas, too many Christians wear medals but carry no scars.
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