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Some preachers ought to put more fire into their sermons or more sermons into the fire.

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Vance Havner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1886
Born: February 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 2
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Plainfield
New Jersey
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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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When we are weakest and most despondent, Jesus is most considerate. When there is a break in our progress or we have a spell of depression, he sees the whole of our lives and in the light of that He is longsuffering with discordant details.
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The detour is always rougher than the main road
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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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The only way to meet the modern demon-stration of the powers of darkness is by a demonstration of the power of God.
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There was a time when ministers spoke forthrightly and named things. We don't name anything anymore. Finney had a sermon on How to Preach so as to Convert Nobody. He said 'Preach on sin but never mention any of the sins of your congregation - that will do it.'
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We are suffering from a believism that never has believed, and a receivism that never has received, and it leads to deceivism.
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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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No amount of facts in his head can compensate for the lack of fire on his lips.
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If we don't come apart we will come apart.
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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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The devil's not fighting churches today, he's joining churches.
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We've learned how to lengthen life, but we don't know how to deepen it.
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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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The world does not hate its own. It does hate our Lord. It hates His followers. Where do you belong in this lineup?
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Real revival does not begin with joyous singing. It begins with conviction and repentance on the part of Christians.
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I suspect that much of our praying to be used is selfish, and underneath it is the sneaking desire to make our mark and be recognized.
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Too many church services start at eleven sharp and end at twelve dull.
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We are not going to move this world by criticism of it nor conformity to it, but by the combustion within it of lives ignited by the Spirit of God.
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