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Revival is simply New Testament Christianity, the saints going back to normal.

Vance Havner

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Vance Havner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1886
Born: February 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 2
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We are the salt of the earth, mind you, not the sugar. Our ministry is to truly cleanse and not just to change the taste.
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Jesus Christ demands more complete allegiance than any dictator who ever lived. The difference is, He has a right to it.
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If the church would only be the church- if Christians would only be Christians- nothing could halt our onward march.
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I preach on specific sins because people are not convicted by sermons on sin in general. It was when our Lord said to the Samaritan woman, 'Go call thy husband...' (John 4:16), that she really faced up to her sinfulness.
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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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When we sin, we are often upset, not because we have grieved the Spirit but because our pride has been injured.
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A revival is the church falling in love with Jesus Christ all over again.
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Satan is not fighting churches he is joining them. He does more harm by sowing tares than by pulling up wheat. He accomplishes more by imitation than by outright opposition.
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It is a matter of whether one wants to get rich or be rich. We can be rich in Christ Jesus or perhaps get rich in Egypt, but we cannot do both.
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Faith has no value of its own, it has value only as it connects us with Him. It is a trick of Satan to get us occupied with examining our faith instead of resting in the Faithful One.
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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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We have always needed old people to keep things from going too fast and young people to keep them from going too slow. Youth has fire and age has light and we need both.
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There is no devil in the first two chapters of the Bible and no devil in the last two chapters. Thank God for a book that disposes of the devil!
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One of the greatest errors in the church today is the artificial distinction we have created between accepting Christ as Savior and confessing Him as Lord. We have made two experiences of it, but the New Testament makes them one.
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Salvation is a helmet, not a nightcap.
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A true preacher is best measured not by how many bouquets have been pinned on him but by how many brickbats have been pitched at him. Prophets have been on the receiving end of mud more than medals.
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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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Worse than blind leaders of the blind are bland leaders of the bland.
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The early Christians condemned false doctrine in a way that sounds almost unchristian today.
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The middle of the road is a poor place to walk. It is a poor place to drive. It is a poor place to live.
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