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One man with a genuine experience with God is worth more than a library full of arguments.

Vance Havner

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Vance Havner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1886
Born: February 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 2
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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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I know that some are always studying the meaning of the fourth toe of the right foot of some beast in prophecy and have never used either foot to go and bring men to Christ. I do not know who the 666 is in Revelation but I know the world is sick, sick, sick and the best way to speed the Lord's return is to win more souls for Him.
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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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Satan does some of his worst work on exhausted Christians when nerves are frayed and the mind is faint.
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There is a trend today that would put a new robe on the prodigal son while he is still feeding hogs. Some would put the ring on his finger while he still in the pigsty. Others would paint the pigsty and advocate bigger and better hog pens.
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It is not our business to make the message acceptable, but to make it available. We are not to see that they like it, but that they get it.
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Because the Lord loves us He chastens and rebukes us. Modern sentimentality has reduced God to a tolerant indulgent grandfatherly being who winks at our transgressions.
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It's hard to be optimistic when you have a misty optic.
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It is debatable which is causing us more harm - hot-headed ignorance or cold-hearted intellectualism.
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If the devil cannot keep you from being saved, if next he fails to make you backslide, then he undertakes to keep you just an average Christian. Here he succeeds with most believers.
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If you lack knowledge, go to school. If you lack wisdom, get on your knees.
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Simply wait upon Him. So doing, we shall be directed, supplied, protected, corrected, and rewarded.
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Christians, like snowflakes, are frail, but when they stick together they can stop traffic.
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Every Christian is a priest, not offering a sacrifice for sins - since that has been done once and for all - but offering his person, praise and possessions.
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Men love everything but righteousness and fear everything but God.
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The gospel is for lifeboats, not showboats, and a man must make up his mind which boat he is going to operate.
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To the average professed Christian today, living so far below normal, New Testament Christianity would be a shock.
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The thermometer of a church is its prayer meeting.
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Our efficiency without God's sufficiency is only a deficiency.
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If you see a Bible that is falling apart, it probably belongs to someone who isn't!
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