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Vance Havner quotes: It is only the life that is lost for Him that is found in Him. It is only the life that is lost for Him that is found in Him.
Vance Havner quotes: Revival precedes evangelism. The church must first repent. This is the blind spot in our eye today. Revival precedes evangelism. The church must first repent. This is the blind spot in our eye today.
Vance Havner quotes: 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. 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.
Vance Havner quotes: There never has been a culture since this world began in which a New Testament Christian could feel at home. There never has been a culture since this world began in which a New Testament Christian could feel at home.
Vance Havner quotes: Men seek fame and high places only to learn that they were happier in obscurity Men seek fame and high places only to learn that they were happier in obscurity
Vance Havner quotes: In other days people chose a church on the basis of their doctrinal convictions. Now, lacking doctrinal convictions, they choose for social reasons. In other days people chose a church on the basis of their doctrinal convictions. Now, lacking doctrinal convictions, they choose for social reasons.
Vance Havner quotes: What we love usually manages to get into our conversation. What is down in the well of the heart will come up in the bucket of the speech. What we love usually manages to get into our conversation. What is down in the well of the heart will come up in the bucket of the speech.
Vance Havner quotes: People get so used to the dark that they think it is growing brighter. People get so used to the dark that they think it is growing brighter.
Vance Havner quotes: If you are a Christian, you are not a citizen of this world trying to get to heaven; you are a citizen of heaven making your way through this world. If you are a Christian, you are not a citizen of this world trying to get to heaven; you are a citizen of heaven making your way through this world.
Vance Havner quotes: Our Lord holds the keys to the doors of Christian service. You don't have to chase 'key men' around if you know the Keeper of the keys! Our Lord holds the keys to the doors of Christian service. You don't have to chase 'key men' around if you know the Keeper of the keys!
Vance Havner quotes: The primary qualification for a missionary is not love for souls, as we so often hear, but love for Christ. The primary qualification for a missionary is not love for souls, as we so often hear, but love for Christ.
Vance Havner quotes: It is one thing to say Jesus is all you want; until He is all you have and you discover He is all you ever needed. It is one thing to say Jesus is all you want; until He is all you have and you discover He is all you ever needed.
Vance Havner quotes: The temple of truth has never suffered so much from woodpeckers on the outside as from termites within. The temple of truth has never suffered so much from woodpeckers on the outside as from termites within.
Vance Havner quotes: We are suffering from a believism that never has believed, and a receivism that never has received, and it leads to deceivism. We are suffering from a believism that never has believed, and a receivism that never has received, and it leads to deceivism.
Vance Havner quotes: What our Lord said about cross-bearing and obedience is not in fine type. It is in bold print on the face of the contract. What our Lord said about cross-bearing and obedience is not in fine type. It is in bold print on the face of the contract.
Vance Havner quotes: There are no trivial assignments in the work of the Lord. There are no trivial assignments in the work of the Lord.
Vance Havner quotes: Many people are in a rut and a rut is nothing but a grave - with both ends kicked out. Many people are in a rut and a rut is nothing but a grave - with both ends kicked out.
Vance Havner quotes: If you are what you've always been, you are not a Christian. A Christian is a new creation. If you are what you've always been, you are not a Christian. A Christian is a new creation.
Vance Havner quotes: The gospel is for lifeboats, not showboats, and a man must make up his mind which boat he is going to operate. The gospel is for lifeboats, not showboats, and a man must make up his mind which boat he is going to operate.
Vance Havner quotes: Jesus is all we have; he is all we need and all we want. We are shipwrecked on God and stranded on omnipotence! Jesus is all we have; he is all we need and all we want. We are shipwrecked on God and stranded on omnipotence!
Vance Havner quotes: Humility is not thinking meanly of oneself, but rather it means not thinking of oneself at all. Humility is not thinking meanly of oneself, but rather it means not thinking of oneself at all.
Vance Havner quotes: The first step towards the evangelizing of the world is the christianizing of the church. The first step towards the evangelizing of the world is the christianizing of the church.
Vance Havner quotes: When a man makes alliance with the Almighty, giants look like grasshoppers. When a man makes alliance with the Almighty, giants look like grasshoppers.
Vance Havner quotes: Satan does some of his worst work on exhausted Christians when nerves are frayed and the mind is faint. Satan does some of his worst work on exhausted Christians when nerves are frayed and the mind is faint.
Vance Havner quotes: Salt seasons, purifies, preserves. But somebody ought to remind us that salt also irritates. Real living Christianity rubs this world the wrong way. Salt seasons, purifies, preserves. But somebody ought to remind us that salt also irritates. Real living Christianity rubs this world the wrong way.
Vance Havner quotes: Our efficiency without God's sufficiency is only a deficiency. Our efficiency without God's sufficiency is only a deficiency.
Vance Havner quotes: Too many are willing to sit at God's table, but not work in his field. Too many are willing to sit at God's table, but not work in his field.
Vance Havner quotes: 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. 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.
Vance Havner quotes: Self, service, substance is the Divine order and nothing counts until we give ourselves. Self, service, substance is the Divine order and nothing counts until we give ourselves.
Vance Havner quotes: God judges what we tolerate as well as what we practice. Too often we put up with things we ought to put out. God judges what we tolerate as well as what we practice. Too often we put up with things we ought to put out.
Vance Havner quotes: 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! 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!
Vance Havner quotes: If we don't come apart; we will come apart. If we don't come apart; we will come apart.
Vance Havner quotes: We need to be preaching a dynamic Gospel and living firecracker lives. We need to be preaching a dynamic Gospel and living firecracker lives.
Vance Havner quotes: If you stand on the Word, you do not stand with the world. If you stand on the Word, you do not stand with the world.
Vance Havner quotes: Too many Christians are stuffing themselves with gospel blessings while millions have never had a taste. Too many Christians are stuffing themselves with gospel blessings while millions have never had a taste.
Vance Havner quotes: We need men of the cross, with the message of the cross, bearing the marks of the cross. We need men of the cross, with the message of the cross, bearing the marks of the cross.
Vance Havner quotes: Taking it easy is often the prelude to backsliding. Comfort precedes collapse. Taking it easy is often the prelude to backsliding. Comfort precedes collapse.
Vance Havner quotes: I would just as soon listen to a gangster lecture on honesty as watch Hollywood portray the Bible. I would just as soon listen to a gangster lecture on honesty as watch Hollywood portray the Bible.
Vance Havner quotes: It's hard to be optimistic when you have a misty optic. It's hard to be optimistic when you have a misty optic.
Vance Havner quotes: Men love everything but righteousness and fear everything but God. Men love everything but righteousness and fear everything but God.
Vance Havner quotes: We can often do more by doing less. God is not particularly interested in quantity production. That is an American standard, not a Bible standard. We can often do more by doing less. God is not particularly interested in quantity production. That is an American standard, not a Bible standard.
Vance Havner quotes: It is debatable which is causing us more harm - hot-headed ignorance or cold-hearted intellectualism. It is debatable which is causing us more harm - hot-headed ignorance or cold-hearted intellectualism.
Vance Havner quotes: No nation can last long when it stops praying and takes up playing. No nation can last long when it stops praying and takes up playing.
Vance Havner quotes: To build character of purpose and integrity is our high mark, and that cannot be done in a world where there are no adverse elements. To build character of purpose and integrity is our high mark, and that cannot be done in a world where there are no adverse elements.
Vance Havner quotes: A preacher who is too big for a little crowd would be too little for a big crowd. A preacher who is too big for a little crowd would be too little for a big crowd.
Vance Havner quotes: Somehow the idea has gotten around that it is unchristian to take a stand against heresy. Some of us need to read the New Testament again. Somehow the idea has gotten around that it is unchristian to take a stand against heresy. Some of us need to read the New Testament again.
Vance Havner quotes: The Word of God is either absolute or obsolete. The Word of God is either absolute or obsolete.
Vance Havner quotes: A revival is the church falling in love with Jesus Christ all over again. A revival is the church falling in love with Jesus Christ all over again.
Vance Havner quotes: Today I am one day nearer Home than ever before. Today I am one day nearer Home than ever before.
Vance Havner quotes: We are not to be isolated but insulated, moving in the midst of evil but untouched by it. We are not to be isolated but insulated, moving in the midst of evil but untouched by it.
Vance Havner quotes: Before we can strengthen believers or win the lost, we must be converted from the self-life to the Christ-life ... "Not I, but Christ." Before we can strengthen believers or win the lost, we must be converted from the self-life to the Christ-life ... "Not I, but Christ."
Vance Havner quotes: When the Lord's white sheep become dirty gray, all black sheep feel more comfortable. When the Lord's white sheep become dirty gray, all black sheep feel more comfortable.
Vance Havner quotes: God knows His own. It is well that He does, for sometimes it would be difficult for us to determine who are His! God knows His own. It is well that He does, for sometimes it would be difficult for us to determine who are His!
Vance Havner quotes: A wife who is 85 percent faithful to her husband is not faithful at all. There is no such thing as part-time loyalty to Jesus Christ. A wife who is 85 percent faithful to her husband is not faithful at all. There is no such thing as part-time loyalty to Jesus Christ.
Vance Havner quotes: When we sin, we are often upset, not because we have grieved the Spirit but because our pride has been injured. When we sin, we are often upset, not because we have grieved the Spirit but because our pride has been injured.
Vance Havner quotes: I can conceive of no greater, more romantic and interesting adventure than to undertake to live like Jesus in this complicated day. I can conceive of no greater, more romantic and interesting adventure than to undertake to live like Jesus in this complicated day.
Vance Havner quotes: The church is so subnormal that if it ever got back to the New Testament normal it would seem to people to be abnormal. The church is so subnormal that if it ever got back to the New Testament normal it would seem to people to be abnormal.
Vance Havner quotes: The world does not hate its own. It does hate our Lord. It hates His followers. Where do you belong in this lineup? The world does not hate its own. It does hate our Lord. It hates His followers. Where do you belong in this lineup?
Vance Havner quotes: God's Word is its own best argument. God's Word is its own best argument.
Vance Havner quotes: Christ is most concerned with the direction in which you habitually are going and not with a spasmodic eruption either good or bad. Christ is most concerned with the direction in which you habitually are going and not with a spasmodic eruption either good or bad.
Vance Havner quotes: What we live is what we believe. Everything else is just so much religious talk. What we live is what we believe. Everything else is just so much religious talk.
Vance Havner quotes: Our Lord approved neither idol worship or idle worship but ideal worship in Spirit and truth. Our Lord approved neither idol worship or idle worship but ideal worship in Spirit and truth.
Vance Havner quotes: If you see a Bible that is falling apart, it probably belongs to someone who isn't! If you see a Bible that is falling apart, it probably belongs to someone who isn't!
Vance Havner quotes: At the rate America is decaying morally, we shall have to change our national symbol from an eagle to a vulture. At the rate America is decaying morally, we shall have to change our national symbol from an eagle to a vulture.
Vance Havner quotes: It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish. It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.
Vance Havner quotes: The early Christians condemned false doctrine in a way that sounds almost unchristian today. The early Christians condemned false doctrine in a way that sounds almost unchristian today.
Vance Havner quotes: I'm convinced that a large percentage of people that we call worldly Christians are perhaps not Christian to begin with and that may be the trouble. I'm convinced that a large percentage of people that we call worldly Christians are perhaps not Christian to begin with and that may be the trouble.
Vance Havner quotes: Popularity has killed more prophets than persecution. Popularity has killed more prophets than persecution.
Vance Havner quotes: Most church members live so far below the standard, you would have to backslide to be in fellowship with them. Most church members live so far below the standard, you would have to backslide to be in fellowship with them.
Vance Havner quotes: Another thing I liked about my Dad at church: he did his sleeping at home. He never used the church as an adult nursery. Another thing I liked about my Dad at church: he did his sleeping at home. He never used the church as an adult nursery.
Vance Havner quotes: You always enter God's hospital as a charity patient. You can't pay your way. You always enter God's hospital as a charity patient. You can't pay your way.
Vance Havner quotes: Jesus Christ demands more complete allegiance than any dictator who ever lived. The difference is, He has a right to it. Jesus Christ demands more complete allegiance than any dictator who ever lived. The difference is, He has a right to it.
Vance Havner quotes: It is not our responsibility to make it acceptable; it is our duty to make it available. It is not our responsibility to make it acceptable; it is our duty to make it available.
Vance Havner quotes: He who waits on God loses no time. He who waits on God loses no time.
Vance Havner quotes: Our Lord sent His disciples out as sheep among wolves; now the wolves are being invited into the sheepfold. Our Lord sent His disciples out as sheep among wolves; now the wolves are being invited into the sheepfold.
Vance Havner quotes: Most people would not want to live where there are no churches but many people live as though there were no churches. Most people would not want to live where there are no churches but many people live as though there were no churches.
Vance Havner quotes: 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. 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.
Vance Havner quotes: What gives the Word of God authority is simply the fact that it is the word of God! What gives the Word of God authority is simply the fact that it is the word of God!
Vance Havner quotes: No man can be a Christian by knowingly and willfully taking Christ on the installment plan, as Savior now, and Lord later. No man can be a Christian by knowingly and willfully taking Christ on the installment plan, as Savior now, and Lord later.
Vance Havner quotes: 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 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.
Vance Havner quotes: 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. 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.
Vance Havner quotes: When Christ possesses the will He keeps it fixed. The trouble comes when we take matters out of His hand and try to handle them ourselves. When Christ possesses the will He keeps it fixed. The trouble comes when we take matters out of His hand and try to handle them ourselves.
Vance Havner quotes: The tragedy of today is that the situation is desperate but the saints are not. The tragedy of today is that the situation is desperate but the saints are not.
Vance Havner quotes: We need to take down our "Do not disturb" signs ... snap out of our stupor and come out of our coma and awake from our apathy. We need to take down our "Do not disturb" signs ... snap out of our stupor and come out of our coma and awake from our apathy.
Vance Havner quotes: If you lack knowledge, go to school. If you lack wisdom, get on your knees. If you lack knowledge, go to school. If you lack wisdom, get on your knees.
Vance Havner quotes: The thermometer of a church is its prayer meeting. The thermometer of a church is its prayer meeting.
Vance Havner quotes: God is on the lookout today for a man who will be quiet enough to get a message from Him, brave enough to preach it, and honest enough to live God is on the lookout today for a man who will be quiet enough to get a message from Him, brave enough to preach it, and honest enough to live it.
Vance Havner quotes: 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. 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.
Vance Havner quotes: Simply wait upon Him. So doing, we shall be directed, supplied, protected, corrected, and rewarded. Simply wait upon Him. So doing, we shall be directed, supplied, protected, corrected, and rewarded.
Vance Havner quotes: The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself. The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself.
Vance Havner quotes: No life is great that does not point to Christ. No life is great that does not point to Christ.
Vance Havner quotes: The man who sets out to live the life worthwhile-to follow his vision and speak his heart-need not look for position, honors, prosperity. The man who sets out to live the life worthwhile-to follow his vision and speak his heart-need not look for position, honors, prosperity.
Vance Havner quotes: Christians, like snowflakes, are frail, but when they stick together they can stop traffic. Christians, like snowflakes, are frail, but when they stick together they can stop traffic.
Vance Havner quotes: Most of the notable turn out to be the not-able. God's greatest truths still belong to babes. Most of the notable turn out to be the not-able. God's greatest truths still belong to babes.
Vance Havner quotes: If you can't pray as you want to, pray as you can. God knows what you mean. If you can't pray as you want to, pray as you can. God knows what you mean.
Vance Havner quotes: One man with a genuine experience with God is worth more than a library full of arguments. One man with a genuine experience with God is worth more than a library full of arguments.
Vance Havner quotes: Worse than blind leaders of the blind are bland leaders of the bland. Worse than blind leaders of the blind are bland leaders of the bland.
Vance Havner quotes: The devil's not fighting churches today, he's joining churches. The devil's not fighting churches today, he's joining churches.
Vance Havner quotes: Revival is simply New Testament Christianity, the saints going back to normal. Revival is simply New Testament Christianity, the saints going back to normal.
Vance Havner quotes: You have not really learned a commandment until you have obeyed it. The Church suffers today from Christians who know volumes more than they practice. You have not really learned a commandment until you have obeyed it. The Church suffers today from Christians who know volumes more than they practice.

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