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Vance Havner Quotes: "One hour in heaven, and we shall be ashamed that we ever grumbled."

One hour in heaven, and we shall be ashamed that we ever grumbled.



Vance Havner Quotes: "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."

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.




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: "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."

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.




Vance Havner Quotes: "Nobody in pulpit or pew needs a revival more than a bitter-spirited fundamentalist with his dispensations right and his disposition wrong."

Nobody in pulpit or pew needs a revival more than a bitter-spirited fundamentalist with his dispensations right and his disposition wrong.



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: "We are challenged these days, but not changed; convicted, but not converted. We hear, but do not; and thereby we deceive ourselves."

We are challenged these days, but not changed; convicted, but not converted. We hear, but do not; and thereby we deceive ourselves.



Vance Havner Quotes: "The only way to meet the modern demon-stration of the powers of darkness is by a demonstration of the power of God."

The only way to meet the modern demon-stration of the powers of darkness is by a demonstration of the power of God.



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: "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."

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: "Too many Christians live their Christian lives inside their heads; it never gets out through hands and feet and lips."

Too many Christians live their Christian lives inside their heads; it never gets out through hands and feet and lips.




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: "A picture of Christ was hung in the back of a pulpit. When the minister rose to speak one Sunday morning, a little boy asked his mother, 'Mother, who is that man who stands so we can't see Jesus?'"

A picture of Christ was hung in the back of a pulpit. When the minister rose to speak one Sunday morning, a little boy asked his mother, 'Mother, who is that man who stands so we can't see Jesus?'



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: "Christmas is based on an exchange of gifts, the gift of God to man - His unspeakable gift of His Son, and the gift of man to God - when we present our bodies a living sacrifice."

Christmas is based on an exchange of gifts, the gift of God to man - His unspeakable gift of His Son, and the gift of man to God - when we present our bodies a living sacrifice.



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: "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: "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: "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: "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."

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.



Vance Havner Quotes: "God has a place and purpose for you, somewhere for you to be and something for you to do. You never will be happy elsewhere, nor can you please God anywhere but there."

God has a place and purpose for you, somewhere for you to be and something for you to do. You never will be happy elsewhere, nor can you please God anywhere but there.



Vance Havner Quotes: "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."

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.



Vance Havner Quotes: "Too many church services start at eleven sharp and end at twelve dull."

Too many church services start at eleven sharp and end at twelve dull.



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: "You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide."

You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide.



Vance Havner Quotes: "The last word of our Lord to the church was not the Great Commission. The last thing He said to the church was 'Repent.' He said that to five out of seven."

The last word of our Lord to the church was not the Great Commission. The last thing He said to the church was 'Repent.' He said that to five out of seven.



Vance Havner Quotes: "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."

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.



Vance Havner Quotes: "Some missionaries bound for Africa were laughed at by the boat captain. 'You'll only die over there,' he said. But a missionary replied, 'Captain, we died before we started.'"

Some missionaries bound for Africa were laughed at by the boat captain. 'You'll only die over there,' he said. But a missionary replied, 'Captain, we died before we started.'



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: "We justify ourselves when we should judge ourselves. If we learned humility, it might spare us the humiliation."

We justify ourselves when we should judge ourselves. If we learned humility, it might spare us the humiliation.



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: "Faith doesn't wait until it understands; in that case it wouldn't be faith."

Faith doesn't wait until it understands; in that case it wouldn't be faith.



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: "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: "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: "No amount of facts in his head can compensate for the lack of fire on his lips."

No amount of facts in his head can compensate for the lack of fire on his lips.



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: "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: "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 same church members who yell like Comanche Indians at a ball game on Saturday sit like wooden Indians in church on Sunday."

The same church members who yell like Comanche Indians at a ball game on Saturday sit like wooden Indians in church on Sunday.



Vance Havner Quotes: "Civilization today reminds me of an ape with a blowtorch playing in a room full of dynamite. It looks like the monkeys are about to operate the zoo, and the inmates are taking over the asylum."

Civilization today reminds me of an ape with a blowtorch playing in a room full of dynamite. It looks like the monkeys are about to operate the zoo, and the inmates are taking over the asylum.



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 alternative to discipline is disaster"

The alternative to discipline is disaster



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: "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: "No life is great that does not point to Christ."

No life is great that does not point to Christ.



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.