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Vance Havner quotes

American Clergyman October 17, 1901 – August 1, 1986

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It is one of the ironies of the ministry that the very man who works in God's name is often hardest put to find time for God. The parents of Jesus lost Him at church, and they were not the last ones to lose Him there. Vance Havner
God uses broken things. It takes broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain, broken grain to give bread, broken bread to give strength. It is the broken alabaster box that gives forth perfume. It is Peter, weeping bitterly, who returns to greater power than ever. Vance Havner
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. Vance Havner
Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, "Shake well before using." That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable. Vance Havner
If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home. Vance Havner
Vance Havner quote: "You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can..."
You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide. Vance Havner
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. Vance Havner
I'm tired of hearing sin called sickness and alcoholism a disease. It is the only disease I know of that we're spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year to spread. Vance Havner
Vance Havner quote: "The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep..."
The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself. Vance Havner
We are suffering today from a species of Christianity as dry as dust, as cold as ice, as pale as a corpse, and as dead as King Tut. We are suffering not from a lack of correct heads but of consumed hearts. Vance Havner
Vance Havner quote: "It would not be better if things happened to men just as they..."
It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish. Vance Havner
Vance Havner quote: "Many people are in a rut and a rut is nothing but a grave -..."
Many people are in a rut and a rut is nothing but a grave - with both ends kicked out. Vance Havner
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
Vance Havner quote: "The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough..."
The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. Vance Havner
Vance Havner quote: "Too many church services start at eleven sharp and end at..."
Too many church services start at eleven sharp and end at twelve dull. Vance Havner

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