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Vance Havner Quotes

It’s hard to be optimistic when you have a misty optic Picture Quote #1

No nation can last long when it stops praying and takes up playing Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

People get so used to the dark that they think it is growing brighter Picture Quote #1

Christians, like snowflakes, are frail, but when they stick together they can stop traffic Picture Quote #1

The first step towards the evangelizing of the world is the christianizing of the church Picture Quote #1

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You can’t preach it like it is if you don’t believe it like it was Picture Quote #1

Taking it easy is often the prelude to backsliding. Comfort precedes collapse Picture Quote #1

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs Picture Quote #1

The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself Picture Quote #1

You haven’t lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide Picture Quote #1

If you can’t pray as you want to, pray as you can. God knows what you mean Picture Quote #1

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We are challenged these days, but not changed; convicted, but not converted. We hear, but do not; and thereby we deceive ourselves Picture Quote #1

Don’t ever come to church without coming as though it were the first time, as though it could be the best time, and as though it could be the last time Picture Quote #1

Most people would not want to live where there are no churches but many people live as though there were no churches Picture Quote #1

In other days people chose a church on the basis of their doctrinal convictions. Now, lacking doctrinal convictions, they choose for social reasons Picture Quote #1

The devil is in constant conspiracy against a preacher who really prays, for it has been said that what a minister is in his prayer closet is what he is, no more, no less Picture Quote #1

The gospel is for lifeboats, not showboats, and a man must make up his mind which boat he is going to operate Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

People get so used to the dark that they think it’s growing brighter. It’s possible to fraternize with unbelievers until false doctrine becomes less and less objectionable Picture Quote #1

God judges what we tolerate as well as what we practice. Too often we put up with things we ought to put out Picture Quote #1

We need a dedicated minority who, like the apostles of old, are willing to be called the scum of the earth and a spectacle to the world for the scandal of the cross Picture Quote #1

We justify ourselves when we should judge ourselves. If we learned humility, it might spare us the humiliation Picture Quote #1

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Christ is most concerned with the direction in which you habitually are going and not with a spasmodic eruption either good or bad Picture Quote #1

Revival precedes evangelism. The church must first repent. This is the blind spot in our eye today Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I have often been reminded of the wild duck that came down on migration into a barnyard and liked it so well that he stayed there. In the fall his erstwhile companions passed overhead and his first impulse was to rise and join them, but he had fed too well and could rise no higher than the eaves of the barn. The day came when his old fellow travelers could pass overhead without his even hearing their call. I have seen men and women who once mounted up with wings like eagles but are now content to live in the barnyard of this world Picture Quote #1

Too much preaching nowadays pats the back and tickles the ear, but does not get under the skin. There is no conviction and therefore no conversion. I am thinking not only of the ministry of reproof and rebuke but also of the message of inspiration, of encouragement, of comfort. People go out of church at noon with the depths unstirred, the heart untouched, the conscience unpricked Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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It’s hard to be optimistic when you have a misty optic (Vance Havner Quotes) No nation can last long when it stops praying and takes up playing (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 (Vance Havner Quotes) People get so used to the dark that they think it is growing brighter (Vance Havner Quotes) Christians, like snowflakes, are frail, but when they stick together they can stop traffic (Vance Havner Quotes) The first step towards the evangelizing of the world is the christianizing of the church (Vance Havner Quotes) You can’t preach it like it is if you don’t believe it like it was (Vance Havner Quotes) Taking it easy is often the prelude to backsliding. Comfort precedes collapse (Vance Havner Quotes) 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 Quotes) The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself (Vance Havner Quotes) You haven’t lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide (Vance Havner Quotes) If you can’t pray as you want to, pray as you can. God knows what you mean (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 (Vance Havner Quotes) Don’t ever come to church without coming as though it were the first time, as though it could be the best time, and as though it could be the last time (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 (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 (Vance Havner Quotes) The devil is in constant conspiracy against a preacher who really prays, for it has been said that what a minister is in his prayer closet is what he is, no more, no less (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 (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 (Vance Havner Quotes) 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 (Vance Havner Quotes) People get so used to the dark that they think it’s growing brighter. It’s possible to fraternize with unbelievers until false doctrine becomes less and less objectionable (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 (Vance Havner Quotes) We need a dedicated minority who, like the apostles of old, are willing to be called the scum of the earth and a spectacle to the world for the scandal of the cross (Vance Havner Quotes) We justify ourselves when we should judge ourselves. If we learned humility, it might spare us the humiliation (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 (Vance Havner Quotes) Revival precedes evangelism. The church must first repent. This is the blind spot in our eye today (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 (Vance Havner Quotes) I have often been reminded of the wild duck that came down on migration into a barnyard and liked it so well that he stayed there. In the fall his erstwhile companions passed overhead and his first impulse was to rise and join them, but he had fed too well and could rise no higher than the eaves of the barn. The day came when his old fellow travelers could pass overhead without his even hearing their call. I have seen men and women who once mounted up with wings like eagles but are now content to live in the barnyard of this world (Vance Havner Quotes) Too much preaching nowadays pats the back and tickles the ear, but does not get under the skin. There is no conviction and therefore no conversion. I am thinking not only of the ministry of reproof and rebuke but also of the message of inspiration, of encouragement, of comfort. People go out of church at noon with the depths unstirred, the heart untouched, the conscience unpricked (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 (Vance Havner Quotes)

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