When the Lord's white sheep become dirty gray, all black sheep feel more comfortable. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Our Lord sent His disciples out as sheep among wolves; now the wolves are being invited into the sheepfold. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Our Lord approved neither idol worship or idle worship but ideal worship in Spirit and truth. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
I preach on specific sins because people are not convicted by sermons on sin in general. It was when our Lord said… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Our Lord holds the keys to the doors of Christian service. You don't have to chase 'key men' around if you know… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Where are the marks of the cross in your life? Are there any points of identification with your Lord? Alas, too many… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
The last word of our Lord to the church was not the Great Commission. The last thing He said to the church… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
A mortician can make a dead man look better than he ever did when he was alive. So churches like Sardis may… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
No man can be a Christian by knowingly and willfully taking Christ on the installment plan, as Savior now, and Lord later. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
The world does not hate its own. It does hate our Lord. It hates His followers. Where do you belong in this… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
We have suffered from the preaching of cheap grace. Grace is free, but it is not cheap. People will take anything that… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
If the Lord tarries, there may yet be a grass-roots awakening that will overflow all sectarian barriers. There are a host of… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
The real test of your Christianity is not how pious you look at the Lord's table on Sunday, but how you act… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
I know that some are always studying the meaning of the fourth toe of the right foot of some beast in prophecy… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
One of the greatest errors in the church today is the artificial distinction we have created between accepting Christ as Savior and… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Because the Lord loves us He chastens and rebukes us. Modern sentimentality has reduced God to a tolerant indulgent grandfatherly being who… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
What our Lord said about cross-bearing and obedience is not in fine type. It is in bold print on the face of… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Plenty of church members are shaky about what they believe, while not many are shaken by what they believe. — Vance Havner Copy Share
It is one thing to say Jesus is all you want; until He is all you have and you discover He is all you… — Vance Havner Copy Share
There are many who say they want to be victorious Christians, but few are willing to endure the discipline necessary to make one a… — Vance Havner Copy Share
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 Copy Share
God is on the lookout today for a man who will be quiet enough to get a message from Him, brave enough to preach… — Vance Havner Copy Share
The last word of our Lord to the church was not the Great Commission. The last thing He said to the church was 'Repent.'… — Vance Havner Copy Share
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 Copy Share
I can conceive of no greater, more romantic and interesting adventure than to undertake to live like Jesus in this complicated day. — Vance Havner Copy Share
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 Copy Share
A preacher who is too big for a little crowd would be too little for a big crowd. — Vance Havner Copy Share
Jesus Christ demands more complete allegiance than any dictator who ever lived. The difference is, He has a right to it. — Vance Havner Copy Share
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 Copy Share
We honor God by asking for great things when they are a part of His promise. We dishonor Him and cheat ourselves when we… — Vance Havner Copy Share
To some Christianity is an argument. To many it is a performance. To a few, it is experience. — Vance Havner Copy Share
