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Vance Havner

(1901–1986) Christian Fundamentalist

214 quotes in 936 categories

A church member shaking with doubt while others stay firm shows the tension between shaky belief and firm conviction. Havner stresses that true Christianity demands discipline, quiet listening, bravery, and a willingness to live counter‑culturally like Jesus. He also notes that modern displays of darkness are best met by a demonstration of God’s power.

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Vance Havner was a Christian fundamentalist, best known for Seasonings.

Quick Facts About Vance Havner

Born: January 1, 1901
Died: January 1, 1986
Profession: Christian Fundamentalist
Notable works: Seasonings

About Vance Havner

Vance Havner was an American Southern Baptist minister, evangelist, and author. Over a ministry career spanning more than seven decades, he became widely recognized for his concise preaching style, commitment to biblical authority, and focus on revivalism. He initially served as a pastor before transitioning to a career in itinerant evangelism. Billy Graham referred to him as "the most quoted preacher in America," and he remains influential in conservative Protestant circles.

Quotes by Vance Havner

There are no trivial assignments in the work of the Lord.

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Popularity has killed more prophets than persecution.

Christian

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Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.

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A deep and sober concern to please God is the rarest of rarities.

Christian

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

Ashamed

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It is only the life that is lost for Him that is found in Him.

Christian

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The alternative to discipline is disaster

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More Bibles are bought and fewer read than any other book.

Bibles

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Jesus is all we have; he is all we need and all we want. We are shipwrecked on God and stranded on…

Jesus

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We are suffering from a believism that never has believed, and a receivism that never has received, and it leads to deceivism.

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If you can't pray as you want to, pray as you can. God knows what you mean.

God

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Real revival does not begin with joyous singing. It begins with conviction and repentance on the part of Christians.

Christian

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Self, service, substance is the Divine order and nothing counts until we give ourselves.

Divine

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I can conceive of no greater, more romantic and interesting adventure than to undertake to live like Jesus in this complicated day.

Adventure

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Too many are willing to sit at God’s table, but not work in his field.

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It is debatable which is causing us more harm - hot-headed ignorance or cold-hearted intellectualism.

Cold

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I preach on specific sins because people are not convicted by sermons on sin in general. It was when our Lord said…

Husband

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Many people have the right aim in life, they just never get around to pulling the trigger. The vision must be followed…

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We need a dedicated minority who, like the apostles of old, are willing to be called the scum of the earth and…

Apostles

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Abraham did not know where he was going immediately, but he knew where he was going ultimately. He did not know the…

Abraham

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Somehow the idea has gotten around that it is unchristian to take a stand against heresy. Some of us need to read…

Bible

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“A soft and sheltered Christianity, afraid to be lean and lone, unwilling to face the storms and brave the heights, will end…

Brave

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If I had only one sermon to preach it would be on the Lordship of Christ. When we get right on that…

Christ

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We must live in all kinds of days, both high days and low days, in simple dependence upon Christ as the branch…

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It is not that God is stingy and must be coaxed, for He "giveth liberally and upbraideth not." It is that we…

Authority

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Too much preaching nowadays pats the back and tickles the ear, but does not get under the skin. There is no conviction…

Christian

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I remember when the Titanic sank in 1912, it was the ship that was supposed to be unsinkable. The only thing it…

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“A lot of dear folks today are either in a state of cholera morbus or St. Vitus's dance [ the twitching nerve…

Bible

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If the Lord tarries, there may yet be a grass-roots awakening that will overflow all sectarian barriers. There are a host of…

Ashes

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The devil is not fighting religion. He's too smart for that. He is producing a counterfeit Christianity, so much like the real…

Art

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The preacher who is concerned with gaining a reputation, rising in his profession, is always in bondage. The itch for bigness is…

Blessed

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Paul was not ignorant of Satan's devices, but we are not so wise. Among his most successful devices today are these: exalting…

Christian

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Men love everything but righteousness and fear everything but God.

Christianity

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The thermometer of a church is its prayer meeting.

Church

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The Word of God is either absolute or obsolete.

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Today I am one day nearer Home than ever before.

Home

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God's Word is its own best argument.

Argument

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It's hard to be optimistic when you have a misty optic.

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The detour is always rougher than the main road

Christian

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No life is great that does not point to Christ.

Christ

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