Adam tried to hide behind the trees in the garden. There is only one tree that can hide us from Him and… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Before we can strengthen believers or win the lost, we must be converted from the self-life to the Christ-life. . . "Not… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
People get so used to the dark that they think it's growing brighter. It's possible to fraternize with unbelievers until false doctrine… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
If you are what you've always been, you are not a Christian. A Christian is a new creation. — 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
The tragedy of today is that the situation is desperate but the saints are not. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
A revival is the church falling in love with Jesus Christ all over again. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
We are challenged these days, but not changed; convicted, but not converted. We hear, but do not; and thereby we deceive ourselves. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
A picture of Christ was hung in the back of a pulpit. When the minister rose to speak one Sunday morning, a… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Too many Christians live their Christian lives inside their heads; it never gets out through hands and feet and lips. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Not everyone who has made peace with God has realized the peace of God. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
The early Christians condemned false doctrine in a way that sounds almost unchristian today. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Christians, like snowflakes, are frail, but when they stick together they can stop traffic. — 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
We are so prone to expect to become good Christians by some sudden experience that lifts us all at once to higher… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
When God's people are removed from this earth, you might as well try to dam up Niagara Falls with toothpicks as to… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Most people would not want to live where there are no churches but many people live as though there were no churches. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
One cannot help the evil thoughts that come, but it is the thoughts we cultivate that make the difference between good or… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Every Christian is a priest, not offering a sacrifice for sins - since that has been done once and for all -… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Blessed is that Christian who can accept at the start by simple faith that which others reach only through years of questioning… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
We are not bearing our crosses every time we have a headache; an aspirin tablet will take care of that. What is… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
A preacher who is too big for a little crowd would be too little for a big crowd. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
