We need to take down our "Do not disturb" signs... snap out of our stupor and come out of our coma and… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Satan is not fighting churches; he is joining them. He does more harm by sowing tares than by pulling up wheat. He… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
If the church would only be the church- if Christians would only be Christians- nothing could halt our onward march. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
At the rate America is decaying morally, we shall have to change our national symbol from an eagle to a vulture. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Revival precedes evangelism. The church must first repent. This is the blind spot in our eye today. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Paul was not ignorant of Satan's devices, but we are not so wise. Among his most successful devices today are these: exalting… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
The preacher who jests and jokes with his people all week will soon find that he cannot stand in his pulpit on… — 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
The gospel is for lifeboats, not showboats, and a man must make up his mind which boat he is going to operate. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
To the average professed Christian today, living so far below normal, New Testament Christianity would be a shock. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
You have not really learned a commandment until you have obeyed it. The Church suffers today from Christians who know volumes more… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
I remember when the Titanic sank in 1912, it was the ship that was supposed to be unsinkable. The only thing it… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
We need a dedicated minority who, like the apostles of old, are willing to be called the scum of the earth and… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Don't ever come to church without coming as though it were the first time, as though it could be the best time,… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
If you lack knowledge, go to school. If you lack wisdom, get on your knees. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
The devil is not fighting religion. He´s too smart for that. He is producing a counterfeit Christianity, so much like the real… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that a large percentage of people that we call worldly Christians are perhaps not Christian to begin with and that… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
What gives the Word of God authority is simply the fact that it is the word of God! — 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
We are not going to move this world by criticism of it nor conformity to it, but by the combustion within it… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Real revival does not begin with joyous singing. It begins with conviction and repentance on the part of Christians. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Satan does some of his worst work on exhausted Christians when nerves are frayed and the mind is faint. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
To build character of purpose and integrity is our high mark, and that cannot be done in a world where there are… — 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
