It is not our business to make the message acceptable, but to make it available. We are not to see that they… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
We can often do more by doing less. God is not particularly interested in quantity production. That is an American standard, not… — 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
Christ is most concerned with the direction in which you habitually are going and not with a spasmodic eruption either good or… — 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
Revival precedes evangelism. The church must first repent. This is the blind spot in our eye today. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
If you are a Christian, you are not a citizen of this world trying to get to heaven; you are a citizen… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
When the Lord's white sheep become dirty gray, all black sheep feel more comfortable. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
We have always needed old people to keep things from going too fast and young people to keep them from going too… — 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
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
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
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
There are many who say they want to be victorious Christians, but few are willing to endure the discipline necessary to make… — 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
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
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
Real revival does not begin with joyous singing. It begins with conviction and repentance on the part of Christians. — 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
We must live in all kinds of days, both high days and low days, in simple dependence upon Christ as the branch… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
I suspect that much of our praying to be used is selfish, and underneath it is the sneaking desire to make our… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
We justify ourselves when we should judge ourselves. If we learned humility, it might spare us the humiliation. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
There never has been a culture since this world began in which a New Testament Christian could feel at home. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
The middle of the road is a poor place to walk. It is a poor place to drive. It is a poor… — 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
What gives the Word of God authority is simply the fact that it is the word of God! — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
When we sin, we are often upset, not because we have grieved the Spirit but because our pride has been injured. — 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
Most of the notable turn out to be the not-able. God's greatest truths still belong to babes. — 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
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 early Christians condemned false doctrine in a way that sounds almost unchristian today. — 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
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
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
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
If you see a Bible that is falling apart, it probably belongs to someone who isn't! — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
The man who sets out to live the life worthwhile-to follow his vision and speak his heart-need not look for position, honors,… — 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… — 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
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
