The church is so subnormal that if it ever got back to the New Testament normal it would seem to people to… — 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
If you can't pray as you want to, pray as you can. God knows what you mean. — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
If the fire of hell is not literal, it is worse than actual fire, and if the gates of the Celestial City… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
We are fighting the greatest battle of all time with the most untrained army on earth. If strict discipline is necessary in… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
People used to blush when they were ashamed. Now they are ashamed if they blush. Modesty has disappeared and a brazen generation… — 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
If the devil cannot keep you from being saved, if next he fails to make you backslide, then he undertakes to keep… — 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
If I had only one sermon to preach it would be on the Lordship of Christ. When we get right on that… — 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
If you would try out a preacher, send him to preach to farmers: if he cannot make the grade there, let him… — 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
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
If you lack knowledge, go to school. If you lack wisdom, get on your knees. — 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
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