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Portrait of Vance Havner

Vance Havner

(1901–1986) Christian Fundamentalist

214 quotes in 936 categories

Vance Havner’s words often balance introspection with a gentle lyrical quality. In this set of 214 quotes you’ll encounter his thoughtful musings on life’s subtle complexities.

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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.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Vance Havner

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

Bibles

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Today I am one day nearer Home than ever before.

Home

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The Word of God is either absolute or obsolete.

Absolute

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

Ashamed

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Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.

Doing

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

Christian

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Simply wait upon Him. So doing, we shall be directed, supplied, protected, corrected, and rewarded.

Protected

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What we live is what we believe. Everything else is just so much religious talk.

Believe

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Our Lord sent His disciples out as sheep among wolves; now the wolves are being invited into the sheepfold.

Disciple

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Taking it easy is often the prelude to backsliding. Comfort precedes collapse.

Backsliding

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If you are what you've always been, you are not a Christian. A Christian is a new creation.

Christian

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Most people would not want to live where there are no churches but many people live as though there were no churches.

Christian

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We need to take down our "Do not disturb" signs... snap out of our stupor and come out of our coma and…

Apathy

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Men seek fame and high places only to learn that they were happier in obscurity

Christian

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The preacher who jests and jokes with his people all week will soon find that he cannot stand in his pulpit on…

Christian

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A picture of Christ was hung in the back of a pulpit. When the minister rose to speak one Sunday morning, a…

Boys

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God has a place and purpose for you, somewhere for you to be and something for you to do. You never will…

Christian

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It is not our business to make the message acceptable, but to make it available. We are not to see that they…

Acceptable

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It is one of the ironies of the ministry that the very man who works in God's name is often hardest put…

Church

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We can often do more by doing less. God is not particularly interested in quantity production. That is an American standard, not…

Bible

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When we are weakest and most despondent, Jesus is most considerate. When there is a break in our progress or we have…

Break

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We are fighting the greatest battle of all time with the most untrained army on earth. If strict discipline is necessary in…

All time

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

All kinds

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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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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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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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“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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Popularity has killed more prophets than persecution.

Christian

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

Assignments

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The alternative to discipline is disaster

Alternative

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

Christian

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He who waits on God loses no time.

God

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Salvation is a helmet, not a nightcap.

Helmet

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If we don't come apart; we will come apart.

Apart

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The devil's not fighting churches today, he's joining churches.

Church

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Vance Havner by topic

Christian (99) Christian inspirational (84) Religion (42) Christianity (31) Church (26) Men (24) Ifs (20) Christ (20) People (18) Lord (18) Today (17) Jesus (16) World (13) Preacher (12) Needs (12) God (10) Devil (10) Christians (10) Sin (9) Inspirational (9) Heart (9) Faith (9) Doe (9) Said (8) Life (8)