Quotes about christian
christian catholic my-family
I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith. Vera Farmiga
christian redemption computer
The Christian notion of the possibility of redemption is incomprehensible to the computer. Vance Packard
christian christian-inspirational lost
It is only the life that is lost for Him that is found in Him. Vance Havner
christian jesus differences
Jesus Christ demands more complete allegiance than any dictator who ever lived. The difference is, He has a right to it. Vance Havner
christian popularity prophet
Popularity has killed more prophets than persecution. Vance Havner
christian sober please
A deep and sober concern to please God is the rarest of rarities. Vance Havner
christian men looks
When a man makes alliance with the Almighty, giants look like grasshoppers. Vance Havner
christian fall men
I have often been reminded of the wild duck that came down on migration into a barnyard and liked it so well that he stayed there. In the fall his erstwhile companions passed overhead and his first impulse was to rise and join them, but he had fed too well and could rise no higher than the eaves of the barn. The day came when his old fellow travelers could pass overhead without his even hearing their call. I have seen men and women who once mounted up with wings like eagles but are now content to live in the barnyard of this world. Vance Havner
christian giving facts
What gives the Word of God authority is simply the fact that it is the word of God! Vance Havner
christian doe life-is-great
No life is great that does not point to Christ. Vance Havner
christian apathy needs
We need to take down our "Do not disturb" signs... snap out of our stupor and come out of our coma and awake from our apathy. Vance Havner
christian purpose please
God has a place and purpose for you, somewhere for you to be and something for you to do. You never will be happy elsewhere, nor can you please God anywhere but there. Vance Havner
christian winning self
Before we can strengthen believers or win the lost, we must be converted from the self-life to the Christ-life. . . "Not I, but Christ." Vance Havner
christian giving-up blessed
Blessed is that Christian who can accept at the start by simple faith that which others reach only through years of questioning and reach it only then because they give up trying to analyze it and decide to accept it. Vance Havner
christian practice suffering
You have not really learned a commandment until you have obeyed it. The Church suffers today from Christians who know volumes more than they practice. Vance Havner
christian sacrifice offering
Every Christian is a priest, not offering a sacrifice for sins - since that has been done once and for all - but offering his person, praise and possessions. Vance Havner
christian blessing taste
Too many Christians are stuffing themselves with gospel blessings while millions have never had a taste. Vance Havner
christian home culture
There never has been a culture since this world began in which a New Testament Christian could feel at home. Vance Havner
christian jesus falling-in-love
A revival is the church falling in love with Jesus Christ all over again. Vance Havner
christian pay way
You always enter God's hospital as a charity patient. You can't pay your way. Vance Havner
christian standards productions
We can often do more by doing less. God is not particularly interested in quantity production. That is an American standard, not a Bible standard. Vance Havner
christian home doors
One cannot help the evil thoughts that come, but it is the thoughts we cultivate that make the difference between good or evil. We don't have to open the door to the devil and say, "Make yourself at home." Vance Havner
christian book christian-inspirational
More Bibles are bought and fewer read than any other book. Vance Havner
christian eye people
People used to blush when they were ashamed. Now they are ashamed if they blush. Modesty has disappeared and a brazen generation with no fear of God before its eyes mocks at sin. We are so fond of being called tolerant and broadminded that we wink at sin when we ought to weep. Vance Havner
christian mother jesus
A picture of Christ was hung in the back of a pulpit. When the minister rose to speak one Sunday morning, a little boy asked his mother, 'Mother, who is that man who stands so we can't see Jesus?' Vance Havner
christian prayer devil
The devil is in constant conspiracy against a preacher who really prays, for it has been said that what a minister is in his prayer closet is what he is, no more, no less. Vance Havner
christian people church
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
christian church lasts
Don't ever come to church without coming as though it were the first time, as though it could be the best time, and as though it could be the last time. Vance Havner
christian discipline alternatives
The alternative to discipline is disaster Vance Havner
christian fall ifs
If you see a Bible that is falling apart, it probably belongs to someone who isn't! Vance Havner
christian christian-inspirational creation
If you are what you've always been, you are not a Christian. A Christian is a new creation. Vance Havner
christian school knees
If you lack knowledge, go to school. If you lack wisdom, get on your knees. Vance Havner
christian jesus discipline
There are many who say they want to be victorious Christians, but few are willing to endure the discipline necessary to make one a good solider of Jesus Christ. There is a prize to possess, but before we possess it there is a price to be paid, and few will pay it. Vance Havner