Vance Havner
Vance Havner
destiny worry destination
Abraham did not know where he was going immediately, but he knew where he was going ultimately. He did not know the Whither but he knew the Whom. He believed God, and, being sure of his destiny, he did not worry about his destination.
christian party sunday
The preacher who jests and jokes with his people all week will soon find that he cannot stand in his pulpit on Sunday with power to reprove, rebuke and exhort. He may be the life of the party but it will be the death of the prophet.
fire preacher sermons
Some preachers ought to put more fire into their sermons or more sermons into the fire.
sweat two tears
An old minister explained the smudges on his sermon outlines by saying they were caused by sweat and tears. And without those two marks, a sermon is not a sermon.
death lost havens
You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide.
strong heart talent
God isn't a talent scout looking for someone who is "good enough" or "strong enough." He is looking for someone with a heart set on Him, and He will do the rest.
christian two church-today
One of the greatest errors in the church today is the artificial distinction we have created between accepting Christ as Savior and confessing Him as Lord. We have made two experiences of it, but the New Testament makes them one.
darkness way demon
The only way to meet the modern demon-stration of the powers of darkness is by a demonstration of the power of God.
christian practice judging
God judges what we tolerate as well as what we practice. Too often we put up with things we ought to put out.
christian integrity character
To build character of purpose and integrity is our high mark, and that cannot be done in a world where there are no adverse elements.
home son gone
If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home.
fields tables willing
Too many are willing to sit at God’s table, but not work in his field.
christian deceiving these-days
We are challenged these days, but not changed; convicted, but not converted. We hear, but do not; and thereby we deceive ourselves.
christian feet hands
Too many Christians live their Christian lives inside their heads; it never gets out through hands and feet and lips.