Vance Havner
Vance Havner
easily head people says stop talking time useful
People Some people are like wheelbarrows; useful only when pushed, and very easily upset. The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.
blessed men faithful
The preacher who is concerned with gaining a reputation, rising in his profession, is always in bondage. The itch for bigness is a dangerous thing. It has made a castaway of many a man whom God once richly blessed. A man should desire to be neither larger nor smaller than pleases God. Better than that, he should not bother at all about how large or how small but rather how faithful he shall be.
religious believe
What we live is what we believe. Everything else is just so much religious talk.
idols idol-worship spirit
Our Lord approved neither idol worship or idle worship but ideal worship in Spirit and truth.
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.
fields tables willing
Too many are willing to sit at God’s table, but not work in his field.
fire facts lips
No amount of facts in his head can compensate for the lack of fire on his lips.
waiting cases
Faith doesn't wait until it understands; in that case it wouldn't be faith.
christmas sacrifice son
Christmas is based on an exchange of gifts, the gift of God to man - His unspeakable gift of His Son, and the gift of man to God - when we present our bodies a living sacrifice.
mistake moses crosses
I wouldn't cross the street to hear Ingersoll preach on the mistakes of Moses, but I'd love to hear Moses preach on the mistakes of Ingersoll!
sheep lord disciple
Our Lord sent His disciples out as sheep among wolves; now the wolves are being invited into the sheepfold.
doe would-be sometimes
God knows His own. It is well that He does, for sometimes it would be difficult for us to determine who are His!
suffering
We are suffering from a believism that never has believed, and a receivism that never has received, and it leads to deceivism.
ambition self rose
We may never be martyrs but we can die to self, to sin, to the world, to our plans and ambitions. That is the significance of baptism; we died with Christ and rose to new life.