Vance Havner
Vance Havner
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.
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.
crowds littles would-be
A preacher who is too big for a little crowd would be too little for a big crowd.
fathers-day dad home
Another thing I liked about my Dad at church: he did his sleeping at home. He never used the church as an adult nursery.
zoos civilization inmates
Civilization today reminds me of an ape with a blowtorch playing in a room full of dynamite. It looks like the monkeys are about to operate the zoo, and the inmates are taking over the asylum.
devil preacher preparing
The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself.
prayer church thermometers
The thermometer of a church is its prayer meeting.
husband people sin
I preach on specific sins because people are not convicted by sermons on sin in general. It was when our Lord said to the Samaritan woman, 'Go call thy husband...' (John 4:16), that she really faced up to her sinfulness.
leisure ifs
If we don't come apart; we will come apart.
argument
God's Word is its own best argument.