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.
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.
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.
obsolete word-of-god absolutes
The Word of God is either absolute or obsolete.
waiting protected
Simply wait upon Him. So doing, we shall be directed, supplied, protected, corrected, and rewarded.
cities fire gold
If the fire of hell is not literal, it is worse than actual fire, and if the gates of the Celestial City are not actual gold, they are far finer.
crowds littles would-be
A preacher who is too big for a little crowd would be too little for a big crowd.