Quotes from Vance Havner

The temple of truth has never suffered so much from woodpeckers on the outside as from termites within.

Where are the marks of the cross in your life? Are there any points of identification with your Lord? Alas, too many Christians wear medals but carry no scars

It used to be called the Lord's Day, now it is the weekend and if we group all holidays on weekends the devil will have scored another move against Sunday worship.

There are two omnipotences with Him: 'With God all things are possible": "All things are possible to him that believeth.

Teddy Roosevelt, during the First World War, used to talk about hyphenated Americans. He was talking about German-Americans who had a divided allegiance, and he said, "If you're an American and something else, you're not an American.

Nothing under the sun can be as dry and flat and tedious and exhausting as religious work without the wonder.

I don't believe God is going to fill anybody with the Holy Spirit until the purpose of their heart is to glorify Jesus and to glorify God.

The Saturday Review is not a church paper. It's a secular paper. But, the other day, it said, "The desensitization of 20th century man is more than a danger to the general safety. There are some things we have no business ever getting used to.

those who are desperate enough to know Him, seek Him, and obey Him will find themselves enjoying a richer and fuller life in Christ.

A church may have the bones of organization and sound theology. It may have the body of a large membership. But, if the breath of the Holy Spirit is not on it and in it, then it is only Sardis, having a name to be alive but dead.

there's where faith comes in, receive it just like you did for salvation, according to God's word, according to God's will, according to your need, and according to your faith. God will answer any prayer that's according to those four.

Somebody said there are three kinds of lies: black lies, white lies, and statistics.

A Christian is not a depository of the truth; he's a dispenser of the truth.

We must be careful not to be so scared of getting out on a limb that we never get up the tree.

It is not our business to make the message acceptable, but to make it available. We are not to see that they like it, but that they get it.

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.

I suspect that much of our praying to be used is selfish, and underneath it is the sneaking desire to make our mark and be recognized.

To some Christianity is an argument. To many it is a performance. To a few, it is experience.

Faith has no value of its own, it has value only as it connects us with Him. It is a trick of Satan to get us occupied with examining our faith instead of resting in the Faithful One.

Faith doesn't wait until it understands in that case it wouldn't be faith.