Our efficiency without God's sufficiency is only a deficiency. Vance Havner More Quotes by Vance Havner More Quotes From Vance Havner One man with a genuine experience with God is worth more than a library full of arguments. Vance Havner library genuine men There was a time when ministers spoke forthrightly and named things. We don't name anything anymore. Finney had a sermon on How to Preach so as to Convert Nobody. He said 'Preach on sin but never mention any of the sins of your congregation - that will do it.' Vance Havner ministers sin names Worse than blind leaders of the blind are bland leaders of the bland. Vance Havner bland blind leader We need men of the cross, with the message of the cross, bearing the marks of the cross. Vance Havner messages men needs A wife who is 85 percent faithful to her husband is not faithful at all. There is no such thing as part-time loyalty to Jesus Christ. Vance Havner husband loyalty jesus When the Lord's white sheep become dirty gray, all black sheep feel more comfortable. Vance Havner christian sheep dirty If you see a Bible that is falling apart, it probably belongs to someone who isn't! Vance Havner ifs christian fall When I pastored a country church, a farmer didn't like the sermons I preached on hell. He said, Preach about the meek and lowly Jesus. I said, That's where I got my information about hell. Vance Havner country past jesus Our Lord sent His disciples out as sheep among wolves; now the wolves are being invited into the sheepfold. Vance Havner disciple lord sheep The real test of your Christianity is not how pious you look at the Lord's table on Sunday, but how you act at the breakfast table at home. If it takes two cups of coffee to make you fit to live with, you had better go to the mourner's bench. Vance Havner coffee hypocrite real The alternative to discipline is disaster Vance Havner alternatives discipline christian 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. Vance Havner zoos civilization looks Too many church services start at eleven sharp and end at twelve dull. Vance Havner boredom church-service twelve Too many are willing to sit at God’s table, but not work in his field. Vance Havner willing fields tables God judges what we tolerate as well as what we practice. Too often we put up with things we ought to put out. Vance Havner judging practice christian If you stand on the Word, you do not stand with the world. Vance Havner ifs world Men love everything but righteousness and fear everything but God. Vance Havner righteousness christianity men Too much preaching nowadays pats the back and tickles the ear, but does not get under the skin. There is no conviction and therefore no conversion. I am thinking not only of the ministry of reproof and rebuke but also of the message of inspiration, of encouragement, of comfort. People go out of church at noon with the depths unstirred, the heart untouched, the conscience unpricked. Vance Havner encouragement inspiration christian Some missionaries bound for Africa were laughed at by the boat captain. 'You'll only die over there,' he said. But a missionary replied, 'Captain, we died before we started.' Vance Havner boat captains missionary We are suffering today from a species of Christianity as dry as dust, as cold as ice, as pale as a corpse, and as dead as King Tut. We are suffering not from a lack of correct heads but of consumed hearts. Vance Havner dust kings heart
