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Vance Havner

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The church is a hospital for sinners, and not a museum for saints.
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The church is a hospital for sinners, and not a museum for saints.
A true preacher is best measured not by how many bouquets have been pinned on him but by how many brickbats have been pitched at him.
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A true preacher is best measured not by how many bouquets have been pinned on him but by how many brickbats have been pitched at him.
Revival is falling in love with Jesus all over again.
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Revival is falling in love with Jesus all over again.
It's about time we quit playing church in these services that start at eleven o clock sharp and end at twelve o clock dull.
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It's about time we quit playing church in these services that start at eleven o clock sharp and end at twelve o clock dull.
Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.
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Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.
It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.
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It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.
Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, 'Shake well before using.' That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable.
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Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, 'Shake well before using.' That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable.
Worry is like a rocking chair. It will give you something to do, but it won’t get you anywhere.
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Worry is like a rocking chair. It will give you something to do, but it won’t get you anywhere.
There are two omnipotences with Him: ‘With God all things are possible”: “All things are possible to him that believeth.
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There are two omnipotences with Him: ‘With God all things are possible”: “All things are possible to him that believeth.
I believe in the Church and in loyalty to a local church. I am not in favour of that view of the invisible church that makes one invisible at church on Sunday morning.
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I believe in the Church and in loyalty to a local church. I am not in favour of that view of the invisible church that makes one invisible at church on Sunday morning.
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