Vance Havner
Vance Havner
prayer church thermometers
The thermometer of a church is its prayer meeting.
divine-order self giving
Self, service, substance is the Divine order and nothing counts until we give ourselves.
christian men doors
Our Lord holds the keys to the doors of Christian service. You don't have to chase 'key men' around if you know the Keeper of the keys!
real world way
Salt seasons, purifies, preserves. But somebody ought to remind us that salt also irritates. Real living Christianity rubs this world the wrong way.
brave storm height
A soft and sheltered Christianity, afraid to be lean and lone, unwilling to face the storms and brave the heights, will end up fat and foul in the cages of conformity.
giving meditation today
I would say to today's young minister, 'Be not afraid to give much time to solitary walks and meditation'.
jesus egypt want
It is a matter of whether one wants to get rich or be rich. We can be rich in Christ Jesus or perhaps get rich in Egypt, but we cannot do both.
heart ice may
Let it never be forgotten that, although we may do nothing about the Word we hear, the Word will do something to us. The same sun melts ice and hardens clay, and the Word of God humbles or hardens the human heart.
needs ministry edification
There is great need today for the New Testament prophet who speaks to edification, exhortation, and comfort, a strengthening, stirring and soothing ministry.
christian care aspirin
We are not bearing our crosses every time we have a headache; an aspirin tablet will take care of that. What is meant is the trouble we would not have if we were not Christians.
responsibility duty available
It is not our responsibility to make it acceptable; it is our duty to make it available.
woodpeckers temples
The temple of truth has never suffered so much from woodpeckers on the outside as from termites within.
home one-day today
Today I am one day nearer Home than ever before.
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.