Quotes by

Vance Havner

If we dont come apart; we will come apart. – Vance Havner

When I pastored a country church, a farmer didnt like the sermons I preached on hell. He said, Preach about the meek and lowly Jesus. I said, Thats where I got my information about hell. – Vance Havner

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

It is one of the ironies of the ministry that the very man who works in Gods name is often hardest put to find time for God. The parents of Jesus lost Him at church, and they were not the last ones to lose Him there. – Vance Havner

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. – Vance Havner

You havent lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide. – Vance Havner

If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home. – Vance Havner

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

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