Quote by Vance Havner
When I pastored a country church, a farmer didnt like the sermons

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

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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

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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

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The safest road to hell is the gradual one — the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. – C.S. Lewis

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Hell is oneself, hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections. There is nothing to escape from and nothing to escape to. One is always alone. – TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot

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For mortal men there is but one hell, and that is the folly and wickedness and spite of his fellows; but once his life is over, theres an end to it: his annihilation is final and entire, of him nothing survives. – Marquis De Sade

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Hell is paved with good Samaritans. – William M. Holden

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