Quotes from Vance Havner
Jesus is all we have; he is all we need and all we want. We are shipwrecked on God and stranded on omnipotence!
— Vance Havner
What we love usually manages to get into our conversation. What is down in the well of the heart will come up in the bucket of the speech.
— Vance Havner
We must be careful not to be so scared of getting out on a limb that we never get up the tree.
— Vance Havner
If I had only one sermon to preach it would be on the Lordship of Christ. When we get right on that point we are right all down the line. God honors the exaltation of His Son.
— Vance Havner
Where are the marks of the cross in your life? Are there any points of identification with your Lord? Alas, too many Christians wear medals but carry no scars
— Vance Havner
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.
— Vance Havner
Progress is a farce because man's head and hand have created wonders that stun the imagination, but his heart does not keep step and his morals undo all that his mind has wrought.
— 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
God's Word is its own best argument.
— Vance Havner
One man with a genuine experience with God is worth more than a library full of arguments.
— Vance Havner
If you lack knowledge, go to school. If you lack wisdom, get on your knees.
— Vance Havner
Because the Lord loves us He chastens and rebukes us. Modern sentimentality has reduced God to a tolerant indulgent grandfatherly being who winks at our transgressions.
— Vance Havner