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 HavnerWhat our Lord said about cross-bearing and obedience is not in fine type. It is in bold print on the face of the contract.
Vance HavnerNothing is needed so much as a holy indignation against sin. It is true that there is not enough love for God, and one sign of it is that there is not enough hatred for sin.
Vance HavnerWhat 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 HavnerPaul was not ignorant of Satan's devices, but we are not so wise. Among his most successful devices today are these: exalting tolerance above truth; emphasizing the head more than the heart; making size more important than sort; stressing the positive to the neglect of the negative; putting happiness above holiness; majoring on this world instead of the next.
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