Salt seasons, purifies, preserves. But somebody ought to remind us that salt also irritates. Real living Christianity rubs this world the wrong way.
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Finding Time for God – Vance Havner
It is one of the ironies of the ministry that the very man who works in God’s 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.
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A Social Gospel – 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.
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Christmas Is Based On An Exchange of Gifts – Vance Havner
Christmas is based on an exchange of gifts: the gift of God to man—[the] gift of His son—and the gift of man to God—when we present our bodies as a living sacrifice.
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Playing Marbles With Diamonds – Vance Havner
Playing marbles with diamonds, that’s what we are doing in the church today.
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February 3, 2015
When the Lord’s sheep are a dirty grey, all black sheep are more comfortable.
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September 2, 2014
The devil’s not fighting churches today, he’s joining churches.
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April 11, 2014
The devil’s not fighting churches today, he’s joining churches.
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February 3, 2014
If we were in our right senses, we should be so softened and sweetened by all His benefits that we should be grieved over even the slightest transgression.
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