Vance Havner Quotes

Faith, to be faith, must center around something that is not known. Faith, to be faith, must go beyond that for which there is confirming evidence. Faith, to be faith, must go into the unknown. Faith, to be faith, must walk to the edge of the light, and then a few steps into the darkness. If everything has to be known, if everything has to be explained, if everything has to be certified, then there is no need for faith. Indeed, there is no room for it.

I show you doubt, to prove that faith exists.

There are things that must be done in faith, else they never have being.

It's called faith because it's not knowledge.

Faith doesn't mean you never doubt. It only means you never act upon your doubts.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.

Understanding is the wages of faith.

Faith that is sure of itself is not faith; faith that is sure of God is the only faith there is.

Take a chance on faith - not religion, but faith. Not hope, but faith. I don’t believe in hope. Hope is a beggar. Hope walks through the fire. Faith leaps over it.

Faith doesn't reduce uncertainty. Faith embraces uncertainty.

For what is faith unless it is to believe what you do not see?

Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.

The Christian is a man who can be certain about the ultimate even when he is most uncertain about the immediate.

FAITH receives more than it asks. DOUBT loses more than it disbelieved.

Faith and doubt go hand in hand, they are complementaries. One who never doubts will never truly believe.

Understanding is the reward of faith.

Things I don't understand don't destroy my faith in the things I do understand.

We cannot know what faith is if we have never had it, and we cannot obtain it as long as we deny it. Faith and doubt cannot exist in the same mind at the same time, for one will dispel the other.

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.

Without sounding overly pompous about it, I don't really trust certainty in anything, actually. Especially as I get older. Except love. I'm certain of love, I guess.

Faith is what replaces doubt in my dictionary.

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.

Faith is the first step to understanding. Either it's the Word of an infallible God, the fallible words of men, or faith in what you personally believe. You've got to have faith in something. Believe me.