Vance Havner Quotes

Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there; And 'twill be found, upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation.

Satan is not fighting churches; he is joining them. He does more harm by sowing tares than by pulling up wheat. He accomplishes more by imitation than by outright opposition.

The devil can counterfeit all the saving operations and graces of the Spirit of God.

That there is a Devil, is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influences of the Devil.

Son, the greatest trick the Devil pulled was convincing the world there was only one of him.

Watch for the devil. When there’s a god, there’s always a legion of devils.

I say the same of humility and of all the virtues; the wiles of the devil are terrible, he will run a thousand times round hell if by so doing he can make us believe that we have a single virtue which we have not. And he is right, for such ideas are very harmful, and such imaginary virtues, when they come from this source, are never unaccompanied by vainglory; just as those which God gives are free both from this and from pride.

The Devil is an Ass , I do acknowledge it.

The biggest threats to faith aren't anything outside of it: they come bearing the name. It's why I find it especially important to call it out - also why I find it especially repulsive when people who crow the loudest about being Christians and use it as a money-making scheme utterly betray the faith when not on camera or in a crowd.

When the devil wants to cause offense against the true doctrine and faith, he does not do so through insignificant people, who do not rate highly with the world, but through those who are the very best, the wisest, the holiest, and the most learned.

The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?

What, can the devil speak true?

In every sin, we choose to believe the devil's lie rather than God's truth.

All the cunning of the devil is exercised in trying to tear us away from the word.

Satan is willing to have us worship anything, however sacred - the Bible, the crucifix, the church - if only we do not worship God Himself.

On the whole, we treat the Devil shamefully, and the worse we treat Him the more He laughs at us.

False preachers are worse than deflowerers of virgins.

There is also an age-old excuse: “The devil made me do it.” Not so! He can deceive you and mislead you, but he does not have the power to force you or anyone else to transgress or to keep you in transgression.

God is alone,-but the devil, he is far from being alone; he sees a great deal of company; he is legion.

The battle against the Devil, which is the principal task of Saint Michael the Archangel, is still being fought today, because the Devil is still alive and active in the world.

O, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them.

Nick looks into Brians hollow gaze. That's what's going on here brian. The devil's figured out a way to keep peoples souls trapped here on earth.

The devil is everywhere under the skin of things, searching for a way into the light.

You don’t knock on the devil’s door, boy, unless you want him to answer. (Ravyn)

Well, let me tell you, gentlemen, the games of the devil are not restricted to those confined to hell. Others can play them.