“Faith isn’t pretending our problems don’t exist, nor is it simply blind optimism. Faith points us beyond our problems to the hope we have in Christ.”
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Billy Graham
“Moral living sometimes demands difficult choices. It requires selflessness.”
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Billy Graham
“You cannot argue with [Satan], for he is the greatest debater of all time.”
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Billy Graham
“If we have our eyes upon ourselves, our problems, and our pain, we cannot lift our eyes upward. A child looks up when he’s walking with his father, and the same should be true for the Christian.”
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Billy Graham
“God will never—never—lead you to do something that is contrary to His written Word, the Bible.”
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Billy Graham
“I believe in angels because the Bible says there are angels; and I believe the Bible to be the true Word of God.”
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Billy Graham
“Apart from religious influence, the family is the most important unit of society.”
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Billy Graham
“Sometimes I think the truly committed Christian is in conflict with society around him more than any other person. Society is going one direction, and the Christian is going in the opposite direction. This brings about friction and conflict. But God has promised, in the midst of trouble and conflict, a genuine peace, a sense of assurance and security, that the worldly person never knows.”
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Billy Graham
“It may shock some parents to learn that we don’t own our children. God has given them to us in trust . . . however, God may transfer our children to His home at any time.”
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Billy Graham
“We must have a virile, dynamic, aggressive Christian who lives Christ seven days a week, who is ready to die, if necessary, for his faith.”
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Billy Graham
“Part of the human makeup which distinguishes man from other creatures is his ability to reason and make moral decisions. Man is a free moral agent.”
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Billy Graham
“Reading God’s Word and meditating on its truth will have a purifying effect upon your mind and heart, and will be demonstrated in your life. Let nothing take the place of this daily privilege.”
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Billy Graham
“Life is just a schoolroom with a glorious opportunity to prepare us for eternity.”
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Billy Graham
“Sin was conquered on the cross. [Christ’s] death is the foundation of our hope, the promise of our triumph!”
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Billy Graham
“If our children grow up with no understanding of right and wrong . . .no desire to live with integrity . . . no faith in God . . .their souls will be impoverished and they will miss life’s highest good.”
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Billy Graham
