“The word church as applied to the Christian society was first used by Jesus Himself when He told Peter, “Upon this rock I will build my church” [Matthew 16:18]. He is the foundation of all Christian experience.”
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Billy Graham
“Only God knows the future and that we are to look to Him—not to the stars or the tea leaves or the lines on the palms of our hands—for our confidence in the future.”
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Billy Graham
“Without the Bible, this world would indeed be a dark and frightening place, without signpost or beacon.”
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Billy Graham
“Satan’s first appearance in the Bible included an attack on a marriage—trying to divide Adam and Eve. His tactics have not changed. He wants our marriages to flounder and fail, because he knows that few things will discourage us more.”
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Billy Graham
“We are going through a sexual tempest, a bombardment provided by unprecedented exploitation of cheap sex by moviemakers, theater owners, publishers, and producers of pornography. [There is more] openness of talk about sex, acceptance of public nudity . . . homosexuality. Sex revolution, no! But sex pollution? Yes!!”
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Billy Graham
“Worship leader George Beverly Shea kidded Billy Graham that the latter would be unemployed in Heaven -- while Shea would still have a job leading worship.”
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Billy Graham
“The Christian’s journey through life isn’t a sprint but a marathon.”
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Billy Graham
“The Bible is not an option; it is a necessity. You cannot grow spiritually strong without it.”
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Billy Graham
“If you are a true Christian, you will not give way at home to bad temper, impatience, fault-finding, sarcasm, unkindness, suspicion, selfishness, or laziness.”
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Billy Graham
“A Christian has tremendous responsibilities to his own family. He or she has a responsibility of loving each member of the family.”
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Billy Graham
“We say to our children, “Act like grown-ups,” but Jesus said to the grown-ups, “Be like children.”
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Billy Graham
“Don’t ever hesitate to take to [God] whatever is on your heart. He already knows it anyway, but He doesn’t want you to bear its pain or celebrate its joy alone.”
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Billy Graham
“Unless the church quickly recovers the authoritative biblical message, we may witness the spectacle of millions of Christians going outside the institutional church to find spiritual food.”
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Billy Graham
“I believe we should pray that God will take possession of our lives totally and completely. We should pray that we will be emptied of self— self-love, self-will, self-ambition—and be placed completely at His disposal.”
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Billy Graham
“Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve” (24:15).”
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Billy Graham
