“Materialism may do what a foreign invader could never hope to achieve—materialism robs a nation of its spiritual strength.”
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Billy Graham
“Compassion is not complete in itself, but must be accompanied by inflexible justice and wrath against sin and a desire for holiness.”
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Billy Graham
“Man is a rebel, and a rebel is naturally in confusion. He is in conflict with every other rebel. For a rebel by his very nature is selfish. He is seeking his own good and not the good of others.”
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Billy Graham
“[Jesus] asked [His followers] to count the cost carefully, lest they should turn back when they met with suffering and privation. He told His followers that the world would hate them.”
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Billy Graham
“[Ruth’s] disposition is the same all the time—very sweet and very gracious and very charming. When it comes to spiritual things, my wife has had the greatest influence on my ministry.”
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Billy Graham
“Jesus demonstrated the importance of prayer by His own example. His whole ministry was saturated with prayer.”
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Billy Graham
“Society has become so obsessed with sex that it seeps from all the pores of our national life.”
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Billy Graham
“No church is perfect, but don’t let that discourage you. Someone has said that if you ever find one that is, it will stop being perfect the minute you join!”
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Billy Graham
“There are too many professed Christians who never get “wrought up” about anything; they never get indignant with injustice, with corruption in high places, or with the godless traffics which barter away the souls and bodies of people.”
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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
“Nothing can replace a daily time spent alone with God in prayer. We can also be in an attitude of prayer throughout the day—sitting in a car or at our desks, working in the kitchen, even talking with someone on the phone.”
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Billy Graham
“Do young people have the moral stamina to carry through in case of economic depression? . . . The real tests of the [younger] generations have not yet come, but they are on their way!”
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Billy Graham
“That “the Spirit Himself intercedes” indicates that it is actually God pleading, praying, and mourning through us.”
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Billy Graham
“Those who believe [in Christ] are expected to be different from the world . . . they are members of a new society.”
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Billy Graham
“Prayer is not just asking. It is listening for God’s orders.”
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Billy Graham
