“Work isn’t only earning a living; work gives us a sense of purpose and worth and opportunities for companionship.”
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Billy Graham
“We have a mandate to speak out against “the sin that so easily entangles” [Hebrews 12:1 NIV]; for though we are not of the world, we are still in it.”
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Billy Graham
“The human conscience is often beyond the grasp of a psychiatrist . . .Humans are helpless to detach themselves from the gnawing guilt of a heart bowed down with the weight of sin. But where humans have failed, God has succeeded.”
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Billy Graham
“Jesus Christ was the Master Realist when He urged men to prepare for death, which was certain to come. Do not worry, said the Lord Jesus, about the death of the body, but rather concern yourself with the eternal death of the soul.”
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Billy Graham
“One can approach the Bible with a cold, rationalistic attitude, or one can do so with reverence and the desire to hear God speak.”
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Billy Graham
“God never takes away something from your life without replacing it with something better.”
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Billy Graham
“All mankind is sitting on Death Row. How we die or when is not the main issue, but where [we] go after death.”
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Billy Graham
“Escapism seems to be the order of the day . . .Escape with drugs or alcohol, and the bitterness of living will be blurred . . .We can’t escape from God.”
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Billy Graham
“Science, they say, can tap the brain of man and alter his desires. But the Bible, which has withstood the ravages of time . . . says that we are possessed of a sinful, fallen nature which wars against us.”
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Billy Graham
“Some Christians have an elastic conscience when it comes to their own foibles—and an ironbound conscience when it comes to the foibles of others.”
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Billy Graham
“Moses had a choice of following God or reveling in the pleasures of Egypt. As heir to the throne of Egypt, he enjoyed luxury; he didn’t desire to suffer or sacrifice any more than we do, but he chose to follow God. “He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time”
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Billy Graham
“Faith implies four things: self-renunciation, reliance with utter confidence on Christ, obedience, and a changed life.”
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Billy Graham
“When we all stand before the judgment seat of Christ, we will have our true motives revealed.”
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Billy Graham
“Christ can take the most sin-laden, selfish, evil person and bring forgiveness and new life.”
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Billy Graham
