“Pentecost was the day of power of the Holy Spirit. It was the day the Christian church was born.”
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Billy Graham
“Just as America has grown and prospered within the framework of our Constitution, so Christianity has flourished and spread according to the laws set forth in the Bible.”
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Billy Graham
“We will be judged according to the secret motives and the character of our work. If we have done our work for selfish motives or personal gain, even if the results looked noble to our friends and family, God knows our hearts.”
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Billy Graham
“If our faith isn’t rooted in the Bible, it will wither like a plant pulled out of the soil.”
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Billy Graham
“Look up on a starry night, and you will see the majesty and power of an infinite Creator.”
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Billy Graham
“Every word that [Jesus] spoke was historically true. Every word that He spoke was scientifically true. Every word that He spoke was ethically true. There were no loopholes in the moral conceptions
and statements of Jesus Christ. His ethical vision was wholly correct, correct in the age in which He lived and correct in every age that has followed it.”
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Billy Graham
“The journey God has set before us isn’t a freeway; we are constantly encountering forks and junctions and crossroads. Which way will we go when we meet them? Life is filled with decisions, and we can’t avoid them.”
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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
“Sinful pleasure can ruin our appetite for the things of God.”
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Billy Graham
“Those who have actually experienced daily fellowship with Christ know that it surpasses all worldly activities.”
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Billy Graham
“Drunkenness is not a new vice. Its ravages have always been a scourge on the human race . . .Alcohol is a killer, a murderer.”
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Billy Graham
“The evangelistic ministry is a fight, not a frolic.”
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Billy Graham
“When the headlines get black and foreboding, the sale of alcohol and barbiturates rises in the country, as millions try to escape from the grim realities of [such] dangers.”
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Billy Graham
“[Angels] crisscross the Old and New Testaments, being mentioned directly or indirectly nearly 300 times.”
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Billy Graham
“You can have religion but not know Christ. It’s having Christ that counts.”
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Billy Graham
