“Flesh is the Bible’s word for unperfected human nature. Leaving off the “h” and spelling it in reverse, we have the word self. Flesh is the self-life: it is what we are when we are left to our own devices.”
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Billy Graham
“Our schedules are so hectic we can’t get everything done, or else we are bored and restless, constantly looking for something to amuse us. We are the most frantic generation in history—and also the most entertained. The Bible tells us that both extremes are wrong.”
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Billy Graham
“The church has lost its ability to discipline members who live openly in sin. Consequently, we have lost our witness in the community.”
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Billy Graham
“There is not a day that we do not have a chance to choose between the devil’s clever promises and God’s sure Word.”
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Billy Graham
“One final reason for choosing God’s path is of supreme importance: It leads us home.”
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Billy Graham
“Man’s nature and destiny are revealed in the Scriptures.”
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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
“In a decadent society the will to believe, to resist, to contend, to fight, to struggle is gone. In place of this will to resist, there is the desire to conform, to drift, to follow, to yield, and not give up.”
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Billy Graham
“Young people are experts on leisure, water skiing, dancing, rock music, rapping, TV watching . . . by and large, chores are a thing of the past.”
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Billy Graham
“Don’t rebel, but give God the opportunity to change your life and help you over the problems of youth, for they are many.”
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Billy Graham
“The Lord did not design the church to cater to people’s needs—the Lord breathed life into the church to proclaim His truths.”
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Billy Graham
“Long after you and I are gone, God will still be at work—and many of the things we prayed for will finally come to pass.”
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Billy Graham
“In the face of legalized pornography, the conscience of America seems to be paralyzed. More serious than our fakery in art, literature, and pictures is the collapse of our moral standards and the blunting of our capacity as a nation for righteous indignation.”
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Billy Graham
“Where students talk about being independent and on their own, you will find them practicing the most rigid conformity in dress, in speech, in moral attitudes, and in thinking. Sometimes they follow fashion at the expense of integrity. They dread to be alone. They do not want to stand out or be different. They want to conform. After they graduate from college, many of these young people want nothing more than a good job with a big firm, and a home somewhere in suburbia. But they don’t find security.”
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Billy Graham
“There are two masters, and you have to choose which master you are going to serve.”
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Billy Graham
