“In our desire to make Christ known and to increase the influence of the church, we are many times prone to think that Christians and the church can be made popular with the unbelieving world. This is a grave mistake on the part of the church.”
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Billy Graham
“Sin’s masterpiece of shame and hate became God’s masterpiece of mercy and forgiveness. Through the death of Christ upon the cross, sin itself was crucified for those who believe in Him.”
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Billy Graham
“[While] disappointment and failure aren’t identical, they often occur together, and both can hold us back from God’s best for our lives.”
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Billy Graham
“I'm in a win-win playoff. " Response of a Christian dying of cancer at thirty on the prospect of miraculous healing.”
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Billy Graham
“If you belong to Jesus Christ, you are called to live a life of purity and holiness. God wants your mind to be shaped by Him so that your thoughts and goals reflect Christ.”
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Billy Graham
“[Angels] guide, comfort, and provide for the people of God in the midst of suffering and persecution.”
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Billy Graham
“Prayer shouldn’t be a burden but a privilege—God wants our fellowship.”
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Billy Graham
“Too many times we are concerned with how much, instead of how little, like this [world] we can become.”
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Billy Graham
“World events are moving very rapidly now. I pick up the Bible in one hand, and I pick up the newspaper in the other. And I read almost the same words in the newspaper as I read in the Bible. It’s being fulfilled every day round about us.”
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Billy Graham
“Every generation has found [the Bible’s] message indispensable, and its influence on individuals and society over the centuries has been enormous.”
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Billy Graham
“Thousands of pastors, Sunday school teachers, and Christian workers are powerless because they do not make the Word the source of their preaching or teaching.”
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Billy Graham
“The destiny of your own soul is in your own hands by the choice you make.”
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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
“God is concerned with our imaginations, for they in a large measure determine what kind of persons we are to be.”
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Billy Graham
“True conversion will involve the mind, the affection, and the will. There have been thousands of people who have been intellectually converted to Christ . . .but they have never been really converted to Him.”
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Billy Graham
