“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
“Only God knows the future and that we are to look to Him—not to the stars or the tea leaves or the lines on the palms of our hands—for our confidence in the future.”
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Billy Graham
“We are not cisterns made for hoarding, we are channels made for sharing.”
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Billy Graham
“All transgressions begin with sinful thinking . . . guard against the pictures of lewdness and sensuality that Satan flashes upon the screen of your imagination, select with care the books you read, choose discerningly the kind of entertainment you
attend, the kind of associates with whom you mingle, and the kind of environment in which you place yourself.”
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Billy Graham
“Scripture makes it clear that our first love is always to be for our Lord.”
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Billy Graham
“Jesus invited us not to a picnic, but to a pilgrimage. He offered us, not an excursion, but an execution. Our Savior said that we would have to be ready to die to self, sin, and the world.”
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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
“God is the Ruler of His mighty creation. There is no reason to despair, because He holds in His hands the whole world, while His Spirit is able to fill the void in man’s heart.”
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Billy Graham
“[God] created us free to choose how we would live . . . but leaves us free to pursue our own ends with tragic, natural consequences.”
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Billy Graham
“Satan perverts everything good by mimicking and mocking the real thing.”
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Billy Graham
“A Christian has tremendous responsibilities to his own family. He or she has a responsibility of loving each member of the family.”
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Billy Graham
“What right does any church have even attempting to approve of lifestyles or certain acts for which God prescribed the death penalty in the Old Testament?”
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Billy Graham
“A real Christian is the one who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.”
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Billy Graham
“We don’t need to be crippled any longer by the disease of sin—because God has provided the cure.”
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Billy Graham
“I believe in angels because the Bible says there are angels; and I believe the Bible to be the true Word of God.”
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Billy Graham