“Worship leader George Beverly Shea kidded Billy Graham that the latter would be unemployed in Heaven -- while Shea would still have a job leading worship.”
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Billy Graham
“Many people turn to alcohol to try to drown the [cries] and longings of the soul. Others attempt to quiet the longings of their souls in other ways. Nothing but God ever completely satisfies, because the soul is made for God.”
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Billy Graham
“Why do we need to pray? Because the Christian life is a journey, and we need God’s strength and guidance along the way.”
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Billy Graham
“Christ warned His followers that to believe in Him would not make them popular, and that they should be prepared to face affliction for His sake.”
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Billy Graham
“I don’t believe that young people today can live clean, pure lives without the help of God. The peer pressure is too great and the temptations they see in the movies and on television, and what they hear in their music is too much. Only Christ can give them the power to say no.”
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Billy Graham
“The heart of the Christian Gospel with its incarnation and atonement is in the cross and the resurrection. Jesus was born to die.”
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Billy Graham
“The Bible teaches that our homes should be hospitable and that those who come in and out of our homes should sense the presence of Christ.”
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Billy Graham
“We now have the advantage of a few years more of life, but death is still standing at the end of the road.”
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Billy Graham
“God has spoken to us through a Book: the Bible.”
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Billy Graham
“Some [young people] are taking pills called “heaven or hell” drugs, because you’re liable to experience either one.”
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Billy Graham
“The faithful Christian steward acknowledges that God owns all he has, and it is his responsibility to manage and dispose of his possessions in a way that is acceptable to the Lord.”
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Billy Graham
“What is the most difficult word for young people to pronounce? It’s the word no. When we say no [to what is against God], He will help us to stand by it. He will give us courage.”
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Billy Graham
“Among young people . . . drinking is for getting drunk. And many go on to become alcoholics.”
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Billy Graham
“The church in America has been deeply infiltrated by the “world,” and in the process it is beginning to copy and resemble the world in many of its activities.”
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Billy Graham
