“Evil and suffering are real . . . They aren’t an illusion, nor are they simply an absence of good. We are fallen creatures living in a fallen world that has been twisted and corrupted by sin, and we all share in its brokenness. Most of all, we share in its tragic legacy of disease and death.”
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Billy Graham
“I will buy you back with My blood because I love you. I will free you from the chains of sin. I will settle the conflict within and give peace to your soul. But you must come to Me with a repentant heart. You must be willing to be redeemed. You must exchange your sin-blackened heart for a new heart that is cleansed by My blood.”
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Billy Graham
“Heaven is real and hell is real, and eternity is but a breath away.”
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Billy Graham
“Repent when you fail, and immediately seek God’s forgiveness and restoration. Sin breaks our fellowship with God.”
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Billy Graham
“Some of the strongest warnings about judgment in the Bible come from the lips of Jesus.”
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Billy Graham
“God says it is our duty as Christians to take care of widows and orphans and to help the poor within the Christian society . . .And Jesus said, “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me” Matthew 25:40 KJV].”
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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
“God began by revelation to build a bridge between Himself and people.”
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Billy Graham
“A suffering person does not need a lecture—he needs a listener.”
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Billy Graham
“If we are at peace with this world, it may be because we have sold out to it and compromised with it.”
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Billy Graham
“Someday you will read or hear that Billy Graham is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it! I shall be more alive than I am now. I will just have changed my address. I will have gone into the presence of God.”
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Billy Graham
“True prayer is a way of life, not just for use in cases of emergency. Make it a habit, and when the need arises you will be in practice.”
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Billy Graham
“As a Christian, I believe that we are all created in the image of God. I believe that God loves the whole world . . .The life of no human being is cheap in the eyes of God, nor can it be in our own eyes.”
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Billy Graham
“Don’t let hatred control you, no matter what others do that causes [anger]. You would only become guilty of the same sin that afflicts them, and nothing would be solved.”
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Billy Graham
“Within the New Testament, there is no indication that Christians should expect to be healthy, wealthy, and successful in this present age.”
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Billy Graham