“In earlier periods of history, adolescence was virtually unknown . . . Today, the span between childhood and adulthood may extend over ten years. Deferred adulthood is synonymous with deferred responsibility.”
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Billy Graham
“Christ never told his disciples that they would get an Academy Award for their performances, but He did tell them to expect to have troubles.”
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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
“The Bible is the one book which reveals the Creator to the creature He created! No other book that man has conceived can make that statement and support it with fact.”
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Billy Graham
“The Bible is a living Book and can be trusted for its advice and direction and knowledge of God.”
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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
“I have never met anyone who spent time in daily prayer, and in the study of the Word of God, and was strong in faith, who was ever discouraged for very long.”
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Billy Graham
“After you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation . . . having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession.”
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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
“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
“The destiny of your own soul is in your own hands by the choice you make.”
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Billy Graham
“Do not expect me to fall in with the evil customs and ways of the world. I am in Rome, but I will not do as Rome does. I am an alien, a stranger, and a foreigner. My citizenship is in heaven.”
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Billy Graham
“Our dress, our posture, our actions should all be for the honor and glory of Christ. Much of our talk as Christians is secular, not spiritual. It is easy to fall into the conversational conformity of the world and spend an evening discussing politics, new cars, and the latest entertainment. We often forget that we are to edify one another with holy conversation and that our conversation should be on heavenly, and not exclusively on earthly things.”
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Billy Graham
“Thousands of people have entered churches without discovering a vital experience with Jesus Christ. The substitutes have been handed them in the guise of religious rituals, good works, community effort, or social reform . . .none of which can gain a person a right relationship with God.”
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Billy Graham
“The most eloquent prayer is often prayed through hands that heal and bless.”
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Billy Graham
