“Hell has been cloaked in folklore and disguised in fiction for so long, many people deny the reality of such a place.”
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Billy Graham
“Many people say they do not fear death, but the process of dying. It’s not the destination, but the trip that they dread.”
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Billy Graham
“Both my parents had a great influence on me. I never heard my father use a profane or even a slang word. I always respected him because of his complete integrity. In his business dealings his handshake was like a contract. He was as good as his word. Of all the people I have ever known, my mother had the greatest influence on me.”
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Billy Graham
“I am afraid the church is trying to speak out on too many issues that really do not concern the church. There are certain issues we know to be wrong—racial injustice, crime, gambling, dishonesty, pornography. On these matters we must thunder forth as the prophets of God.”
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Billy Graham
“Before Satan there was no sin, and before sin there was no pain.”
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Billy Graham
“If we are to have our prayers answered, we must give God the glory.”
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Billy Graham
“Calloused hands were the badge of the pioneer, while furrowed brows are the insignia of modern man.”
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Billy Graham
“Oh, that we would be people who would say, “Our God will deliver us, but if not, we still refuse to worship the things of this world.”
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Billy Graham
“What you do with Christ here and now decides where you shall spend eternity.”
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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
“We need to place God at the center of our family . . . As a family, we need to walk with God daily.”
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Billy Graham
“In many homes and among so-called educated people—it has become fashionable to joke about the Bible and to regard it more as a dust-catcher than as the living Word of God.”
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Billy Graham
“[The Bible] has survived attack of every kind. Neither barbaric vandalism nor civilized scholarship has touched it. Neither the burning of fire nor the laughter of skepticism has accomplished its annihilation. Through the many dark ages of man, its glorious promises have survived unchanged.”
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Billy Graham
“As I read the Bible, I seem to find holiness to be [Christ’s] supreme attribute.”
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Billy Graham
“A friend of mine defines prayer as “a declaration of dependence.”
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Billy Graham
