“The late Dr. Harry Ironside once said, “Beware lest we mistake our prejudices for our convictions.” To be sure, we must deplore wickedness, evil, and wrongdoing, but our commendable intolerance of sin too often develops into a deplorable intolerance of sinners. Jesus hates sin but loves the sinner.”
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Billy Graham
“No matter what the climate is, what the troubles are, what the difficulties are, there is joy for the child of God, because joy is produced supernaturally by the Holy Spirit in us.”
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Billy Graham
“God gave us our children so we could prepare them to become adults.”
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Billy Graham
“Becoming “new” in Christ is a wonderful beginning, but it isn’t the end of pain or problems in our lives. It is the beginning of our facing up to them. Being a Christian involves a lifetime of hard work, dedicated study, and difficult decisions.”
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Billy Graham
“Fear can banish faith, but faith can banish fear.”
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Billy Graham
“The time to prepare for life’s disappointments and hurts is in advance.”
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Billy Graham
“Science, they say, can tap the brain of man and alter his desires. But the Bible, which has withstood the ravages of time . . . says that we are possessed of a sinful, fallen nature which wars against us.”
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Billy Graham
“Prayer is the rope that pulls God and man together. But, it doesn’t pull God down to us: It pulls us up to Him.
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Billy Graham
“Many a criminal has finally given himself over to the authorities because the accusations of a guilty conscience were worse than prison bars.”
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Billy Graham
“Surrendering to Christ is like signing your name to a blank check and letting the Lord put in the amount.”
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Billy Graham
“The devil is the god of this world and he has blinded our eyes.”
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Billy Graham
“Jesus was born with the cross darkening His pathway . . . From the cradle to the cross, [Jesus’] purpose was to die.”
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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
“Joy cannot be pursued. It comes from within. It is a state of being. It does not depend on circumstances, but triumphs over circumstances. It produces a gentleness of spirit and a magnetic personality.”
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Billy Graham
