“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
“Be willing to be sneered at than to be approved, counting the cross of Christ greater riches than all the treasures of Washington, London, Paris, or Moscow.”
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Billy Graham
“We are never to do anything of which we are not perfectly clear and certain. If you have a doubt about that particular thing that is bothering you, as to whether it is worldly or not, the best policy is “don’t do it.”
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Billy Graham
“Everything that we see about us that we count is our possessions only comprises a loan from God, and it is when we lose sight of this all-pervading truth that we become greedy and covetous.”
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Billy Graham
“The most important events in human history were the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ.”
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Billy Graham
“Jesus knows the intentions of our hearts and what we do in secret.”
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Billy Graham
“Your eyes should never be lent to the devil; they belong to God. Be careful how you use your eyes!”
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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
“Old age is Satan’s last chance to blow us off course.”
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Billy Graham
“When we all reach the end of our earthly journey, we will have just begun.”
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Billy Graham
“Children do need the guidance of their parents, and we guide them more by the example we set than by any other way. We need to be firm and sane and fair and consistent—and, above all, we need to discipline in a spirit of love.”
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Billy Graham
“In some churches and religious television programs, we see an effort to make Christianity popular and always positive. This may be a comfortable cushion for those who find the hard facts too difficult.”
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Billy Graham
“Pentecost was the day of power of the Holy Spirit. It was the day the Christian church was born.”
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Billy Graham
“In Christ alone there is deliverance from man’s tortured thoughts and freedom from the sordid habits which are destroying so many people. Why does the Bible so clearly denounce drunkenness? Because it is an enemy of human life. Anything that is against a person’s welfare, God is against.”
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Billy Graham
“Faith isn’t pretending our problems don’t exist, nor is it simply blind optimism. Faith points us beyond our problems to the hope we have in Christ.”
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Billy Graham
