“When I preach—no matter where it is in the world—I can always count on five areas of human need that afflict all peoples. Emptiness, loneliness, guilt, fear of death, deep-seated insecurity.”
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Billy Graham
“There is no conclusive scientific evidence that man is “up from the ape.” While the animals were created “after their kind,” we are told that “God created man in His own image” [Genesis 1:27 NKJV].”
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Billy Graham
“We must face honestly the toll that anger and bitterness take on our lives. They are our enemies! The Bible says, “An angry person stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered one commits many sins.”
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Billy Graham
“Children respect discipline. They want to be guided. It gives them a sense of belonging, a sense of security.”
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Billy Graham
“Conscience tells us in our innermost being of the presence of God and of the moral difference between good and evil; but this is a fragmentary message, in no way as distinct and comprehensive as the lessons of the Bible.”
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Billy Graham
“A few years ago, honesty was the hallmark of a man of good character. But it’s been set aside for an “It’s all right if you don’t get caught” philosophy.”
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Billy Graham
“Do not seek solace in alcohol. Alcohol obscures good judgment and leaves you unable to think clearly or understand what God is trying to say to you.”
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Billy Graham
“Discouragement is the opposite of faith. It is Satan’s device to thwart the work of God in your life.”
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Billy Graham
“Satan will thrash about in one last burst of evil,
hoping to capture as many souls as possible before his inevitable end.”
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Billy Graham
“Many evidences and arguments suggest God’s existence, yet the plain truth is that God cannot be proved by intellectual arguments alone. If the human mind could fully prove God, He would be no greater than the mind that proves Him!”
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Billy Graham
“Heaven is full of answers to prayer for which no one ever bothered to ask!”
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Billy Graham
“Philip is the only person in the Bible who was called an evangelist, and he was a deacon!”
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Billy Graham
“Confrontation is the special business of young people. They confront their parents, peers, society, law enforcement officers, and themselves, but primarily they confront God.”
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Billy Graham
“America has probably been the most successful experiment in history. The American Dream was a glorious attempt. It was built on a religious foundation. Its earliest concepts came from Holy Scripture.”
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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
