“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
“Do young people have the moral stamina to carry through in case of economic depression? . . . The real tests of the [younger] generations have not yet come, but they are on their way!”
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Billy Graham
“Our government is certainly going to fall like a rope of sand if unsupported by the moral fabric of God’s Word. The moral structure in our country grew from Judeo-Christian roots. When those values are applied, they produce moral fruits. But if that structure disappears, the moral sentiment that shapes our nation’s goals will disappear with it.”
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Billy Graham
“Before the seventeenth century, a child passed directly into the adult world between the ages of five and seven . . . then came the industrial revolution . . .so the child-centered home was born.”
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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
“If ever we needed to put the Golden Rule into action, it’s with our aging parents.”
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Billy Graham
“Who can tell us how to get along with each other better than God? Where can we turn for wisdom better than God’s Word, the Bible?”
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Billy Graham
“Guilt is not all bad. Without it there is nothing to drive a person toward self-examination and toward God for forgiveness.”
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Billy Graham
“Satan’s first appearance in the Bible included an attack on a marriage—trying to divide Adam and Eve. His tactics have not changed. He wants our marriages to flounder and fail, because he knows that few things will discourage us more.”
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Billy Graham
“In taking our human nature upon Himself, [Jesus] showed us what we might become, what God intended us to be.”
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Billy Graham
“God gave the Bible to us because He wants us to know Him and love Him and serve Him. Most of all, He gave it to us so we can become more like Christ.”
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Billy Graham
“God has a plan and the devil has a plan, and you will have to decide which plan you are going to fit into.”
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Billy Graham
“The world judges the Christian by his life, not by his belief.”
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Billy Graham
“Death is said in the Bible to be a coronation for the Christian.”
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Billy Graham
