“There are many irritations in life. They become prime opportunities for Satan to lead us into evil passion. Keep anger clear of bitterness, spite, or hatred.”
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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
“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
“When the church begins to entertain the flock and respond to the cult of self—it is diminished to a mere community center.”
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Billy Graham
“In the textbook of revelation, the Bible, God has spoken verbally; and this spoken word has survived every scratch of the human pen.”
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Billy Graham
“If we in the church want a cause to fight, let’s fight sin. Let’s reveal its hideousness. Let’s show that Jeremiah was correct when e said: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked” [Jeremiah 17:9 NKJV].”
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Billy Graham
“I have heard the hollow, shallow laughter of the world. I have heard the genuine laughter of the beaming young Christian. I know there is a difference.”
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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
“A real Christian is the one who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.”
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Billy Graham
“We will be judged according to our ability. The retired couple who count the offering every Sunday, never divulging the amount anyone in the congregation contributes, will not be tested in the same way as the millionaire who wants an inscription on the stained glass window, so everyone will know who donated it. Some of the most severe tests will be given to the [preachers] for the way in which they handled the Word of God. There will be no reward for leading others astray in lifestyle or in doctrine through false teaching.”
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Billy Graham
“Drunkenness is not a new vice. Its ravages have always been a scourge on the human race . . .Alcohol is a killer, a murderer.”
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Billy Graham
“Most of us know about God, but that is quite different from knowing God.”
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Billy Graham
“To the Son of God prayer was more important than the assembling of great throngs . . . He often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed [Luke 5:15–16].”
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Billy Graham
“Satan will do everything he can to divide Christians and destroy our witness. Only the Holy Spirit can subdue our old nature and overcome it with God’s love.”
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Billy Graham
“All mankind is sitting on Death Row. How we die or when is not the main issue, but where [we] go after death.”
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Billy Graham
