“Ninety-five percent of the difficulties you will experience as a Christian can be traced to a lack of Bible study and reading.”
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Billy Graham
“Too many times we are concerned with how much, instead of how little, like this [world] we can become.”
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Billy Graham
“I feel sorry for the man who has never known the bracing thrill of taking a stand and sticking to it fearlessly. Moral courage has rewards that timidity can never imagine. Like a shot of adrenaline, it floods the spirit with vitality”
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Billy Graham
“Some Christians have an elastic conscience when it comes to their own foibles—and an ironbound conscience when it comes to the foibles of others.”
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Billy Graham
“Confession and repentance might be described as the negative side of submission; this involves getting rid of everything which hinders God’s control over our lives. Yielding to God might be described as the positive side . . . placing ourselves totally into the hands of God.”
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Billy Graham
“Christianity has its roots in the deep, firm soil of history. Jesus’ incarnation—God invading human history with His presence in the form of man—is on the record. Every time you write the date, you attest to the fact that God entered human history.”
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Billy Graham
“Our world needs to be touched by Christians who are Spirit-filled, Spirit-led, and Spirit-empowered.”
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Billy Graham
“I never try to defend religion. Religion has spawned wars. Many so-called religious people have been characterized by prejudice, pride, and bickering . . . I would call you to a simple faith in Jesus, who said, “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
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Billy Graham
“A Christian funeral should be a coronation ceremony, a statement to the world about eternal life.”
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Billy Graham
“The Bible can stand the onslaught of any enemy.”
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Billy Graham
“God promises no easy life or days without troubles, trials, difficulties, and temptations. He never promises that life will be perfect. He does not call His children to a playground, but to a battleground.”
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Billy Graham
“The Bible is to be our basis of authority. We must “by faith” accept [Jesus] as the Son of the living God. This sounds narrow and intolerant, and in a sense it is!”
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Billy Graham
“The world may argue against a creed, but it cannot argue against changed lives.”
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Billy Graham
“In order to get to heaven, Jesus said that you must be converted. I didn’t say it—Jesus said it!”
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Billy Graham
“The Bible teaches us to be more concerned about the needs and feelings of others than our own. We are to encourage and build self-confidence in our loved ones, friends, and associates.”
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Billy Graham
