“Some people think that going to church on Sunday and owning a dust-covered Bible makes a person a Christian. That is not true. A Christian is one in whom Christ dwells, and the person’s life will give evidence of this.”
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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
“All of Christianity is based on a person—Jesus Christ. Christ Himself is the embodiment of the Gospel.”
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Billy Graham
“The Bible opens with a tragedy and ends in a triumph.”
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Billy Graham
“When you truly love someone, you want to please and honor them by the way you act. How you treat someone shows whether or not you really care about them.”
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Billy Graham
“If people paid more attention to death, eternity, and judgment, there would be more holy living on earth.”
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Billy Graham
“Men and women do make decisions wherever the Gospel is proclaimed; whether publicly or privately, some say yes, some say no, and some procrastinate. No one ever hears the Gospel proclaimed without making some kind of decision!”
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Billy Graham
“but in Heaven we will have total peace We will be completely changed when we get to Heaven—and so, too, will those we couldn’t get along with while on earth. If God can make the lion and the lamb lie down together, we can trust Him to take care of our fractured relationships as we enter our heavenly home.”
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Billy Graham
“Anger and bitterness—whatever the cause—only end up hurting us. Turn that anger over to Christ.”
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Billy Graham
“God’s church is a Bible-centered church, and it grows strong under persecution.”
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Billy Graham
“Temptation is not a sin. It is the yielding that is sin. All temptation is from the devil.”
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Billy Graham
“I know that many of the things I have said from the Scriptures have offended, and I have sometimes been tempted to tone down the message. But, God helping me, I never will! I would become a false prophet. I would also betray my Lord.”
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Billy Graham
“Christianity has no shrines to visit, no dusty remains to venerate, no tombs at which to worship.”
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Billy Graham
“More friction and tensions are caused in a family by tone of voice than for any other one reason.”
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Billy Graham
“The Greek word used in the New Testament to designate a sorcerer or a person who practiced occult magic is “pharmakeus,” or one who mixed drugs and used them to induce spells . . .Such practices are included in the list of “acts of the sinful nature” in Galatians 5:19–21 that God will judge.”
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Billy Graham