Billy Graham quote: "One of our most deep-seated fears is that we might be called an “outsider.” This fear has led us down the road to conformity, has put the imprint of “the organization man” on our souls, and has robbed us of originality of thought, individuality of personality, and constructive action."

Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion - it is a daily process whereby you ...
BILLY GRAHAM

God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the wor...
BILLY GRAHAM

I think that the Bible teaches that homosexuality is a sin, but the Bible also teaches that pride is...
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Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.
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Our society strives to avoid any possibility of offending anyone - except God.
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Every human being is under construction from conception to death.
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My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world.
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What really matters is how God sees me. He isn't concerned with labels; he is concerned about th...
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Once you've lost your privacy, you realize you've lost an extremely valuable thing.
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Heaven gives us hope and makes our present burdens easier to bear.
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If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other ...
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The highest form or worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of prai...
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God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the wor...
BILLY GRAHAM

When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
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Only those who want everything done for them are bored.
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America is said to have the highest per capita boredom of any spot on earth! We know that because we...
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The men who followed Him were unique in their generation. They turned the world upside down because ...
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No man ever loved like Jesus. He taught the blind to see and the dumb to speak. He died on the cross...
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Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion; it is like a daily process whereby ...
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God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.
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America's founding fathers did not intend to take religion out of education. Many of the nation's gr...
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Everybody has a little bit of Watergate in him.
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I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right.
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Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses the wor...
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Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.
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Churchgoers are like coals in a fire. When they cling together, they keep the flame aglow; when they...
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No parent is perfect; we all can look back and think of things we could've done to help our chil...
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The thing that alarms me is that there are so many clergymen who say that the so-called 'new mor...
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Only when Christ comes again will the little white children of Alabama walk hand in hand with little...
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Every President I think I've ever known, except Truman, has thought they didn't quite get do...
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The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other ma...
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No matter how prepared you think you are for the death of a loved one, it still comes as a shock, an...
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Communism is a religion that is inspired, directed and motivated by the Devil himself who has declar...
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A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.
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Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being pe...
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Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.
BILLY GRAHAM

I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right.
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I look forward to death with great anticipation, to meeting God face to face.
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God has given us two hands - one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns mad...
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As I approached my 95th birthday, I was burdened to write a book that addressed the epidemic of '...
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I think we've taken the meaning of Christmas out. People don't stop and think about Jesus or...
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The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of prai...
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Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
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Many churches of all persuasions are hiring research agencies to poll neighborhoods, asking what kin...
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The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to...
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Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love.
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Make sure of your commitment to Jesus Christ, and seek to follow Him every day. Don't be swayed ...
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When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost...
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Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.
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Racism and injustice and violence sweep our world, bringing a tragic harvest of heartache and death.
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I don't think the Christian Right dominates America in the way some in the media believe they do...
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We are not cisterns made for hoarding, we are channels made for sharing.
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'Hope and change' has become a cliche in our nation, and it is daunting to think that any Am...
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Auschwitz stands as a tragic reminder of the terrible potential man has for violence and inhumanity.
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I've been praying that we might have a spiritual awakening. But I think that becomes possible as...
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The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb he...
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One of the things I miss most is that I can no longer read, due to age-related macular degeneration....
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The New Testament says nothing of Apostles who retired and took it easy.
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Only God Himself fully appreciates the influence of a Christian mother in the molding of character i...
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Let me ask you a question: If you never ate a balanced diet, what would happen to your body? You kno...
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I still enjoy watching a batter successfully cross home plate, but nothing thrills me more than seei...
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Believers, look up - take courage. The angels are nearer than you think.
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God will prepare everything for our perfect happiness in heaven, and if it takes my dog being there,...
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A keen sense of humor helps us to overlook the unbecoming, understand the unconventional, tolerated ...
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Remember: He WANTS your fellowship, and He has done everything possible to make it a reality. He has...
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The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.
BILLY GRAHAM

The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not, 'What a lovely sermon!' but '...
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A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.
BILLY GRAHAM

Racial prejudice, anti-Semitism, or hatred of anyone with different beliefs has no place in the huma...
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Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses the wor...
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I'm not an analyzer. I've got a son that analyzes everything and everybody. But I don't ...
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I am not going to Heaven because I have preached to great crowds or read the Bible many times. I'...
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The number one problem in our world is alienation, rich versus poor, black versus white, labor versu...
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My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world.
BILLY GRAHAM

God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the wor...
BILLY GRAHAM

The happiness which brings enduring worth to life is not the superficial happiness that is dependent...
BILLY GRAHAM

They asked her (Ruth Graham) did she ever think about divorce and she said, 'No, I've never thought ...
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My prayer today is that we will feel the loving arms of God wrapped around us, and will know in our ...
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One with God is a majority.
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There is nothing wrong with people possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess people.
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Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion - it is a daily process whereby you ...
BILLY GRAHAM

Believers, look up -- take courage. The angels are nearer than you think.
BILLY GRAHAM

The time has come for all evangelists to practice full financial disclosure. The world is watching h...
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The word 'romance,' according to the dictionary, means excitement, adventure, and something ...
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There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men.
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I used to read five psalms every day - that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chap...
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I haven't written my own epitaph, and I'm not sure I should. Whatever it is, I hope it will ...
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The second coming of Christ will be so revolutionary that it will change every aspect of life on thi...
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Even the securest financial plan and the finest health coverage aren't enough to hold us steady ...
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It was a privilege to pray with Governor Romney - for his family and our country.
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God is unchanging in His love. He loves you. He has a plan for your life. Don't let the newspaper he...
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For a married couple to expect perfection in each other is unrealistic.
BILLY GRAHAM

The framers of our Constitution meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion...
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I think it is a sin to look at another person as inferior to yourself because of race or because of ...
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Scripture is filled with examples of men and women whom God used late in life, often with great impa...
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It's no secret that in New York during the last 30 years there has been a tragic exodus from the...
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For those of you who do not know Him, choosing your eternal home is the most important decision you ...
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Our magazine covers frequently feature the immoral, the perverted, the psychologically sick. Sin is ...
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I fell and broke my pelvic bone in three places. So, I'm still sort of an invalid now.
BILLY GRAHAM

I think where political issues invade moral situations, spiritual leaders have to speak out.
BILLY GRAHAM

The Information Highway intrigues me because I have always been a newshound; I have always been curi...
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Even Hubble hasn't found yet the end of this universe, and we don't know that it has any end...
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Every year during their High Holy Days, the Jewish community reminds us all of our need for repentan...
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Regardless of what society says, we can't go on much longer in the sea of immorality without jud...
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The human heart is the same the world over.
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consultants have told us to plan for 400,000 people a year. We're more conservative than that. We're...
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I wish I'd watched less TV.
BILLY GRAHAM

The people of the United States want peace. The people of China want peace. The people of the Soviet...
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Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifesty...
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Don't be misled by those who claim God doesn't exist, because He does.
BILLY GRAHAM

As I got older, I guess I became more mellow and more forgiving and more loving.
BILLY GRAHAM

I first met Bev Shea while in Chicago when he was on Moody Radio. As a young man starting my ministr...
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We're a diverse society, and I think the TV is doing a great job in showing that we're all h...
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You cannot come to Christ unless the Spirit of God brings you. But what if you ignore His warnings? ...
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‎Sincerity is the biggest part of selling anything -- including the Christian plan of salvation.
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Worship leader George Beverly Shea kidded Billy Graham that the latter would be unemployed in Heaven...
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A real Christian is the one who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.
BILLY GRAHAM

Women need a reason for having sex, men just need a place
BILLY GRAHAM

God never takes away something from your life without replacing it with something better.
BILLY GRAHAM

I've read the last page of the Bible, it's all going to turn out all right.
BILLY GRAHAM

The will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us.
BILLY GRAHAM

The great question of our time is, 'Will we be motivated by materialistic philosophy or by spiri...
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A calling is you feel - you look out and see the need - maybe it's the need for the poor, to hel...
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We are the Bibles the world is reading; We are the creeds the world is needing; We are the sermons t...
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Only God can give us a selfless love for others, as the Holy Spirit changes us from within. This is ...
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You're born. You suffer. You die. Fortunately, there's a loophole.
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I'm grateful for the evangelical resurgence we've seen across the world in the last half-cen...
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I'm grateful for the opportunities God gave me to minister to people in high places; people in p...
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Occasionally I've seen children become heavy-handed and insensitive when dealing with their agin...
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Our days are numbered. One of the primary goals in our lives should be to prepare for our last day. ...
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We believe that in your province you have granted a second term to our president, George W. Bush, an...
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The Oklahoma City bombing was simple technology, horribly used. The problem is not technology. The p...
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The word repentance is sadly missing today from the average pulpit. It is a very unpopular word. The...
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God knows what we are going through when we grieve, and He wants to assure us of His love and concer...
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Give me five minutes with a person's checkbook, and I will tell you where their heart is.
BILLY GRAHAM

Growing old has been the greatest surprise of my life.
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When granted many years of life, growing old in age is natural, but growing old with grace is a choi...
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Everybody has a little bit of Watergate in him
BILLY GRAHAM

We have to have armies! We have to have military power! We have to have police forces, whether it's ...
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No man ever loved like Jesus. He taught the blind to see and the dumb to speak. He died on the cross...
BILLY GRAHAM

The most eloquent prayer is the prayer through hands that heal and bless.
BILLY GRAHAM

In my travels I have found that those who keep Heaven in view remain serene and cheerful in the dark...
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Gratitude is one of the greatest Christian graces; ingratitude, one of the most vicious sins.
BILLY GRAHAM

Prayer is simply a two-way conversation between you and God.
BILLY GRAHAM

How often we commit our burdens to the Lord and then fail to trust Him by taking matters into our ow...
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My one purpose in life is to help people find a personal relationship with God, which, I believe, co...
BILLY GRAHAM

Some believe strongly that each Christian may have his own guardian angel assigned to watch over him...
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It is not the body's posture, but the heart's attitude that counts when we pray.
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Today, we come together to confess our need of God. ? Those perpetrators who took us on to tear us a...
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This stranglehold has got to be broken or the country's going down the drain.
BILLY GRAHAM

June Glenn was one of the greatest photographers I ever had the privilege of knowing. He was a warm,...
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The Bible promises us that Jesus will return to take His faithful followers with Him to live with Hi...
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While our world is shaking and crumbling, we need to realize that one thing will never change, and t...
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Kindness is an essential part of God's work and ours here on earth.
BILLY GRAHAM

God's angels often protect his servants from potential enemies.
BILLY GRAHAM

Hot heads and cold hearts never solved anything
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I can tell you that God is alive because I talked to him this morning.
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God is more interested in your future and your relationships than you are.
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Out of defeat can come the best in human nature. As Christians face storms of adversity, they may ri...
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The only thing I could say for sure is that hell means separation from God. We are separated from hi...
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Theology never changes. A man's heart is the same. The Gospel is the same. There have been no additi...
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they starve. Period.
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We need to be reminded that there is nothing morbid about honestly confronting the fact of life's en...
BILLY GRAHAM

A real Christian is the one who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip
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When anyone has the power to destroy the whole human race in a matter of hours, it becomes a moral i...
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Rose Adams is a wonderful Christian woman who cared for my mother, Morrow Coffey Graham, in her last...
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There are two great forces, God's force of good and the devil's force of evil, and I believe...
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[It] is well and good when our convictions are based upon the “Thou shalts” and the “Thou shal...
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Because President Clinton has been a friend for so many years, I feel like it is very difficult afte...
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Two thousand years ago God invited a morally corrupt world to the foot of the cross. There God held ...
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It was not the people or the Roman soldiers who put [Jesus] on the cross—it was your sins and my s...
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It has been said there was a cross in the heart of God long before the cross was erected at Calvary....
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Sin is serious—so serious it sent Jesus Christ to the cross. Flee from [sin] and stay close to Chr...
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The cross has become a symbol in much of the Western world, misused by many rock stars and others wh...
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Sin’s masterpiece of shame and hate became God’s masterpiece of mercy and forgiveness. Through t...
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Jesus Christ opened heaven’s door for us by His death on the cross.
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The law enables us to see ourselves as morally dirty and in need of cleansing. But it also points us...
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When Jesus hung on the cross, a great unseen cosmic battle raged in the heavens—and in the end, Ch...
BILLY GRAHAM

The cross shows the seriousness of our sin—
but it also shows us the immeasurable love of God...
BILLY GRAHAM

One-third of Matthew . . . one-third of Mark . . . one-fourth of Luke, and one-half of John are give...
BILLY GRAHAM

Be willing to be sneered at than to be approved, counting the cross of Christ greater riches than al...
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Great crowds followed our Lord . . . as He healed the sick, raised the dead, and fed the hungry. How...
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Sin was conquered on the cross. [Christ’s] death is the foundation of our hope, the promise of our...
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Had Satan not set himself in opposition to God . . . there would have been no need for God to send H...
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Jesus was born with the cross darkening His pathway . . . From the cradle to the cross, [Jesus’] p...
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If Jesus had not risen from the dead, no right-minded person would have glorified anything so hideou...
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God undertook the most dramatic rescue operation in cosmic history. He determined to save the human ...
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Why is it that the cross has become the symbol of Christianity? It is because at the cross Jesus pur...
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The cross is the suffering love of God bearing the guilt of man’s sin, which alone is able to melt...
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The heart of the Christian Gospel with its incarnation and atonement is in the cross and the resurre...
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The ground is level at the foot of the cross.
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Once you have been to the cross, you will never be the same.
BILLY GRAHAM

The greatest vision of sin that a person can
ever receive is to look at the cross.
BILLY GRAHAM

Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and gui...
BILLY GRAHAM

The happiness which brings enduring worth to life is not the superficial happiness that is dependent...
BILLY GRAHAM

To take up your cross means to associate yourself with Christ and to share His rejection. It means y...
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Though the cross repels, it also attracts. It possesses a magnetic quality.
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The cross is the only way of salvation. And the cross gives a new purpose to life.
BILLY GRAHAM

It is the Holy Spirit's job to convict, God's job to judge and my job to love.
BILLY GRAHAM

The second coming of Christ will be so revolutionary that it will change every aspect of life on thi...
BILLY GRAHAM

One of our most deep-seated fears is that we might be called an “outsider.” This fear has led us down the road to conformity, has put the imprint of “the organization man” on our souls, and has robbed us of originality of thought, individuality of personality, and constructive action.

Billy Graham

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