Billy Graham
Billy Graham
William Franklin "Billy" Graham, Jr.is an American evangelical Christian evangelist, ordained as a Southern Baptist minister, who rose to celebrity status in 1949 reaching a core constituency of middle-class, moderately conservative Protestants. He held large indoor and outdoor rallies; sermons were broadcast on radio and television, some still being re-broadcast today. In his six decades of television, Graham is principally known for hosting the annual Billy Graham Crusades, which he began in 1947, until he concluded in 2005, at the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth7 November 1918
CityCharlotte, NC
CountryUnited States of America
Faith grows when it is planted in the fertile soil of God's Word.
Happy is the person who has learned the secret of being content with whatever life brings him, and has learned to rejoice in the simple and beautiful things around him.
... when we are hurt it is important to remember that God Himself has allowed it for a purpose.
What we think of Christ influences our thinking and controls our actions.
The Bible does not teach that sin is completely eradicated from the Christian in this life, but it does teach that sin shall no longer reign over you.
Many people have just enough natural religion to make them immune to the real thing.
There is nothing new about humanism. It is the yielding to Satan's first temptation of Adam and Eve: "Ye shall be as gods." (Gen. 3:5)
The word of God teaches that Christians suffer in order that they might glorify God in their lives.
It takes suffering to widen the soul.
In a very real sense, the suffering of this world was created by man himself.
The Bible teaches that all sin begins with sinful thinking.
Our way lies not in human ingenuity, but in a return to God.
Out of pain and problems have come the sweetest songs, the most poignant poems, the most gripping stories.
Angels are God's messengers whose chief business is to carry out his orders in the world. He has given them an ambassadorial charge. He has designated and empowered them as holy deputies to perform works of righteousness. In this way they assist him as their creator while he sovereignly controls the universe. So he has given them the capacity to bring holy enterprises to a successful conclusion.