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
Man has no ability to repair this damaged planet. The flaw in human nature is too great. God is our only hope!
Christianity is not a spectator sport. It's something in which we become totally involved.
In some Churches today and on some religious television programs, we see the attempt to make Christianity popular and pleasant. We have taken the cross away and substituted cushions.
Even if we may not always understand why God allows certain things to happen to us, we can know He is able to bring good out of evil, and triumph out of suffering.
I am never lonely when I am reading the Bible. Nothing dissolves loneliness like a session with God's Word.
Christ not only died for all: He died for each.
Don't ever hesitate to take to [God] whatever is on your heart. He already knows it anyway, but He doesn't want you to bear its pain or celebrate its joy alone.
When the family is destroyed, society eventually disintegrates.
We hurt people by being too busy. Too busy to notice their needs. Too busy to drop that note of comfort or encouragement or assurance of love. Too busy to listen when someone needs to talk. Too busy to care.
Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don't complain.
A prayerless Christian is a powerless Christian.
God never takes away something from your life without replacing it with something better.
I haven't been faithful to my own advice in the past. I will in the future.
I look forward to death with great anticipation, to meeting God face to face.