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
Angels speak. They appear and reappear. They feel with apt sense of emotion. While Angels may become visible by choice, our eyes are not conducted to see them ordinarily any more than we can see the dimensions of a nuclear field, the structure of atoms, or the electricity that flows through copper wiring....
Knowing we will be with Christ forever far outweighs our burdens today! Keep your eyes on eternity!
In a country where Christians were looked upon with suspicion and disfavor, a government leader said to me with a twinkle in his eye, 'Christians seem to thrive under persecution. Perhaps we should prosper them, and then they would disappear.'
Our valleys may be filled with foes and tears; but we can lift our eyes to the hills to see God and the angels, heaven's spectators, who support us according to God's infinite wisdom as they prepare our welcome home.
Success in God's eyes is faithfulness to His calling.
Take your eyes and your ears and your hands and your feet and your thoughts and your heart: Give them completely to Christ
Our world is obsessed with success. But how does God define success? Success in God's eyes is faithfulness to His calling.
The Church has lost a great warrior and the country has lost a great patriot who will long be remembered, ... He was a bold and courageous man who stood firmly for what he believed.
I'm thankful for the news of the Exhibition of the Bible that will be brought to the United States. We certainly are delighted that it is going to take place and we will be praying for its success.
When I reached about 80, my physical world turned upside down,
Transcendental meditation is evil because when you are meditating, it opens space within you for the devil to enter.
Billions and billions of stars and planets out there, and behind them all are God.
A tragedy like this could have torn our country apart. But instead it has united us, and we have become a family.
Theology never changes. A man's heart is the same. The Gospel is the same. There have been no additions to the Gospel that was preached in the first century, and there is no difference in the reading of the events of the first century; morally, they're still the same. The same old sins, the same old problems, basically, that they faced in Egypt we face today in America.