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
We've always needed God from the very beginning of this nation but today we need Him especially. We're facing a new kind of enemy. We're involved in a new kind of warfare and we need the help of the Spirit of God. The Bible's words are our hope. . . .
While nobody likes a watchdog, and for that reason many investigation committees are unpopular, I thank God for men who, in the face of public denouncement and ridicule, go loyally on in their work of exposing the pinks, the lavenders and the reds who have sought refuge beneath the wings of the American eagle and from that vantage point try in every subtle, undercover way to bring comfort, aid and help to the greatest enemy we have ever known -- communism.
... a true servant of God is someone who helps another succeed.
How often we commit our burdens to the Lord and then fail to trust Him by taking matters into our own hands. Then, when we have messed things up, we pray, "Oh, Lord, help me, I'm in trouble." The choice is yours. Do you want to trust your life in God's "pocket" or keep it in your own?
If every church in America adopted a family, it would solve the problem of how to house and help so many evacuees,
We believe that in your province you have granted a second term to our president, George W. Bush, and our vice president, Richard Cheney,
I'm the man of the hour, the man with the power, too sweet to be sour.
The fact is, we cannot truly face life until we have learned to face the fact that it will be taken away from us.
June Glenn was one of the greatest photographers I ever had the privilege of knowing. He was a warm, personal friend who took hundreds of photographs of me and my family. Ruth and I feel a great sense of loss.
part poet, part preacher, a singer of the human spirit.
People have become so empty that they can't even entertain themselves. They have to pay other people to amuse them, to make them laugh, to try to make them feel warm and happy and comfortable for a few minutes, to try to lose that awful, frightening, hollow feeling--that terrible, dreaded feeling of being lost and alone.
I think when a person has been found guilty of rape he should be castrated. That would stop him pretty quick.
You know, when Jesus dealt with people with moral problems, like dear Walter had, he always dealt tenderly, ... I just hope if you have any contact with him, you'll give him my love and understanding.
Today, we come together to confess our need of God. ? Those perpetrators who took us on to tear us apart, it has worked the other way. It has backfired; it has brought us together,