Quotes from Billy Graham

The blood of Christ purchased the church.

When we are called before God and His throne of judgment, it will be too late to reverse our decision. It is during our lifetime here on earth that we decide our eternal destiny.

We have become a nation of biblical illiterates.

Christianity increases the scope and area of our lives.

Philosophically, war is an extension of man's struggle with sin and evil in the world.

We don't live in an ideal world, but in a world dominated by sinful, selfish desires.

Obedience is the master key to effectual prayer.

Instead of giving God His rightful place at the center of our lives, we have substituted the "god" of Self. Only Christ can change our hearts—and through us begin to change our world.

He went to the wedding at Cana as well as to the home of Mary and Martha when Lazarus died. He wept with those who wept and rejoiced with those who rejoiced.

To be a Christian is not a pious pose. It is not a long list of restrictions. Christianity flings open the windows to the real joy of living. Those who have been truly converted to Jesus Christ know the meaning of abundant living.

Thousands are killed and injured every year by teenagers driving too fast or under the influence of drugs and drink . . .others are killing [themselves] with alcohol or heroin overdoses.

The only really sound marriages are those based on mutual respect.

Walk into any bookstore and you'll find hundreds of books telling you how to live. Don't be misled, and don't be deceived. Instead, build your life on the truth God has given us in His Word.

Becoming "new" in Christ is a wonderful beginning, but it isn't the end of pain or problems in our lives. It is the beginning of our facing up to them. Being a Christian involves a lifetime of hard work, dedicated study, and difficult decisions.

The Bible is to be our basis of authority. We must "by faith" accept [Jesus] as the Son of the living God. This sounds narrow and intolerant, and in a sense it is!

Christianity is not a spectator sport, it's something in which we become totally involved.

Satan will thrash about in one last burst of evil, hoping to capture as many souls as possible before his inevitable end.

War is only one facet of the larger problem of evil which has been with the human race since the beginning . . .This same evil tried to destroy the greatest human being who ever lived, nailing Him to a cross.

Much of the world believes little or nothing. People are broad but shallow. Agnosticism, anxiety, emptiness, and meaninglessness have gripped much of the world—and even the church . . . By contrast, our Pilgrim forebears stand as shining examples of men who were narrow but deep, certain of what they believed, unswerving in their loyalty, and passionately dedicated to the God they trusted, and for whom they would willingly have died.

If we are to have our prayers answered, we must give God the glory.

Though cultures differ and times change, the Word of our God stands forever as an unchanging source of answers to all of life's problems.

But though our heads are crammed with knowledge, our hearts are empty.

Our society has traded strength of character for makeovers that deceive.

Part of the human makeup which distinguishes man from other creatures is his ability to reason and make moral decisions. Man is a free moral agent.