Billy Graham

We should read the Bible expectantly, systematically, and obediently . . .The Bible can change our lives as we read it and obey its teachings every day.

God has spoken to us through a Book: the Bible.

Greed is an unreasonable or all-absorbing desire to acquire things or wealth. One test of greed is that it is never satisfied. Greed is repeatedly condemned in the Bible.

The Bible teaches that faith will manifest itself in three ways. It will manifest itself in doctrine__n what you believe. It will manifest itself in worship__our communion with God . . .It will manifest itself in morality__n the way you live and behave.

The Bible is a guidebook, leading men [and women] to God in a personal faith. Like a map or guidebook, it will show you the way, but you must take it one step at a time.

Fear can banish faith, but faith can banish fear.

During all my years as an evangelist,my message has always been the Gospel of Christ.It is not a Western religion, nor is it a message of one culture or political system . , .it is a message of life and hope for all the world.

Only as we bow in contrition, confession, and repentance at the foot of the cross, can we find forgiveness. There is the grace of God!

It is no accident that the words discipline and disciple resemble each other in the English language. The most common word in the Gospels for a Christian is disciple.

Christ never told his disciples that they would get an Academy Award for their performances, but He did tell them to expect to have troubles.

The greatest hindrance to Satan__ destructive efforts is our standing strong in the knowledge and fear of the Lord.

God gave the Bible to us because He wants us to know Him and love Him and serve Him. Most of all, He gave it to us so we can become more like Christ.

I do not understand why reading the Bible in public should make others feel uncomfortable . . . it may be such an example that serves to remind them of the Book they have neglected.

Evangelism is not a calling reserved exclusively for the clergy. I believe one of the greatest priorities of the church today is to mobilize the laity to do the work of evangelism.

One can approach the Bible with a cold, rationalistic attitude, or one can do so with reverence and the desire to hear God speak.

We are commissioned to make disciples, to bring them into the same direct relationship with Christ as those who left their nets and their fishing boats to become __ishers of men.

My wife and I were invited to have lunch with one of the wealthiest men in the world. He was seventy-five years old. Tears came down his cheeks. __ am the most miserable man in the world,_ he said. I have everything anyone could ever want. If I want to go anywhere, I have my own yacht or private plane. But down inside I__ miserable and empty._ Shortly after, I met another man who preached in a small church nearby. He was vivacious and full of life, and he told us, __ don__ have a penny to my name, but I__ the happiest man in the world!

The Bible opens with a tragedy and ends in a triumph.