Quotes by Evangelists - Page 13

I don’t think people can live without hope. What oxygen is to the lungs, hope is to our survival in this world. And the Bible is filled with hope.
Billy Graham
The Bible is the constant fountain for faith, conduct, and inspiration from which we drink daily.
Billy Graham
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.
Billy Graham
Some of the strongest warnings about judgment in the Bible come from the lips of Jesus.
Billy Graham
Man is precisely what the Bible says he is. Human nature is behaving exactly as the Bible said it would. The course of human events is flowing just as Christ predicted.
Billy Graham
The Bible teaches that man’s chief problem is spiritual.
Billy Graham
In the textbook of revelation, the Bible, God has spoken verbally; and this spoken word has survived every scratch of the human pen.
Billy Graham
The Bible . . . is the only Book that offers man a redemption and points the way out of his dilemmas. It is our one sure guide in an unsure world.
Billy Graham
We have become a nation of biblical illiterates.
Billy Graham
When we approach the Bible as history and biography, we approach the Bible in the wrong spirit. We must read the Bible, not primarily as historians seeking information, but as men and women seeking God.
Billy Graham
The Bible is the textbook of revelation.In God’s great classroom there are three textbooks—one called nature, one called conscience, and one named Scripture. In the written textbook of revelation—the Bible—God speaks through words.
Billy Graham
Without the Bible, this world would indeed be a dark and frightening place, without signpost or beacon.
Billy Graham
Those who read the Scriptures as magnificent literature, breath-taking poetry, or history and overlook the story of salvation miss the Bible’s real meaning and message.
Billy Graham
As we cast our frightened eyes around for something that is real and true and enduring, we are turning once more to this ancient Book [the Bible] that has given consolation, comfort, and salvation to millions in the centuries past.
Billy Graham
God never leads us to do anything that is contrary to the Bible.
Billy Graham
The Bible stands as the supreme Constitution for all mankind, its laws applying equally to all who live under its domain, without exception or special interpretation.
Billy Graham
The Bible can stand the onslaught of any enemy.
Billy Graham
I have yet to discover a source of information, practical advice, and hope that compares to the wisdom found in the Bible.
Billy Graham
There is nothing which indicates the inspiration of the Scriptures more than the factual and faithful record of men and their failures . . .These records are for our warning and instruction. They show us how sinful man needs God.
Billy Graham
Just as the Bible is God’s written Word, so Jesus is God’s living Word.
Billy Graham
One can approach the Bible with a cold, rationalistic attitude, or one can do so with reverence and the desire to hear God speak.
Billy Graham
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.
Billy Graham
The [Bible’s] message is concerned with earth dwellers, their origin, the reason for their existence, the cause of their misery, and the plan of redemption for a fallen race.
Billy Graham
We are not free to pick and choose the parts of the Bible we want to believe or obey. God has given us all of it, and we should be obedient to all of it.
Billy Graham
Psalms teaches us how to relate to God, and Proverbs teaches us how to relate to others.
Billy Graham
The Bible is our authority in everything it touches. This means the Bible is our guide to show us how to live . . . it is our instructor.
Billy Graham
The Bible has stood the test of time because it is divinely inspired by Almighty God, written in ink that cannot be erased by any man, religion,or belief system.
Billy Graham
The Word does not change. The Dead Sea scrolls, archeology, modern science—they do not change the Bible; they confirm it.
Billy Graham
Man has not changed. Man still rejects the testimony of the Scripture.
Billy Graham
Don’t take your Bible for granted! For centuries ordinary believers had no access to the Bible; Bibles had to be painstakingly copied by hand and were very expensive. The only access most people had to the Bible was by hearing it read in church. The invention of the printing press changed all that, however, and today the Bible is readily available in multiple translations and hundreds of languages around the world.
Billy Graham
Every generation has found [the Bible’s] message indispensable, and its influence on individuals and society over the centuries has been enormous.
Billy Graham
God’s laws for the spiritual world are found in the Bible. Whatever else there may be that tells us of God, it is more clearly told in the Bible.
Billy Graham
The Bible will always be the center of controversy.
Billy Graham
The only place we can find a clear, i unmistakable message is in the Word of God [the Bible].
Billy Graham
We should begin the day with the Bible, and as it comes to a close let the Word speak its wisdom to our souls. Let it be the Staff of Life upon which our spirit is nourished. Let it be the Sword of the Spirit which cuts away the evil of our lives and fashions us in His image and likeness.
Billy Graham
The central theme of the Bible is salvation, and the central personality of the Bible is Christ.
Billy Graham
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!
Billy Graham
People from all walks of life are searching for answers to life’s problems. I believe the Bible has the answer to man’s deepest needs.
Billy Graham
God called me many years ago to be an evangelist, and I have never regretted His leading. I love the crusades, meeting people from every country and culture all over the world. My life has been blessed by friends from every land, and challenges from every corner.
Billy Graham
Itinerant evangelists are the most important ambassadors and messengers on earth. They are a mighty army, spreading out across the world with a vision to reach their own people for Christ.
Billy Graham
Some evangelists spend too much time thinking and even planning about how to achieve visible results. This is an easy trap to fall into.
Billy Graham
Nowhere do the Scriptures tell us to seek results, nor do the Scriptures rebuke evangelists if the results are meager.
Billy Graham
The evangelist cannot bring conviction of sin, righteousness, or judgment; that is the Spirit’s work. They cannot convert anyone; that is the Spirit’s work.
Billy Graham
The Bible opens with a tragedy and ends in a triumph.
Billy Graham
The Bible is God’s love letter to us.
Billy Graham
The whole world ought to know the story of the Bible.
Billy Graham
When you are told that science has disproved the Bible, ask specifically where such is the case. True science and a true understanding of the Bible are never at variance.
Billy Graham
The Bible is a living Book and can be trusted for its advice and direction and knowledge of God.
Billy Graham
[God] speaks from heaven through the Bible, His written Word. This is why I use the phrase “the Bible says.” I would not have the authority to say what I do in sermons unless it was based upon the Word of God.
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.
Billy Graham
God has spoken to us through a Book: the Bible.
Billy Graham
No book ever takes the place of the Bible. It is its own best commentary.
Billy Graham
Most of us do not understand nuclear fission, but we accept it . . . Why is it so easy to accept manmade miracles and so difficult to accept the miracles of the Bible?
Billy Graham
The Bible is God’s gift to us. It came from God, and it points us to God.
Billy Graham
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.
Billy Graham
The Bible is to your soul what bread is to your body. You need it daily. One good meal does not suffice for a lifetime.
Billy Graham
I’m afraid most Bibles remain unopened and unread. Don’t let this be true of yours!
Billy Graham
The vitality [of] the Bible [is] exhibited in every generation . . .Its power to transform lives is its best apologetic.
Billy Graham
Everything that we see about us that we count is our possessions only comprises a loan from God, and it is when we lose sight of this all-pervading truth that we become greedy and covetous.
Billy Graham
Life is not a matter of dollars and cents, houses and lands, earning capacity and financial achievement. Greed must not be allowed to make man the slave of wealth.
Billy Graham