Quotes by Billy Graham

Both my parents had a great influence on me. I never heard my father use a profane or even a slang word. I always respected him because of his complete integrity. In his business dealings his handshake was like a contract. He was as good as his word. Of all the people I have ever known, my mother had the greatest influence on me.

Society has become so obsessed with sex that it seeps from all the pores of our national life.

In the face of legalized pornography, the conscience of America seems to be paralyzed. More serious than our fakery in art, literature, and pictures is the collapse of our moral standards and the blunting of our capacity as a nation for righteous indignation.

The word lust [can] mean “selfish desire.” . . .It is wanting something so badly you will do anything to get it. That is one of the tricks of the devil. It is too high a price to pay.

It is a source of encouragement that many homosexuals report being transformed through the power of the Gospel.

No matter how we may rationalize the practice [of homosexuality] . . . Romans 1 makes it clearly the product of a reprobate mind . . .I am not exonerating all heterosexual activity . . . When we come to Christ, we are called upon to repent of our sins and no longer to practice the ungodly patterns of living.

God has not changed. His laws have not changed. He is still a God of love and mercy But He is also a God of righteousness and judgment.

God is sending forth His message of love, but you must tune in. You must be willing to listen and to receive His message and then to obey it.

Don’t make the mistake of thinking that because God is love everything is going to be sweet, beautiful, and happy and that no one will be punished for his sins . . . God’s love provided the cross of Jesus, by which we can have forgiveness and cleansing.

A God of love must be a God of justice. It is because God loves that He is just. His justice balances His love and makes His acts of bothlove and justice meaningful.

God could not consistently love men if He did not provide for the judgment of evildoers.

[The] love of God that reaches to wherever man is, can be entirely rejected. God will not force Himself upon anyone against his will. It is your part to believe. It is your part to receive. Nobody else can do it for you.

God’s love did not begin at the cross. It began in eternity before the world was established, before the time clock of civilization began to move.

It was God’s love which knew that men were incapable of obeying His law, and it was His love which promised a Redeemer, a Savior, who would save His people from their sins.

No one can grasp the love of the God of the universe without knowing His Son.

Speak about the love of God and faces light up, but speak of God as a Judge, and our attitudes change.

There is one thing God’s love cannot do. It cannot forgive the unrepentant sinner.

Our popular music talks constantly about love, and yet divorce rates skyrocket.

God is love” means that He tries constantlyto block your route to destruction.

What relationships need strengthening in your life? Don’t wait for them to grow cold or bitter, but ask God to help you strengthen them by putting God’s love into action—begin today.