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
I think we should love sinners, and welcome them, and open our arms to them, and then we don't totally accept them into our fellowship as believers and as Christians until they have repented their sins and changed their way of living.
The only people here are the quick and the dead
We believe that in your province you have granted a second term to our president, George W. Bush, and our vice president, Richard Cheney,
The people of the United States want peace. The people of China want peace. The people of the Soviet Union want peace. Why can't we have peace?
Regardless of what society says, we can't go on much longer in the sea of immorality without judgment coming.
Sincere Christians can disagree about the details of Scripture and theology - absolutely.
Evangelism is when the Gospel, which is good news, is preached or presented to all people.
The human heart is the same the world over.
I spoke to a million in one service, in Korea, in Seoul. And that was the largest audience I ever have had.
Some people spend their lives building ultimate dream homes so they can enjoy their twilight years... Others spend their last days in nursing homes.
I am well aware that there are prisoners of conscience in the Soviet Union, including some who have said they have chosen to resist the law because of religious reasons.
What really matters is how God sees me. He isn't concerned with labels; he is concerned about the state of man's soul.
Heaven gives us hope and makes our present burdens easier to bear.
The New Testament says nothing of Apostles who retired and took it easy.