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
This stranglehold has got to be broken or the country's going down the drain.
You know, when Jesus dealt with people with moral problems, like dear Walter had, he always dealt tenderly, ... I just hope if you have any contact with him, you'll give him my love and understanding.
Today, we come together to confess our need of God. ? Those perpetrators who took us on to tear us apart, it has worked the other way. It has backfired; it has brought us together,
I'm the man of the hour, the man with the power, too sweet to be sour.
We believe that in your province you have granted a second term to our president, George W. Bush, and our vice president, Richard Cheney,
We've always needed God from the very beginning of this nation but today we need Him especially. We're facing a new kind of enemy. We're involved in a new kind of warfare and we need the help of the Spirit of God. The Bible's words are our hope. . . .
God has given us two hands -- one to receive with, and the other to give with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing. Billy Graham, evangelist
History is full of surprises, and the next century will be no exception.
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?
Because President Clinton has been a friend for so many years, I feel like it is very difficult after he became President, because I led the Inaugural prayer, and when I stepped down I said, "Mr. President," and I almost said, "Bill," because I'd called him Bill so long. And I feel like calling him Bill again tonight after those warm words of a brother.
I loved him very much, and had the opportunity of discussing so many things with him, and we wrote each other several times during the years.
I have been asked on hundreds of times in my life why God allows tragedy and suffering. I have to confess that I really do not know the answer totally, even to my own satisfaction. I have to accept, by faith, that God is sovereign, and He is a God of love and mercy and compassion in the midst of suffering.
I have a very strange feeling of loss. I almost feel as though one of my family members has gone,
I can't explain 9/11, except the evil of man.