Many churches of all persuasions are hiring research agencies to poll neighborhoods, asking what kind of church they prefer. Then the local churches design themselves to fit the desires of the people. True faith in God that demands selflessness is being replaced by trendy religion that serves the selfish.
— Billy Graham
Evangelicals can't be closely identified with any particular party or person. We have to stand in the middle, to preach to all the people, right and left.
The New Testament says nothing of Apostles who retired and took it easy.
I've been praying that we might have a spiritual awakening. But I think that becomes possible as individuals surrender their lives fresh and anew to Christ.
I first met Bev Shea while in Chicago when he was on Moody Radio. As a young man starting my ministry, I asked Bev if he would join me. He said yes, and for over 60 years we had the privilege of ministering together across the country and around the world.
Growing old has been the greatest surprise of my life.
'Suffering should not make us bitter people,' my mother once said, 'it should make us better comforters.' Young people need to hear this from those who have walked before them, because someday they'll be walking those same steps, but there may not be anyone following behind.
I don't think the Christian Right dominates America in the way some in the media believe they do.
Only when Christ comes again will the little white children of Alabama walk hand in hand with little black children.
I am not a televangelist.
A calling is you feel - you look out and see the need - maybe it's the need for the poor, to help poor people. Maybe it's the need to get involved in the race problem, as Martin Luther King was - felt called.
I look forward to death with great anticipation, to meeting God face to face.
People have a negative impression of New York that I don't think is quite fair.
There are a lot of groups that feel a little bit strange around me, because I am inclusive.
Every President I think I've ever known, except Truman, has thought they didn't quite get done what they wanted done. And toward the end of their Administrations, they were disappointed and wished they had done some things differently.
I'm not an analyzer. I've got a son that analyzes everything and everybody. But I don't analyze people.
Our society strives to avoid any possibility of offending anyone - except God.
Christ was God in human flesh, and He proved it by rising from the dead.
I found that this Parkinson's does slow you down, whether you want to slow down or not.
We go on in our pleasures thinking they're going to last forever.
It was a privilege to pray with Governor Romney - for his family and our country.
As a former resident with strong personal and ministry ties to the North Star State, I pray that the good people of Minnesota will show their support for God's definition of marriage, between a man and a woman.
Regardless of what society says, we can't go on much longer in the sea of immorality without judgment coming.
Rose Adams is a wonderful Christian woman who cared for my mother, Morrow Coffey Graham, in her last years of life.
Sincere Christians can disagree about the details of Scripture and theology - absolutely.
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.
I don't think the government should be in the trailer-park business. I don't think they know how to run a trailer park.
We're a diverse society, and I think the TV is doing a great job in showing that we're all human beings, that we can all get along, that we can all be together, and I think that's a marvelous thing.
It's no secret that in New York during the last 30 years there has been a tragic exodus from the churches into materialism, secularism and humanism.
I used to read five psalms every day - that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.
Communism has decided against God, against Christ, against the Bible, and against all religion.
Once you've lost your privacy, you realize you've lost an extremely valuable thing.
I am just one of many thousands called to be an evangelist.
I've spent too much time giving speeches, traveling the world.
Don't be misled by those who claim God doesn't exist, because He does.
I don't eat with beautiful women alone.
I have never changed my message. I preach the Bible, and I preach it with authority.
Oral Roberts was a man of God and a great friend in ministry. I loved him as a brother.
When granted many years of life, growing old in age is natural, but growing old with grace is a choice. Growing older with grace is possible for all who will set their hearts and minds on the Giver of grace, the Lord Jesus Christ.
There's a great deal to say in the Bible about the signs we're to watch for, and when these signs all converge at one place we can be sure that we're close to the end of the age.
The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, temperance, kindness, and industry.
It seems the only way to gain attention today is to organize a march and protest something.
We're all sinners. Everybody you meet all over the world is a sinner.
I'm not focused on the gay and lesbian movement.
I can't prove it scientifically, that there's a God, but I believe.
Only God who made us can touch us and change us and save us from ourselves.
I don't have many sad days.
As I got older, I guess I became more mellow and more forgiving and more loving.
I'm going to Heaven just like the thief on the cross who said in that last moment: 'Lord, remember me.'
I don't need a successor, only willing hands to accept the torch for a new generation.
