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'm the man of the hour, the man with the power, too sweet to be sour.
I think we've taken the meaning of Christmas out. People don't stop and think about Jesus or the birth of Jesus. When they think of Christmas, they think of Santa Claus and - for the children, and they think of giving gifts and out-giving the next person of spending their time looking for the right thing for somebody who has everything.
The New Testament says nothing of Apostles who retired and took it easy.
Heaven gives us hope and makes our present burdens easier to bear.
I think where political issues invade moral situations, spiritual leaders have to speak out.
Almost everybody will listen to you when you tell your own story.
We have an idea that we Americans are God's chosen people, that God loves us more than any other people, and that we are God's blessed. I tell you that God doesn't love us any more than He does the Russians.
The Oklahoma City bombing was simple technology, horribly used. The problem is not technology. The problem is the person or persons using it.
Even Hubble hasn't found yet the end of this universe, and we don't know that it has any end.
What really matters is how God sees me. He isn't concerned with labels; he is concerned about the state of man's soul.
I believe that the greatest form of prayer is praise to God.