BILLY GRAHAM

THE STRUGGLES OF LIFE – BILLY GRAHAM Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree … — 1 Peter 2:24 All life is a struggle—that is the nature of things. Even within our physical bodies, doctors tell us, a conflict for supremacy is going on. The …

THE SECRET OF SURRENDER – BILLY GRAHAM Just as you used to be slaves to all kinds of sin, so now you must let yourselves be slaves to all that is right and holy. — Romans 6:19 (TLB) We have heard the modern expression, “Don’t fight it—it’s bigger than both of us.” …

UNSPEAKABLE JOY – BILLY GRAHAM And the disciples were called Christians . . . — Acts 11:26 In the third century Cyprian, the Bishop of Carthage, wrote to his friend Donatus, “It is a bad world, Donatus, an incredibly bad world. But I have discovered in the midst of it a …

THIS WORLD IS NOT OUR HOME For we know that when this tent we live in now is taken down-when we die and leave these bodies-we will have wonderful new bodies in heaven, homes that will be ours forevermore, made for us by God himself, and not by human hands. — 2 Corinthians 5:1 (TLB) …

THREE KINDS OF PLEASURE The disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost. — Acts 13:52 The Bible speaks of three kinds of pleasure. There is lustful pleasure, the lust of the flesh, and Scripture says it is sinful and wrong. There is legitimate pleasure, which is not wrong, but we …

THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM – BILLY GRAHAM But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom . . . — 1 Corinthians 1:30 I believe we ought to get all the education we can, but we dare not make it our god. John Dewey once defined education as …

WONDERS OF NATURE – BILLY GRAHAM These things that were written in the Scriptures so long ago are to teach us . . . — Romans 15:4 (TLB) In the wonders of nature we see God’s laws in operation. Who has not looked up at the stars on a cloudless night and marveled in …

UNITY IN SCRIPTURE – BILLY GRAHAM . . . holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. — 2 Peter 1:21 Although one can derive inspiration from any portion of the Scripture, it is better to have an understanding of the general structure of  the Bible to get the most …

THE ETERNAL FACT – BILLY GRAHAM And all who trust him—God’s Son—to save them have eternal life . . . — John 3:36 (TLB) Currently, Christianity is being compared with other religions as never before. Some so-called Christian leaders even advocate the working out of a system of morals, ethics, and religion …