Billy Graham Quotes About Church

Quotes about: Church

• One of the greatest priorities of the church today is to mobilize the laity to do the work of evangelism.

  Billy Graham

  Church Today, Priorities, Evangelism

  Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, Donna Lee Toney (2011). “Billy Graham in Quotes”, p.13, Thomas Nelson Inc

• In some Churches today and on some religious television programs, we see the attempt to make Christianity popular and pleasant. We have taken the cross away and substituted cushions.

  Billy Graham

  Religious, Taken, Church Today

  Franklin Graham, Billy Graham (2011). “Billy Graham in Quotes”, p.60, Thomas Nelson Inc

• If you find a perfect church don't join it: You'd spoil it.

  Billy Graham

  Perfect, Church, Spoil

• Churchgoers are like coals in a fire. When they cling together, they keep the flame aglow; when they separate, they die out.

  Billy Graham

  Fire, Flames, Church

  Billy Graham (1966). “The Quotable Billy Graham”

• The family should be a closely knit group. The home should be a self-contained shelter of security; a kind of school where life's basic lessons are taught; and a kind of church where God is honored; a place where wholesome recreation and simple pleasures are enjoyed.

  Billy Graham

  Home, School, Parenting

• The blood of the lamb applied over the doorpost on the night of Israel's deliverance from Egypt distinguished the obedient from the disobedient. Just so today the applied blood of the Lamb of God is the distinguishing mark of God's called out ones, the church.

  Billy Graham

  Night, Israel, Egypt

• Those outside the church expect followers of Christ to live differently, yet today many in church are chasing after the world - not to win them, but to be like them.

  Billy Graham

  Winning, Church, Followers

• To a large extent, the American church has become merged with the world. It has adopted so many of the world's ideals and standards that it has lost its ability to stem the tide of crime, deception and immorality that is sweeping the nation. For millions of church members there is no deep commitment to the cause of Christ, no regularity of attendance at public worship, no sacrificial giving, no personal religious discipline.

  Billy Graham

  Christian, Religious, Commitment

• I remember the first sermon I ever preached. I had four sermons. I preached them, all four in ten minutes. And that was the beginning, in a place called Bostwick, Florida, in northern Florida, in a little tiny church, and on a cold night, about 40 people. And I was so nervous.

  Billy Graham

  Night, Florida, People

• 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

  Selfish, Agency, People

  Billy Graham (2013). “The Reason for My Hope: Salvation”, p.105, Thomas Nelson Inc

• 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.

  Billy Graham

  New York, Years, Secret

• When anyone has the power to destroy the whole human race in a matter of hours, it becomes a moral issue. The church must speak out.

  Billy Graham

  Speaks Out, Issues, Race

• I realize that my ministry would someday come to an end. I am only one in a glorious chain of men and women God has raised up through the centuries to build Christ's church and take the Gospel everywhere.

  Billy Graham

  Men, Church, Ministry

  Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, Donna Lee Toney (2011). “Billy Graham in Quotes”, p.39, Thomas Nelson Inc

• Some people accuse us of too much emotionalism. I say we have too little. That is why we are losing church people to other interests. We need not only to capture their minds; we've got to touch their hearts. We've got to make people feel their faith.

  Billy Graham

  Heart, People, Mind

  Billy Graham (1966). “The Quotable Billy Graham”

• I'd grown up in a Presbyterian church, but I really didn't know Christ personally in my heart. I knew him, but I didn't know him. And there's a difference between an intellectual faith and a personal, heart faith in which I opened my heart to him and let him rule my life.

  Billy Graham

  Heart, Differences, Intellectual

  "Tony Snow Interviews Billy Graham". "Fox News Sunday" with Tony Snow, www.deceptioninthechurch.com. January 2, 2000.

• You need to be in fellowship of a church...If you separate a live coal from the others, it will soon die out. However, if you put a live coal in with other live coals, it will be a glow that will last for hours.

  Billy Graham

  Church, Needs, Coal

• MAN is a social animal, gregarious by nature, and finds his greatest sense of security and satisfaction in the company of others who share his interests and attitudes. Of all the many groups into which humans have collected themselves, of all the many tribes, clans, organizations, and societies throughout history, none has been so powerful, so far-reaching, or more universal than the church.

  Billy Graham

  Powerful, Attitude, Men

  Billy Graham (2017). “Peace with God: The Secret of Happiness”, p.229, Thomas Nelson

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