As the Texas sun was setting over Brownsville Saturday night, Franklin Graham had one simple question for the large crowd gathered at the opening of the 10-stop God Loves You Frontera Tour. “Are your sins forgiven?” he asked the 3,800 people in the crowd. “If you choose Christ tonight, your sins will be forgiven.” Hundreds …
Q: I’m discouraged because I’ve been saved a while but haven’t made any improvement, still struggling with things my friends said were keeping me from surrendering to Jesus Christ. Why can’t I break the bad habits (sins) that seem to weigh me down? A: From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham After we receive Christ as …
Bible Reading: 1 Chronicles 21:1-17, NKJV Think back over the past week. Have you told any “white lies”? Have you taken a quick glance at something that is off limits? Have you gossiped about a friend or slandered an enemy? These are what we may call petty sins: impure thoughts, small twists of the truth to …
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore we …
Bible Reading: 1 Peter 2:11-12, NKJV I’ve noticed a trend in recent years. Once upon a time, if a Christian came to the realization that they disagreed with what the Bible calls sin, they would merely walk away from the faith. They wanted to live life by their own rules without being anchored to the truths …
Bible Reading: 2 Peter 2:10-16, NKJV In our society today, false beliefs and teachings are often accepted without ever being tested. People believe that social media memes and TV talking heads are the source of truth. They latch on to rumours, myths and hearsay like it’s the final word. Sadly, heresy (non-biblical or anti-biblical teaching) is …
Photo above: Will Graham is an associate evangelist for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and executive director of the Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove in Asheville, North Carolina. Bible Reading: 1 Chronicles 21:1-17, NKJV Think back over the past week. Have you told any “white lies”? Have you taken a quick glance at something that is off …
Bible Reading: 1 Chronicles 21:1-17, NKJV Think back over the past week. Have you told any “white lies”? Have you taken a quick glance at something that is off limits? Have you gossiped about a friend or slandered an enemy? These are what we may call petty sins: impure thoughts, small twists of the truth to …
Many of our news magazines carry stories of immorality. Theologians and pastors are quoted as condoning sexual immorality under certain circumstances. The Bible says through Isaiah the prophet: “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for …
Note: The following message comes from a sermon preached May 23, 1957, during Mr. Graham’s historic New York Crusade. Now tonight I want you to turn with me to Proverbs, the 23rd chapter and the seventh verse: “For as [man] thinketh in his heart, so is he.” The word heart is used in different ways all the …
A note, from Cissie Graham Lynch. In today’s society, I assume most of us love or know someone who is part of the LGBT community. I believe this is the reason most Christians and pastors don’t want to teach on the subject. The sin has become personal for so many, and the lines of what’s …
The basic problem facing our world is not just social inequity, or lack of education, or even physical hunger. We are finding that highly educated and well-fed people have greeds, hates, passions, and lusts that are not eliminated by education. The root of sin in each of our hearts is extremely deep, and this is …