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If God Eliminated Evil By Programming Us To Perform Only Good Acts, We Would Lose This Distinguishing Mark - The Ability To Make Choices. We Would No Longer Be Free Moral Agents. We Would Be Reduced To The Status Of Robots.

-Billy Graham

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If God Eliminated Evil

Billy Graham

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If God Eliminated Evil By Programming Us To Perform Only Good Acts, We Would Lose This Distinguishing Mark - The Ability To Make Choices. We Would No Longer Be Free Moral Agents. We Would Be Reduced To The Status Of Robots.

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Every Year During Their High Holy Days, The Jewish Community Reminds Us All Of Our Need For Repentance And Forgiveness.

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Be To The World A Sign That While We As Christians Do Not Have All The Answers, We Do Know And Care About The Questions.

Don't Apologize For Who You Are And What You've Done In The Past. Be Who You Are And Do What You Do.

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.

Don't Be A Half-christian. There Are Too Many Of Such In The World. The World Has A Profound Respect For People Who Are Sincere In Their Faith.

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All Too Often We Are More Afraid Of Physical Pain Than Of Moral Wrong. The Cross Is The Standing Evidence Of The Fact That Holiness Is A Principle For Which God Would Die.

Ask God To Show You His Plans, Not Bless Your Dreams

Jesus Was Not A White Man; He Was Not A Black Man. He Came From That Part Of The World That Touches Africa And Asia And Europe. Christianity Is Not A White Man's Religion And Don't Let Anybody Ever Tell You That It's White Or Black. Christ Belongs To All People; He Belongs To The Whole World.

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.

Truly, God Works In Mysterious Ways. The Wheels Of His Mercy And Justice Move Quietly, But They Do Move.

There Is No Joy In Life Like The Joy Of Sharing.

The Bible Is Not An Option, It Is A Necessity. You Cannot Grow Spiritually Strong Without It.

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I Am Not A Televangelist.

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I Have Been Asked Hundreds Of Times In My Life Why God Allows Tragedy And Suffering. I Have To Confess That I Really Do Not Know The Answer Totally, Even To My Own Satisfaction. I Have To Accept, By Faith, That God Is Sovereign, And He Is A God Of Love And Mercy And Compassion In The Midst Of Suffering.

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I Trust Jesus With All My Tomorrows, Knowing That He Will Solve The Mystery Of Life Beyond The Grave.

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It Is A Great Privilege, As Well As Our Responsibility, To Pray For Our Government Leaders.

Some Believe Strongly That Each Christian May Have His Own Guardian Angel Assigned To Watch Over Him Or Her.

I Can Tell You That God Is Alive Because I Talked To Him This Morning.

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