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From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Is inner peace really attainable? I look for it every daily but struggle to find it. – F.P.

A: Most people yearn for one thing more than anything else: inner peace. Without it they have no lasting joy or security. The word peace is used in the Bible in three main ways. First, there is ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: A very famous person died recently and notes were left behind indicating the loneliness she felt even though she was loved by the whole world. I may have a couple of friends at the most but I feel so loved and cherished by them. Why the difference? – L.L.

A: Many people brag about the good times ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: While I’ve never committed a crime or been arrested, I’ve done lots of other things and don’t see how God could really love me, yet I hear it all the time – that Jesus loves even me. – D.G.

A: No matter how terrible our sins, God loves us. Were it not for the love of God, none of us would...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: There’s a lot being said in today’s culture about the Holy Spirit, and I’m sometimes surprised that so many people talk about it because I don’t think they really grasp the work of the Holy Spirit. A great number of people think that it is a spirit that speaks to encourage us to do bigger ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I am a socialist and a Christian. Some say that socialism and communism are the same and that Christians don’t belong in that mindset. I don’t understand why some people are upset with the younger generation for recognizing that America has gone wrong. With the tool of social media everyone now ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I heard a podcast declaring that in our digital world with people so focused on their devices that our society is becoming deaf to God’s voice. What does it mean to say that people are spiritually deaf? This is a very negative thought. Just as I find great comfort in meeting my friends after work ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: It was disturbing to me to hear in church that God didn’t create all things equal. Does He make distinctions between human life and other created life? Doesn’t the Bible say that man is like grass that flourishes and flowers that fade? – G.C.

A: God made the human race different from other ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: How can I conquer discouragement? My doctor wants to put me on prescription medication for my depression, but I don’t really have a good reason to do this. I have a good family, a successful career, and am in good health, except I am always down. Maybe joining a church would help me. – D.D.

A: ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: My grandmother is always talking about living a righteous life. I try to explain to her that it sounds very arrogant, because no one can do this, and I don’t think God expects that at all. What does the Bible really teach about people that claim to be righteous? – R.L.

A: Some people confuse ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: After being out of church for many years, I returned to see what I might be missing because I’d been saved as a child. The preacher got my attention by describing the me I am today. He talked about the fact that many people long for someone, and that someone is Jesus. He didn’t really explain it...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: How can we know if we do something in our own strength or in God’s strength? – M.S.

A: God’s idea of strength and man’s idea of strength are opposite one another.

The Lord told Paul, “My strength is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9, NKJV). Having learned this lesson, Paul ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Birdwatching is made fun of these days, but I’ve always loved birds and am fascinated by the references to birds in the Bible. I think of the dove that Noah released from the ark, the raven that fed Elijah, and the eagle that soars with strength and might. But in my effort to overcome my fixation ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I am attending a secular university and have roommates that insist purity is out of fashion. They say that purity is racist because it is compared to the color white. That has never even entered my mind. My roommates think I’m rather dull in my lifestyle, and when I hear them describe my life, I ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I have received some very bad news from my doctor and I feel as though God has abandoned me. Church friends have been pretty direct in telling me that I’m wrong to feel this way. I have followed the Lord and I didn’t think I’d have to face such bad news. I do want to be a faithful follower of ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I’m not sure I agree with many churchgoers who say that Satan is attacking marriage and the family and that he is following his pattern of disrupting what God has intended. We all make mistakes and it seems we should own up to it rather than blaming the devil, though there are times we may act ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Why are people so unkind to Christians saying that we are trying to force our beliefs on others and calling America a Christian nation, without considering that some of these same people want us to conform to their ways? They say that out of Christian love we should overlook things like men playing ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I read a book recently about the compromise a famous couple (one from evangelical faith and the other from the Hindu faith) made about choosing to raise their children Catholic. Isn’t this confusing, to teach that accepting all faiths is a good thing? – F.U.

A: Christianity is being compared ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Our national history is being rewritten just as the Bible is being rewritten. There are so many denominational Bibles which is why my university professor teaches that the Bible is unreliable. But just because people make such a claim doesn’t make it so, right? – B.U.

A: A well-known quote by a...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I had to report an employee who was stealing from the company. I got fired and she got promoted. It’s been hard to accept this, but I suppose the time will come that she’ll be found out. – D.T.

A: A young golf pro had high ideals in his youth, but he fell prey to the same delusion when his ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I was excited to take my teenagers to a family-oriented movie that had gotten great reviews. I was appalled at the subject matter and embarrassed my kids by getting up halfway through and leaving. My kids are mad at me now because I embarrassed them. I’m more concerned that they weren’t ...Read more