Billy Graham's Sermons on line

More than 1,600 of Billy Graham's sermons dating back to 1949 are now available in audio format online.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (BP) -- The sermons -- available at www.BillyGraham.org -- are categorized by year, location and topic.

The messages include everything from Graham's famous Los Angeles crusade in 1949 to his comments at President Lyndon Johnson's 1973 funeral to his sermons in Baltimore and New Orleans in 2006.

"Mr. Graham's messages have inspired millions around the world and will continue to do so with the release of this audio library," said Ken Barun, senior vice president of communications for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. "With more than 2 billion users on the Internet, his messages can now be accessed by many more for easy listening and sharing. Our ultimate goal is to continue Billy's mission of using whatever means possible to spread the Gospel."

The website and audio files are compatible for desktop computers and smartphones.

Billy Graham's sermon archive

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A Reminder of Who You Are in Christ

A Reminder of Who You Are

• You are God’s child
  John 1:12
• You are a friend of Jesus
  John 15:15
• You have been justified
  Romans 5:1
• You’ve been united with the Lord and are one with him in Spirit
  1 Corinthians 6:17
• You’ve been bought with a price…you belong to God
  1 Corinthians 6:19-20
• You’re a member of Christ’s body
  1 Corinthians 12:27
• You’ve been chosen by God and adopted as his child
  Ephesians 1:3-8
• You’ve been redeemed and forgiven of all your sins
  Colossians 1:13-14
• You are complete in Christ
  Colossians 2:9-10
• You have direct access to the throne of grace through Jesus
  Hebrews 4:14-16
• You are free from condemnation
  Romans 8:1-2
• You cannot be separated from the love of God
  Romans 8:28
• You are free from any condemning charges against you
  Romans 8:31-34
• You’ve been established, anointed, and sealed
  2 Corinthians 1:21-22
• You were washed…you were sanctified. You were justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God
  1 Cor 6:11
• You are hidden with Christ in God
  Colossians 3:1-4
• God started this work in you, and he will bring it to completion
  Phil 1:6
• You are a citizen of heaven
  Philippians 3:20
• You haven’t been given a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind
  2 Timothy 1:7
• You are born of God, and the evil one cannot touch you
  1 John 5:18
• You are a branch of Jesus Christ, the true vine, and a channel of his life
  John 15:5
• You have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit
  John 15:16
• You are God’s temple
  1 Corinthians 3:16
• You are a minister of reconciliation
  2 Corinthians 5:17-21
• You are seated with Jesus Christ in the heavenly realm
  Ephesians 2:6
• You are God’s workmanship
  Ephesians 2:10
• You can approach God with freedom and confidence – not because of your obedience, but because of Jesus’ obedience
  Ephesians 3:12
• When you are faithless, he will remain faithful, because he cannot deny himself
  2 Timothy 2:13

Wednesday Night (12-7-11) Notes from Galatians 6:11-18

I finished our Wednesday night study of the book of Galatians last night. Here are the notes "Glory Only in the Cross" from Galatians 6:11-18.

Sermon Notes from Sunday, December 4, 2011

I am about to finish the series through Romans 9-10-11 but yesterday's sermon was "The Salvation of Israel" based from Romans 11:25-32. Here are the notes. I will complete this series this coming Sunday.

Worship Is.....

7 Things That Worship Is…

by Perry Noble

#1 – Repentance - Where there is no repentance there may be an emotional experience, but it’s not worship! Worship does not become worship until it IMPACTS the WAY WE LIVE!

#2 – Intellectual – We’re called to worship the Lord with our minds by renewing it and fixing it on Him. (Colossians 3:1-2)

#3 – Emotional- Worship is overwhelming when we realize how deeply we were entrenched in sin, how helpless we were and how incredible it is that Jesus would rescue us. (The reality of Romans 5:8 BLOWS ME AWAY!)

#4 – Intentional- No one accidentally follows Christ…if we are going to worship Him, it will be done purposefully!

#5 – Relational – Worship impacts every relationship we have, it is impossible to be a fully devoted worshipper of Christ and be a jerk to your wife or try as often as possible to take advantage of the opposite sex.

#6 – Financial – Until following Christ has impacted our finances in a sacrificial way we are not followers of Christ. Would you like to see the primary object of your worship…look at your checkbook!

#7 – Unconditional – (and NOT situational!) Worship is consistent, 24/7, not just when I feel good or God is giving me all that I want. If we worship only when things are good, we do not worship God…we worship a genie!

Bible Reading Plans

As the church finished "Radical" by David Platt in November, one of the challenges was to read the Bible through in a year. Here are four plans you might use to read the Bible through.

Here is the page off our church's web site where you can find the following four documents:

KINGDOM-Bible-Reading-Plan- (every day you read from the Law, the Prophets, the Writings and the New Testament)

Chronological Bible Reading Plan – reading chronologically

Read the Bible for Life – same as above but is sightly different format

Two-Year-Bible-Reading-Plan of reading the Bible Through

Also, you may wish to use Operation World as a tool to pray through the world. Go to www.operationworld.org.

Alabama-Auburn Thoughts November 25, 2011

Seems every year I write before the Alabama-Auburn football game. This may be my last time to do so. I am 51 years old and I am becoming less and less enthused by college football at Alabama and Auburn. I have never been the biggest football fan (love basketball much more), but I am becoming less and less of whatever level of a "fan" I was.

And to be hones as I look back over the years, I may have only "liked" the game out of dislike for the other team more than a love for the other team. I mean, I was raised in the state of Alabama and that is what every boy and girl has to do. I found myself enjoying Alabama-Auburn football more when I lived in Louisiana (where I came to like LSU).

Let me give you a few reasons why I am becoming less a "fan":

1. This is no longer a sport - it is a rivalry and bragging rights more than a game.

If it was a sport first, then I might it enjoy it better. But in this state, this game and the two college football teams are more than a sport -

2. Anything that can take my joy or cause my grief as a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ needs my careful attention. Enough said for believers and un-believers wouldn't understand.

3. The college football game is so corrupt. Oh, come on - you think I'm wrong. Let me just name...Cam Newton, Gene Jelks, Logan Young, Bobby Lowder. And anyone who does not believe that players are being paid and extra benefits are given are simply naive - yes, at YOUR university.

4. College football is now about money, first and foremost. If not, then why on earth is Texas A&M and Missouri coming into the SEC? And the B.C.S. - .... And for coaches in a public, educational institution being paid what they are and they still want to talk about a "student-athlete" - give me a break.

And I made the statement from our pulpit in 2011 that the best thing that could happen to the state of Alabama spiritually (see #5 below) would be for Alabama and Auburn to go into the game tomorrow 0-11. One person said that the success of their football team added millions and millions of dollars to this state, thus it would be bad on the economy for that to happen. My point made....

5. Alabama-Auburn is becoming very close to idolatry in this state. The last two years of national championships and Heisman winners have accelerated this process. It has always been seen as a religion, god and church. Now it is worse than ever. Many believers identify with one of the two schools more than they do with Jesus.

Conclusion: here is a thought - why don't Alabama and Auburn (and most of college football as far as that goes) go professional and withdraw from their school's campuses. They don't have to be the NFL - just a junior league. Then they can pay the players, pay the million of dollars to their coaches, stop the hypocrisy of a "student-athlete" and be what they are .... something else than a college sport. In fact, most of the "fans" of Alabama and Auburn football never attended that school as a student. Perfect for a "professional" status.