Nearing Home - Billy Graham [67]
My friend, do you know the way? Jesus told us, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6 NKJV). No one ever grows too old to accept Christ’s forgiveness and enter into His glorious presence. When we look back over our experiences along life’s journey, we may have regrets about the choices we made, but remember, that was then . . . this is now. We may recall the times we have failed our families, but that was then . . . this is now. Some reading this book may say, “But I rejected Christ my whole life. It’s too late for me.” I say to you, my friend, that was then . . . this is now. The Bible’s promises were true then, they are true now, and they will be true forever. “Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2 NKJV, emphasis added).
For those who have received the most precious gift of Christ’s redeeming blood . . . you have reason to look forward to the glories of Heaven, for you will be perfected, you will be joyful, you will once again be active, and right now you can be certain that you are nearing home.
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Chapter 3: The Impact of Hope
1. E. Stanley Jones, Growing Spiritually (Nashville: Abingdon, 1953), 313.
2. E. Stanley Jones, The Divine Yes, with Eunice Jones Matthews (Nashville: Abingdon, 1975).
3. Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (New York: Random House, 2010).
Chapter 4: Consider the Golden Years
1. “Full Text of the Will of J. Pierpont Morgan: Will Executed Jan. 4, 1913—Codicil Executed Jan. 6, 1913—Died March 31, 1913,” New York Times, April 20, 1913, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0813F93A5D13738DDDA90A94DC405B838DF1D3 (accessed June 26, 2011).
Chapter 5: Fading Strength but Standing Strong
1. S. Jay Olshansky, Leonard Hayflick, and Bruce A. Carnes, “No Truth to the Fountain of Youth,” Scientific American, June 2002, http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=no-truth-to-the-fountain-of-youth (accessed June 26, 2011).
Chapter 7: Influencing the Impressionable
1. Carol Morello, “A new generation of caregivers takes control of kids,” Washington Post, September 10, 2010, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/09/AR2010090906576.html (accessed June 26, 2011).
2. Meredith Alexander, “Stanford conference invites young people to discuss aging,” Stanford News Service, April 27, 2001, http://news.stanford.edu/pr/01/Aging502.html (accessed June 26, 2011).
3. mshurn [pseud.], “Topic: can you differentiate the old generation from the new generation?” eNotes, accessed June 26, 2011, http://www.enotes.com/history/discuss/can-you-differentiate-old-generation-from-new-51515.
Chapter 9: Roots Strengthen in Time
1. “Introducing Root Cases,” Root Cases LLC, accessed June 23, 2011, www.rootcases.com.
2. Billy Graham, Storm Warning: Whether Global Recession, Terrorist Threats, or Devastating Natural Disasters, These Ominous Shadows Must Bring Us Back to the Gospel, rev. ed. (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2010).
3. Robert J. Morgan, 100 Bible Verses Everyone Should Know by Heart (Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2010), 42.
Chapter 10: Then and Now
1. Ruth Bell Graham, Clouds Are the Dust of His Feet (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 1992), 132.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Billy Graham, the world-renowned author, preacher, and evangelist, has delivered the Gospel message to more people face-to-face than anyone in history and has ministered on every continent of the world in more than 185 countries. Millions have