Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Booksneeze Review of "Billy Graham in Quotes"


Title: “Billy Graham in Quotes” by Franklin Graham with Donna Lee Toney.

This book is organized by topics, 107 different topics to be exact.  Each topic is presented with an “anchor verse,” a Bible verse that addresses that issue.  Some of the topics covered include addiction, angels, character, children, death, hell, hope, imagination, integrity, and race, just to name a few.  Each quote is presented as one to five sentences in length.  They don’t just address the surface of the issue, but dig deeper for greater wisdom and understanding.  In addition, the quotes often give appropriate responses for these issues in our communities, churches, families, or our lives.  Brilliantly done.

I found “Billy Graham in Quotes” quite interesting.  His quotes challenge you to consider a wide variety of issues, to think more deeply about them, to understand why you hold the opinions that you do, and even inspires you to want to share the ideas behind his quotes with others.

Initially, I was concerned that the book would not be able to hold my attention because it’s not like a fiction book that makes you want to keep reading to find out what would happen next.  However, the organization of the quotes is done extremely well.  Even without continuity from quote to quote or topic to topic, almost every quote is so good that it grabs your attention and makes you keep reading to see what else Billy Graham had to say.  I definitely feel that Billy Graham successfully convened Biblical truth.  I would recommend this book to all my friends.  I think this book would be interesting to anyone who is curious about the issues addressed in the book, regardless of their faith.

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