Category: Evangelism / Decision and Discipleship
Preacher: Billy Graham
Ministry: Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA)
Event: Portland Crusade, Portland, Oregon
Date Preached: Not Specified
Date Published: 2026
Language: English
Pages: 24
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About This Message
A Nation at the Crossroads is a classic sermon by Billy Graham, preached at the Portland Crusade in Portland, Oregon, on the choice every person and every nation must eventually make.
Dr. Graham takes his listeners to Mount Carmel and 1 Kings 18. A nation has fallen as low as it has ever been, a throne is corrupted under Ahab, Jezebel, and Baal worship, and one lone prophet, Elijah, stands before the people and asks the question that has never expired: “How long halt ye between two opinions?” From there the message follows the contest on the mountain, where the God who answers by fire proves Himself the living God.
Dr. Graham then moves from the ancient story to the present. He looks at the empty promise of success, using the disillusionment of a famous film star to show that wealth and fame cannot fill the longing of the human heart. He sets out the two ways, two masters, and two destinies Jesus described, and speaks honestly about the price of choosing Christ and the testing that follows. The message closes with a public invitation to make a personal commitment to Jesus Christ.
About the Preacher
William “Billy” F. Graham Jr. (1918–2018) was raised on a dairy farm in Charlotte, North Carolina. He made a commitment to faith at age 15 during a revival, was ordained in 1939, and earned a degree from Wheaton College in 1943, where he married Ruth McCue Bell.
After pastoring in Illinois and serving as the first full-time evangelist for Youth for Christ International, he rose to national prominence through the 1949 Los Angeles Crusade. That launched decades of global outreach, including crusades in London, New York City, Seoul, and Rio de Janeiro, and over his lifetime he preached live to nearly 215 million people in more than 185 countries and territories. In 1950 he founded the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA).
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Digital Book Information
| Information | Details |
|---|---|
| Title | A Nation at the Crossroads |
| Preacher | Billy Graham |
| Ministry | Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) |
| Event | Portland Crusade, Portland, Oregon |
| Date Preached | Not Specified |
| Date Published | 2026 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 24 |
| Format | PDF Digital Book |
| Publisher | LivingSermons.com |
| Edition | First Edition — 2026 |
| Archive Status | Published and preserved |
Key Scripture
1 Kings 18:21
“How long halt ye between two opinions?”
Dr. Graham builds the whole message on Elijah’s question to a divided nation: a real choice, a real cost, and a God who answers.
Inside This Digital Book
This digital edition contains:
- A foreword by Wisdom Epsi, Chief Editor of LivingSermons
- The publisher’s note
- The transcribed main message
- Introduction
- A throne corrupted: Ahab, Jezebel and Baal
- The God who answers by fire
- The empty promise of success
- Two ways, two masters, two destinies
- Counting the cost
- Tested, loved and called today
- The invitation
- About the speaker
- About LivingSermons
- Join Our Team
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