Billy Graham

• FIRST-PERSON: Hope of eternal life

  by Paul Kim , posted Friday, January 10, 2020 (6 months ago)

  

  Using King David, Dwight Eisenhower and Billy and Franklin Graham as examples, Paul Kim asks, "What legacy will you leave in your generation?" Read More

• 'Billy Graham rule' & religious liberty

  by Diana Chandler, posted Tuesday, August 27, 2019 (10 months ago)

  

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  CARY, N.C. (BP) -- A Southern Baptist deacon and law enforcement officer is suing his former employer for religious discrimination, claiming he was fired because he refused to spend long hours alone with a female deputy he had been assigned to train.

  The plaintiff Manuel Torres does not mention in the lawsuit the late evangelist Billy Graham, but Graham was known for establishing early in his ministry a standard -- aimed at avoiding the appearance of evil -- to not spend time alone with a woman other than his wife. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has also cited the standard as a personal practice. Read More

• His thanks to Graham: 'One of those souls is mine'

  by Art Toalston, posted Wednesday, February 20, 2019 (one year ago)

  

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  SPRINGFIELD, Vt. (BP) -- A soldier stuck his head into the tent where Alfred Rawson was quartered during the Korean War with several other soldiers at an Air Force base in Japan.

  It was in November 1952. The soldier asked if anybody wanted to go hear Billy Graham at another Air Force base about 30 miles away. A bus would take them there; Rawson and another soldier in the tent agreed to go. Read More

• MOVIES: Billy Graham via TV & the big screen

  by Phil Boatwright, posted Tuesday, February 05, 2019 (one year ago)

  Nearing the one-year mark since Billy Graham's death, Phil Boatwright remembers the evangelist's impact through radio, television and film. Read More

• Billy Graham's 'Extraordinary Journey' debuts Nov. 6

  by Diana Chandler, posted Thursday, November 01, 2018 (one year ago)

  

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  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (BP) -- The late Billy Graham called himself an "ordinary messenger of the Kingdom of God," but his legacy as "America's pastor" is unique.

  Graham's ministry of nearly 80 years is chronicled in the new documentary "Billy Graham: An Extraordinary Journey," available Nov. 6 on DVD and digital HD. The release is a day before the 100th birthday of the beloved evangelist who died in February.

  His son Franklin, who follows in his father's footsteps as CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), said the film tells his father's story as never before. Read More

• Anne Graham Lotz seeks 'healing' from breast cancer

  by Diana Chandler, posted Thursday, September 06, 2018 (one year ago)

  

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  RALEIGH, N.C. (BP) -- Billy Graham's daughter Anne Graham Lotz has breast cancer, she announced Sept. 4, and is seeking prayers for healing that would glorify God.

  "Each day since the diagnosis God has given me promises and encouragement from His Word," Lotz said at AnneGrahamLotz.org. "God has been ... and is ... my refuge and strength, an ever-present help in this trouble. Therefore, I will not fear," she said, evoking Psalm 46:1.

  "But He also has made it very clear that my healing will be in answer to not just my prayer, but the prayers of others for me." Read More

• LABOR DAY: 4 who exemplify laboring for the Lord

  by Stephen Douglas Wilson, posted Friday, August 31, 2018 (one year ago)

  

  PIPPA PASSES, Ky. (BP) -- On Sept. 3, Americans will celebrate Labor Day. Congress created the holiday in 1894 to honor all those who labor, designating the first Monday in September for its official observance. The federal Labor Day actually was preceded by more than 30 states that had already sanctioned the holiday.

  It is interesting to think about some important Christian leaders who performed extraordinary feats of labor in their lifetime ministries; here are four who met that high standard.

  The dedication and work ethic of William Tyndale, Adoniram Judson, Annie Armstrong and Billy Graham easily exceed most of the labor that contemporary Christians perform for their faith, though these short accounts are not meant as complete biographies. Read More

• New Billy Graham tributes launched

  by Joy Allmond, posted Wednesday, August 08, 2018 (one year ago)

  

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  ASHEVILLE, N.C. (BP) -- On Aug. 20, the permanent Sirius XM channel dedicated exclusively to messages from "America's Pastor," who preached over the decades in hundreds of venues around the globe, will launch.

  The Billy Graham Channel began a series of limited runs last November, beginning with Graham's 99th birthday, and included a temporary tribute channel in conjunction with his passing earlier this year.

  Since his death, ministry supporters and Sirius XM subscribers have steadily contacted his ministry, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), as well as the broadcast company, to petition for more inspiring messages from the world-renowned evangelist. Read More

• Billy Graham's last will and testament revealed

  by Joy Allmond, posted Friday, May 25, 2018 (2 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- When Billy Graham died at age 99 in his North Carolina home on February 21, he left behind a legacy of service to his Lord through preaching the Gospel. But according to his will, recently made public, that's not all there is to his legacy.

  Graham left some parting words and assets to his family -- and some financial backing for his ministry, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA).

  The 16-page document begins with a charge to his family members who remain. Read More

• Billy Graham's back -- on the radio

  by Bob Smietana, posted Wednesday, March 21, 2018 (2 years ago)

  

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  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Billy Graham may be gone from this world, but you can hear his voice on the radio -- at least for the next few days.

  A Billy Graham tribute channel on SiriusXM will broadcast Graham's sermons around the clock at least through Easter.

  The channel is a collaboration between SiriusXM and the Charlotte, N.C.-based Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, according to the Charlotte Observer. Read More