Wit & Wisdom

“Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6

 

From Billy Graham’s Bookshelf

One of the books in Mr. Graham’s collection is C. S. Lewis’s “The Weight of Glory,” a compilation of essays delivered by Lewis during World War II including the title essay which was preached as a sermon in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Oxford in June 8, 1941.

 

A Mother’s Day Poem by Ruth Bell Graham

Listen, Lord, a mother’s praying low and quiet: listen, please. Listen what her tears are saying, see her heart upon its knees; lift the load from her bowed shoulders till she sees and understands, You, Who hold the worlds together, hold her problems in Your hands.   from “Clouds are the Dust of His Feet” …

 

Engagement Ring and Telegram

In Just As I Am Billy Graham writes, “At the close of a preaching series at Sharon Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, those dear people gave me, as I recall, an offering of $165.00. I raced right out and spent almost all of it on an engagement ring with a diamond so big you could almost …

 

This Date in History – the 75th Anniversary of Television

Billy Graham has always been committed to proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ by every effective means. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), formed in 1950, began using television as early as 1951., while the medium was still in its infancy.