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A bit of humor and insight from Billy and Ruth Graham
From the Bookshelf of Billy Graham – February 2015
From February 19 – March 12, 1950, Billy Graham and his team held their first major southern Crusade in Columbia, South Carolina. He would later receive “The Faith We Have Not Kept” from Strom Thurmond with whom he and Ruth stayed during their time in Columbia.
A Devotion from Billy Graham – Broken Hearts, Mended Spirits
From “Unto the Hills” by Billy Graham
In his own words – Billy Graham on Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Early on, Dr. King and I spoke about his method of using non-violent demonstrations to bring an end to racial segregation. He urged me to keep doing what I was doing – preaching the Gospel to integrated audiences and supporting his goals by example – and not join him in the streets.”
7 Steps to a New Beginning
“We aren’t only called to become Christians; we are also called to be Christians.” – Billy Graham
Year in Review – Top 10 Posts of 2014
We are honored that you have followed along with us throughout 2014. Happy New Year!
The night Louis Zamperini encountered God at a Billy Graham Crusade
Laura Hillenbrand recounts the night, in 1949, when Zamperini attended Billy Graham’s Los Angeles meeting and had an encounter with God that would change his life forever in her book, “Unbroken.”
In His Own Words – Our Christmas Story
Billy Graham explains why the Christmas story shared in the home of he and his wife, Ruth, differs from the traditional message from the Gospel of Luke that many are drawn to.
In His Own Words – Time of Thanksgiving
Make it a day of real thanksgiving in which we fall on out knees and give humble and sincere thanks to God for all the spiritual and material blessings that He has poured down upon us as a people.
Billy Graham and the Cold War
On Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell marking the end of a communist country in Germany and the new era of freedom in eastern Europe. Billy Graham had first visited behind the Iron Curtain in 1959 as a tourist and left “with a dream, a hope, and a prayer that someday I, along with others, might proclaim the Gospel throughout” those communist-run countries.