Billy Graham

An Open Letter To Billy Graham

Michael Varrati | Posted 05.08.2012

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As voters in North Carolina are poised to decide whether to write a permanent ban on same-sex marriage into their state's constitution, it should come as no surprise to anyone that you, the famed Bible (mis)interpeter that you are, weighed in with your opinion.

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State's Gay Marriage Battle Could Have National Implications

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 05.08.2012

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North Carolina voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to add a measure banning gay marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships to the s...

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Billy Graham And Amendment 1: A Tarnished Legacy

John Becker | Posted 05.04.2012

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It's a shame that when confronted with the choice between preserving his popular image as a venerable, unifying figure and mounting one last crusade against the LGBT community, Billy Graham chose the latter.

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BibliFact Brief: Billy Graham and Marriage in the Biblical Sense

Timothy Beal | Posted 05.04.2012

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With all due respect to Reverend Graham, who has tended to avoid engaging in political debates about homosexuality and gay marriage, the Bible does not clearly define marriage.

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Rev. Billy Graham Backs North Carolina Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment

AP | MARTHA WAGGONER | Posted 05.02.2012

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RALEIGH, N.C. — The Rev. Billy Graham urged North Carolina voters Wednesday to support an amendment to the state constitution banning gay marria...

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Saving The Next Trayvon: The Church's Chance To Uproot The Curse?

Dr. Faheem Younus | Posted 04.17.2012

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Half a century ago, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. observed, "The most segregated hour of Christian America is 11 o'clock on Sunday morning?" Talk to your black friends. They still feel the curse.

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How A Christian Hajj Would Save The Next Trayvon Martin

Dr. Faheem Younus | Posted 05.27.2012

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The Muslim Hajj, while commanded by God, truly became a symbol of unity and brotherhood by the call of Prophet Muhammad. Trayvon's death is an opportunity for white church leaders to make it their calling.

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Evangelist Calls Obama's Religion Into Question

Posted 02.21.2012

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Evangelist Franklin Graham called President Barack Obama's religious views into question on Tuesday, stating that he does not know for sure if Obama i...

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Gushing Over Graham; Or, How Much Is That Anti-Semite In The Window?

Mark Axelrod | Posted 04.15.2012

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Graham was (and presumably still is) anti-Semitic. Don't take my word for it, take his.

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The Destruction of Christianity and Christopher Hitchens

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 02.16.2012

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All the raging of today's atheist apologists combined are but a flea bite compared to the fatal blow that Christianity has been dealt by its own leadership in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

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Billy Graham Released From Hospital

Posted 12.06.2011

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By Lauren Markoe Religion News Service (RNS) Evangelist Billy Graham returned to his North Carolina home Tuesday (Dec. 6) after a six-day stay in ...

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Thanks(giving) Be to God

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 01.23.2012

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There is so much to be grateful for -- the grand and the mundane, the intimate and the global, the sacred and the supposedly secular. Blessings surround us on all sides. We just need to open our eyes and see them, name them, and say thank you.

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At Home With Billy Graham On His 93rd Birthday

Larry Ross | Posted 01.10.2012

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As I headed up the mountain to Billy Graham's house that lovely August afternoon, I did not know what to expect or what I would encounter in terms of his mindset or demeanor.

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Happy Birthday To America's Preacher

AP | TOM BREEN | Posted 01.06.2012

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RALEIGH, N.C. — For the Rev. Billy Graham, America's most famous evangelist across a career that lasted some six decades, the prospect of old ag...

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6 Decades Of Billy Graham Audio Files Now Online

AP | Posted 01.02.2012

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Six decades' worth of recordings from America's most famous evangelist are now available in a searchable online database. The file...

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Nearing Home: How To Live One's Latter Years And The Reality Of Heaven

Billy Graham | Posted 01.01.2012

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In a sense all of us are nearing home, but we need to learn what it means to grow older, and with God's help, to grow older with grace and find the guidance to finish well.

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Billy Graham, 92, Reflects On Growing Old In New Memoir, 'Nearing Home: Life, Faith And Finishing Well'

Posted 12.04.2011

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By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service (RNS) For much of his 92 years, Billy Graham has had one main title: evangelist. But in a new memoir s...

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Evangelical Leaders Gloomy Over Losing Influence In America

Steve McSwain | Posted 10.01.2011

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Evangelical leaders have used the political process in order to promote their religious and social agenda for as long as I can remember. And, in my own opinion, it is a gross error in judgment.

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'Campus Crusade For Christ' Out, 'Cru' In

Posted 09.19.2011

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By Adelle M. Banks c. 2011 Religion News Service (RNS) Campus Crusade for Christ is out. "Cru" is in. The 60-year-old evangelical ministry a...

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WATCH: Woody Allen And Billy Graham Talk Sin, Sex And LSD

Posted 09.19.2011

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A surprisingly civil discussion between evangelical Billy Graham and agnostic comedian Woody Allen. Skip to 2:00 in the video to hear Graham discuss p...

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Church-State Groups Seek Equal Play For Atheist Concert At Fort Bragg

Posted 09.06.2011

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By Jack Jenkins Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Three church-state activist groups criticized the Army for allowing an evangelical concert ...

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Why Are Evangelicals Losing Influence?

Tim Suttle | Posted 08.29.2011

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Kindness, generosity, peacefulness, hospitality, patience, self-control -- these are radical virtues that should define evangelicals. Instead, we are largely defined by what we are against.

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Franklin Graham: What I Learned From My Father

Posted 08.20.2011

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An Evangelical Social Gospel?

Tim Suttle | Posted 07.28.2011

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Billy Graham and Martin Luther King Jr. were both evangelical Christians. They both preached a gospel which was incomplete without the other. Graham's message needs King's message and vice versa.

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Crystal Cathedral, California's Famous Multimillion-Dollar Megachurch, Is Up For Sale

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 07.27.2011

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NEW YORK -- Crystal Cathedral, one of the nation’s first modern megachurches and one that had come to define the movement’s opulent strain with it...

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