Grammy-winning Christian singer: Billy Graham, the power of one life
Can you imagine the scene in Heaven Wednesday morning when Billy Graham’s name was called and the words “Well done!” were heard by those nearby?
The impact and legacy of Billy Graham is immeasurable. There is perhaps no other person who has conveyed the love, grace, and saving power of Jesus Christ so eloquently as Mr. Graham, and through his televised crusades he reached millions of people literally around the world.
His message of Jesus was never compromised no matter who he was speaking to, whether it was the head of a foreign country or the teenager taking orders at a fast food restaurant. With authority in his voice, humility in his heart, and genuine love for others, Billy Graham preached the saving power of Jesus Christ. His love for Christ was demonstrated so many times through his caring heart for others. Not only did he preach Jesus, but he was literally the hands and feet of Jesus to so many.
I can think of no better tribute to Dr. Graham than for us to carry on his message of God’s love to the next generation.
Who couldn’t take instruction from the character of this man? He protected his gift, his ministry, and his witness. It was evident that Dr. Graham was chosen and called to preach the gospel, and his faithfulness to that calling touched the hearts and lives of presidents, world leaders, farmers, the homeless, and the drug addicted. That’s when you know he was handpicked by God.
Thanks to Jim and Carol Cymbala of the Brooklyn Tabernacle and their choir, I was able to be with and perform for Billy Graham during his farewell crusade in New York City. If the Bible was still being written, I feel like that moment would have been in it. Over 250,000 people attended that crusade and thousands came to know Christ that day. It was one of the greatest moments I've ever experienced.
You know a lot about a person by the life they live, but you know more about them by the way their family loves them. I am friends with his grandson, Will, and he is one of the most kind-hearted people I know. Every time we talk, Will mentions how much he loves his grandfather and how much he has shaped the man he is today. I love this family so very much.
I just performed at The Cove (The Billy Graham Training Center) on Sunday night, and Will shared a story about a new film that is coming out. The thing he was so excited about was that he was playing his grandfather in the film.
When I heard the news Wednesday morning, I texted Will to convey my condolences. Will responded with a quote from his grandfather, “Someday you will read or hear that Billy Graham is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it. I shall be more alive than I am now. I will just have changed my address. I will have gone into the presence of God.”
That about sums it up.
Billy Graham was just one ordinary man, but he was a man who was sold out to God. Now it’s time for our life stories to be written, and I can think of no better tribute to Dr. Graham than for us to carry on his message of God’s love to the next generation. If God could do so much through one man’s life, just imagine what could be accomplished if all of us would band together to tell others about Him.
Grammy winner Jason Crabb is a Christian music singer and musician. Jason is well known as one of the most compelling voices in any genre of music. With his power, range, and passion, he has moved easily among musical styles including gospel, country, and pop. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/02/21/grammy-winning-christian-singer-billy-graham-power-one-life.html
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Christians have quietly accepted all this vitriol & hate up until very recently - November of 2016.
I wonder if Graham got that reaction because of all the hate he spewed? A good example is when he preached:
Graham also took out a full-page ad against marriage equality in North Carolina in 2012, although it's possible it was his son who did that given that Graham was quite decrepit at 93.
What you call "hate" is a religious belief. That particular belief is shared by other religions. Progressives can't accept that.
Superstition is just one of the ways people learn to hate, much like the traditional Mormons and traditional Southern Baptists who learned to hate black folks because their cult taught them to be white supremacists and support slavery, and taught that black folks were subhuman and had black skin because their ancestors had "sinned."
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Very true - especially by socially conservative right-wing cults like the Southern Baptists, but not by any mainstream or left wing cult like the Episcopal church, ELCA, etc. Most of those tend to be quite gay-friendly and don't teach homophobia any more.
However it's no surprise at all that the homophobic right-wing cults are the same ones which historically were racist and which still are quite misogynistic. The SBC is a great example of one of the cults literally founded in hate and which still preaches hate today.
That's an interesting take on those religions. Can you demonstrate exactly where they taught that? And how do you feel about a Mormon having more than one wife?
Very true - especially by socially conservative right-wing cults like the Southern Baptists, but not by any mainstream or left wing cult like the Episcopal church, ELCA, etc. Most of those tend to be quite gay-friendly and don't teach homophobia any more.
You've got religions associated with political beliefs, lol, and here I always thought that discrimination & segregation was associated with the old democratic party, before it's takeover by the original liberal wing.
I wonder how the 57 million Hispanic Americans who are mainly Christian/Catholics would feel about being called haters?????
Actually Catholics have one of the highest rates of support for LGBT rights. It's white evangelicals and Mormons who have by far the lowest.
You obviously don't know much about either group since the SBC was literally founded to support slavery and white supremacy. As far as the Mormons go their historic support for white supremacy is clear. Here's Brigham Young on blacks:
Even the Book of Mormon preaches this kind of racism. Here's a couple of examples but there are quite a few of these, as well as others which refer to the LDS as "white and delightsome":
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How does that relate to the topic?
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I'm not sure how you can deny that given that southern conservatives are still the same bigoted bible-babblers they always were. The only thing they've changed in the last 150 years is their party affiliation. Heck, it's why David Duke and his KKK buddies are all Trump supporters rather than Dems. In fact Duke himself was only able to win election when he ran as a Republican.
Especially if they start publishing 2 divisive partisan seeds per day on NT.
Actually we secular types love America and just want to stop all of those god fearing multinational users and abusers from destroying it in the name of pure greed. Raping our national forests and polluting our air, land and water resources is as evil as evil gets.
It would be nice if religious/oligarchic fanatics only killed other fanatics. Sad that so many innocents tend to get caught in their crossfire.
They never did - they and their racism was eradicated - to be replaced by the revenge seeking hate of today's progressives
If the racism of southern white conservatives was eradicated then what was Michael Steele complaining about at CPAC?
I count four "seeds" within this seed alone, that is his recent tactic
Each of his first three comments are fully printed and linked. They might as well be seeded separately.
Then he delights in proselytizing 6 days later.
smh.....
The wages of sin is death Romans 6:23
I tell you , no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.” Luke 13:5
Blessed are those who do His commandments, [ g ] that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. 15 But [ h ] outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.
16 “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star. Revelation 22:14-16
I saw that too. He's limited to two per day so now he seeds 4 articles within one seed. So cheesy, xx. Why are you so obsessed with seeding articles ? Surely you have a life outside of online forums.
Presumably that's what Vladimir pays him to do.
It's way past time for all religious groups that "dabble" in politics to lose their tax exempt status.
Catholics are Christians.
Why can't people understand this?
Thumpers think they're the only xtians, the exceptional xtians.
Teavangelical scum don't meet the minimum requirements of Christianity.
Fixed to acknowledge their constant whining about imaginary victimization whenever anyone calls them out for trying to cram their stone-age ideas down our throats. What rightwing evangelicals did in Nov. 2016 was finally, openly and completely reveal what they really are and have been all along: the moral equivalents of a toxic waste dump.
Well, That's the way it was for Obama
Ummm ... did you happen to notice that your title is clearly from a different article than the one you seeded? I came here looking for a "disturbing attack", but the only thing here is holy roller ass kissing.
It's a rude as hell statement for anyone to make for any reason. A family lost their Husband/Father/Brother/Grandfather, etc. This person who has obviously hit her high water mark for her life at 'Teen Vogue', as she thinks and acts and speaks as a child. His loss is a loss, plain and simple. He was a good and decent man, well respected her and abroad. I would hope people would have the class to shut up and allow for those with a sense of decency to grieve.
I follow Lauren Duca on twitter but I don't really pay much attention to her unless she is in the news for some reason.
I think she is an opinionated , ambitious columnist who takes an aggressive approach usually. Her being at "Teen Vogue" is meaningless. It's a brand for her. She could probably get a job now at any number of more "adult" news sites that feature opinion columns.
If she can, why doesn't she? Her target audience is teenage girls. 'Can' is an assumption on your part, obviously.
Mighty fine hypocrisy there from the side that's already attacking the survivors of Parkland.
What side are you talking about? Since you replied to my comment, I have to believe you are addressing me. Where exactly have I attacked any survivor of any shooting?
Will give you the benefit of the doubt that this comment comes from ignorance rather than mendacity. Yesterday the extreme rightwing Oath Keepers declared that outspoken MSD students, David Hogg and Emma González, are "the enemy." I believe I already posted a link which documented the many death threats these people have getting. It's rightwing SOP.
Can you imagine the scene in Heaven Wednesday morning when Billy Graham’s name wasn't called because the Hindu's had it right the whole time? Or maybe the Muslims, or the Buddhists, or the atheists..?
Billy didn't make it to the the pearly gates. There's 30 pieces of silver stuck to the top of a trap door to hell just outside of them. Fools hypocrites every time. Jesus is such a prankster.
Because there is no heaven and was no resurrection the first time.
Religion is a myth that powerful people utilize to lead the ignorant.
The only way to prevent Zombie Billy Graham from rising is to burn the corpse and spread the ashes to the four corners of the earth. Not even decapitation or staking works, only burning it and distributing the ashes so far that there's no chance they'll reassemble.
That's nice. Prove it!
How does a simple preacher amass an estate worth more than $25 million in his life?
It is sure to be on mine. "Here lies Gordy. That's nice. Prove it!" LOL
Most of his worth was from his home which he lived in for over 50 years and the home of his parents he inherited, plus the royalties from his books. But Rev Graham was the least greedy in ministry and was praised for his simple life and humility. That figure which is NOT documented comes from the claim of a celebrity website.
Long-time TIME contributors Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy, co-authors of The Preacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham in the White House , say that Graham regularly insisted that his crusades be audited and made public to avoid any hint of scandal, and that Graham could have easily made far more money if he wanted. “He was turning down million-dollar television and Hollywood offers half a century ago,” Gibbs and Duffy wrote in TIME in 2007. “He never built the Church of Billy Graham, and while he lived comfortably, his house is a modest place. If he had wanted to get rich, he could have been many, many times over.”
Grant Wacker, a professor at the Duke University Divinity School and author of America’s Pastor: Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation , also says that Graham has led an exemplary life free of financial scandal. “People who didn’t like Billy Graham spent a lot of time trying to find personal violations of his moral and ethical code, and they couldn’t,” Wacker told NPR after Graham’s passing. “They didn’t exist. He was a man who maintained absolute marital fidelity and moral and financial integrity. He was an evangelist who lived the way he preached.”
In other words, you have no proof! Just baseless religious predictions. Duly noted.
Because there was never even a first coming?
In the South Park movie it was the Mormons. So no one else wanted to go to Haven and preferred Hell.
Franklin saved some Billy DNA. The Graham family will decide later if they want another teavangelical, used car salesman, or public restroom security guard cloned from the sample.
Franklin would be a better man if he had more of his dad's DNA and less Southern Baptist DNA.
He'd be a better man if he wasn't a batshit crazy bigot.
Sorry I usually have a good imagination but it's not good enough to imagine heaven.
Whenever I see the vile hatred of these godless leftists against Christians and especially against someone who devoted their life to proclaiming the hope of Christ to the world like Rev Graham, I am reminded of what Jesus told us would happen.
"I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 15 I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. 18 As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.
20 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; 21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me." John 17:14-21
Did Jesus accumulate a $25 million net worth in his life too? Billy was the original teavangelical, and he's now where they do America the most good.
I didn't say that, but I'm glad you did.
He's tap dancing on a bed of charcoal.
And he sang hymns all the way to the bank.
That comment probably makes a lot more sense to knuckle dragging bible thumpers.