I think that some people associate “best friend” status to those who don’t condemn. I’ve heard all that stuff before, too, as I’m sure the whole Graham Association has had to deal with. Billy has never condemned any of the presidents. While he has spoken out against Obama, he has not condemned him. I think we best leave the condemnation to God alone. Along with that, leave the anger and misgivings at the cross. I don’t pretend to know all that is going on, and you should not either. Billy Graham has tried to not be condemning, and I would say that it has fared better for him than many in the pulpit who do start condemning people openly. For some reason, they seem to have a great “fall”!
The WORD sufficiently condemns us all. Look how popular John the Baptist was, or Elijah, or Daniel, Jeremiah, and even Moses... I could list many more that rejected and worse when they alone spoke the WORD. Christ the first protestant had the religious community plotting to kill Him.
We commoners were blessed by having the Written WORD given us, so we can read for ourselves IF those claiming to be spokes people of Christ are what they claim to be.... We are told to test the fruit. Fruit testing requires the mind to discern.