[Lazlo in PA]

Were he to misunderstand a question, or were a casual remark to be taken out of context…well, that was a risk Franklin didn’t want to take.

At least one person understands how the press operates. The lamestream would love to damage this guys legacy and with Billy's age and health it would be easy to trip him up on gotchas. Franklin has every right to put a stop to it despite this writers whining.

[ansel12]

I guess that very few figures have accomplished what Billy Graham has, aside from Jesus, has anyone else introduced Christ to more people?

I think it is odd that Billy Graham is not a giant among all the historical figures that have existed, he doesn’t even get much recognition in his own time compared to celebrities, Popes, Mother Theresa, televangelists, Politicians, Dictators, etc.

[pigsmith]

Franklin—who’s been accused of being a rhetorical and theological bully, saying, for example, that Islam is “wicked and evil”—

...Well, it IS wicked and evil.

[Cronos]

Some related threads

1. Is There a Next Billy Graham? The Aging Evangelist Challenges 21st Century Christians
2. Billy Graham reveals weakened health WHILE Thousands Accept Jesus in Cincinnati Crusade
3. Billy Graham far from evangelical firebrand rhetoric

i disagree with those who detract from the Rev. The Rev Graham has been a great man and a great spreader of the message of Christ. He is an agent of Christ. Yes, there have been greater missionaries than him, but he is still to be valued for what he is and "when" he is (pardon the grammatical error)

[Biggirl]

I remember hearing at one time, with encouragement from Blessed John Paul II when he was alive, was that the Rev. Billy Graham went to Poland to preach a Billy Graham crusade and Poland is a devout Catholic country.