When you hear statements like these quoted, I think that they are a misrepresentation of Grahams effort to stay away from the political, while still ministering to people who truly need the message.
If you think that praising a rapist/perjurer/(insert word here) is how Christ wants people brought to Him you need to read your Bible more. Christs condemns people like the Clintons in no unceartain terms.
I looked forward all week to see Billy Graham's final appearance and seeing those two there ruined it for me. What @!@k were they doing there anyway?! God help us!
Also, Graham probably knows how liberal NY people are, and he wanted to plug Hillary to get them to be more receptive to his preaching.
"I think that they are a misrepresentation of Grahams effort to stay away from the political, while still ministering to people who truly need the message."
Your screen name is appropos. Unfortunately Graham has a long history of this type of behaviour. This is no "misrepresentation" but a sad continuation of Grahams friendship with the world. And BTW I can think of few people who "truly need the message" more than Bill & Hil.
James 4:4
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Graham's statement about the Clinton's was offensive in the extreme.
I agree with you, and I can't justify the 'recommendations' to the Clintons. I remember years ago when Dr. Graham appeared on the old "Jack Paar's Tonight Show", Paar asked him what his followers thought of him associating with someone like him? Graham replied, that 'Jesus didn't come to minister to the saved; He came to seek and save the lost.' I've always tried to give BG the benefit of the doubt when I've seen him with people of questionable character.
When my children were young and I felt they needed to evaluate some of their friends, I always referred them to 1 Cor. 15:33 ... Do not be misled. "Bad company corrupts good character." I plan to use this with my grandchildren when they are older, and it could serve some adults well too. I don't think Billy Graham's character has been corrupted, but when he promotes people with bad character, it sends the wrong message to others. I hope he was trying to find something kind to say, and simply misspoke.