Posted on 07/01/2005 11:09:50 AM PDT by tyw
Friday, July 1, 2005 10:09 a.m. EDT
The Rev. Billy Graham said Friday that he didn't intend to endorse Hillary Clinton for president when he told her husband at a massive New York City revival meeting last weekend that she should "run the country."
His son Franklin Graham, who heads the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, tells the Charlotte Observer:
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"For a long time, my father has refrained from endorsing political candidates and he certainly did not intend for his comments to be an endorsement for Senator Hillary Clinton." "My father, of course, was joking," the younger Graham said, when he hosted the Clintons onstage and told the crowd of 90,000, "They're a great couple. ... He should be an evangelist because he has all the gifts and he could leave his wife to run the country."
Although Billy Graham has called himself a Democrat, Franklin said that didn't mean he supported the former president, saying, "His political views, as well as mine, are quite different than the Clintons'."
The Clintons, however "remain good friends," he added.
The Rev. Graham felt compelled to issue the clarification after receiving more than 100 e-mails and calls of protest, the Observer said.
The Rev. Graham's words of praise for the former first couple prompted significant consternation among some of his most devoted followers.
National Clergy Council President Rev. Rob Schenck, for instance - who had traveled from Washington, D.C., to Queens, N.Y., just to hear his "role model" preach - walked out of the event after the Clintons were feted onstage.
"I was stunned and appalled," the Rev. Schenck told the Christian Wire Service.
"It was disturbing to watch Billy Graham, a man whom Ive admired for years, being used by evil to mislead countless Christians," complained the Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, head of the Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny [BOND].
Having heard both Bill and Hillary speak before faith groups I would say their is a chance Bill knows the Lord but is totaly without fruit.I suspect he "walked an aisle at an early age and he appears to have been raised in a Baptist Church.God will have to sort that one out.
Hillary does not have a clue.The only scripture she is aquainted with is that Bill or a speech writer has given her to quote (she actually mangles it worse than Kerry).She has never claimed a conversion experience that I know of.
Billy Graham is a Southern Baptist and he is a conservative.
The Southern Baptist Convention will unveil a bronze statue honoring the life and ministry of evangelist Billy Graham at the 2006 annual meeting in Greensboro, N.C. SBC President said, Beyond that, there has never been a man like that ... who has preached such a clear Gospel of Jesus Christ to be Savior and Lord of your life. And in addition to all of that, he is one of us. Hes a Southern Baptist. Thats a pretty good son to have.
Amen to your correction.
Don't forget Franklin.
> Billy is NOT conservative, and he is not a Southern Baptist.<
I don't know where you get your info but Dr. Graham is a member of the Southern Baptist Church.I do not care if he meets your definition of conservative because it is clear by the fruits of his ministry that he meets God's definition of a Good and Faithfull servant.In God's economy that is what matters.
I would suggest if you are a Christian you read this scripture before you slander Graham
1Ch 16:22 [Saying], Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
and it was so important God said it a second time:
Psa 105:15 [Saying], Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
Talk to Richard Land about it.
>Talk to Richard Land about it.<
Now their is an examle of a man that has made more than a few confusing statements to the Media.I don'tknow why we keep allowing him to be the face of the SBC to the public.
Richard Land said Billy Graham one of the greatest evangelist. I think you are talking about Senator Lindsey Graham.
I agree with you.
It looks like there is a Fred Phelps -Topeka cult- wannabee on this board. They are so vehement in their dislike towards Billy Graham, it gets one to wondering what their real motivations are, fear of the gospel, maybe.
Great post.
Wouldn't it seem that God may have been able to alert him to that usage?
Gosh, I hope the Rainians don't get pushy and crash the services carrying all those nasty umbrellas.
I guess "Thou Shalt Not Have Strange Liberals Before Thee," is kinda hard to remember..........LOL.
"...Billy Graham appears to be an ass-kissing liar to me"
You're not fit to shine Billy Graham's shoes. He's done so much good in his life, and saved God knows how many souls in the process... You are just a jerk-off creep. I mean, you appear to be a jerk-off creep. And you can kiss my ass. And his ass, too.
"...If Jesus Christ descends out of the heavens in the flesh, invites the Clinton's on stage, and states he loves them, what do you want to bet he'd be trashed by a good minority for daring to hold any grace in his heart for them?"
Well said, Soul Seeker. This is the most accurate comment on the whole thread.
"...Wouldn't it seem that God may have been able to alert him to that usage? "
I don't know, why don't you ask him (God)? There's no good reason for you to be so snide to such a good man, and this kind of comment is typical of a liberal antitheist. If you are neither, then you should rethink this kind of slander.
Good point, jjjf. Poor spelling, but good point!:)
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