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I realize that you might not be able to answer my question but I am wondering if post 17 was foul language. Or is it against the rules to criticize pastors?

I have not researched Graham but I have heard that he has been known to water down the gospel.

I have not researched Graham but I have heard that he has been known to water down the gospel.

Graham preaches the Romans road to salvation from hell. He preaches that you must be born again, or you cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That is the first step for any person, and the most important.

I have never heard of him preaching that Jesus wants to heal everyone every minute of every sickness and every disease. I preached this once and God healed my boss' wife of a severe ear infection instantly as a sign and a wonder to confirm that what I preached was part of the whole gospel. I knew before hand what I preached was accurate, but God confirmed it for her.

I have never heard of him preaching on the Glory or much about the end times, though I think he may have touched on the latter. But these are part of the gospel because they have to do with God saving us. Not just from hell, but from sin and from death and the wrath of God that is coming- and it is coming, I assure you.

I have never heard him preaching of the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the evidence of talking in other tongues, but that is also part of the gospel, for Jesus said that when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will receive power to be a witness unto all the nations. That power is part of the gospel, for it has to do with the spreading of the gospel in power. The world deserves a gospel accompanied with the power of God. There should be more power demonstrated than preached, but these days there is less (except in some quarters).

Why don't people have power, healing, and the others? Because they don't believe. The people in Jesus' home town did not believe, and the bible says that Jesus could not do any miracle there except to heal a few sick folks (and the phrase referred to people with minor sicknesses). It does not say that he would not, but he could not. We are the only thing keeping Jesus from performing powerful miracles today.

The only way to get familiar with Billy Graham is to pick up one of his numerous books. His wife grew up in China as her parents were missionaries. He has been evangelizing and traveling his entire life and does not have a physical church that I am aware of. He fills stadiums night after night. Dubya became born again after Graham visited the Bush family and they hit if off. We could use more Billy Graham's in this world.