Posted on 02/22/2018 9:18:33 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The body of the Rev. Billy Graham was not even cold before the Washington Post came out with at least three hostile opinion pieces about the man as a means of remembering him.
Seriously? This is the man who once asked believers: if Christianity were illegal, would there be enough evidence to convict you?
Someone who had the grace to say things like this?
Someone asked me recently if I didn't think God was unfair, allowing me to have Parkinson's and other medical problems when I have tried to serve him faithfully. I replied that I did not see it that way at all. Suffering is part of the human condition, and it comes to us all. The key is how we react to it, either turning away from God in anger and bitterness or growing closer to him in trust and confidence.
Without the resurrection, the cross is meaningless.
Believers, look up – take courage. The angels are nearer than you think.
To hear the Washington Post tell it, you'd think Graham was some kind of beast. He was a horrible father, whose time on the road evangelizing left an embittered wife and screwed up kids, according to this historian. That's the way he should be remembered, for all the influence he exerted and all the people who said he helped them in their lives? Or this: He was vain, stupid, and un-prophet-like, according to columnist George Will, who went into the weeds of Graham's ministry to U.S. presidents, something most people see as a benign and unimportant sideline of Graham's. Or this: He gave us the monster of evangelical Christianity as a political force, according to this egghead's analysis, and that can't be forgiven.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Christianity has been the foundation stone to America’s success and greatness. The left despises that, and by the vituperation of their attacks, one can see there is a great deal of venom. They seek to destroy America as a free nation and to bring about socialistic change, and as Karl Marx proclaimed, destroy religion to accomplish those ends.
After religion, private property, and then the first and second amendments. Then the 4th and 5th as the arrests come in the middle of the night. The communist disease never stops, and it keeps erupting like the ebola virus, to plague mankind and cause untold death and misery. They want to destroy the Constitution, that is an imperative. They clearly do not believe in any of these rights and none of the nations they have infected throughout history had any of these rights; they even admitted they are an impediment to their revolution.
When the left squeals, you know the object of their opprobrium is a very positive thing for the country. You also know that object is on a target list for which these propagandists have been ordered to attack. Religion, traditional families, life, Tea Party Republicans, independent media, lower taxes, free markets, independent businessmen, guns, charter schools, individuality, etc. These are the enemies to their communist state and are to be ostracized. They despise Christianity, as much as they despise America. They wish to destroy it and create some left wing, communist monstrosity. Vigilance for the defense of the greatest nation on earth is demanded by every free thinking citizen.
When they caterwaul over Trump’s tweets, they want him to stop because they understand the effectiveness he has in transmitting an unvarnished message to the citizens. They cannot filter it, they cannot control it. It is a powerful weapon. If those tweets were hurting him, they would clearly support it. But you can tell by the venom of the left that Trumps tweets are having their intended effect.
Leftists communists islamists all FEAR CHRIST AND THE ALMIGHTY
why ?
Because Christ is LOVE which CONQUERS ALL
that’s why they attck destroy smear whatever they can try and do to stop
People being saved
THANK YOU MR GRAHAM. THANK YOU FOR ALL ETERNITY
Jesus said that those who follow his teachings would be hated of all men.
The WaPo wants to insinuate that Billy Graham was a bad, absent and negligent father who put is work above his own family.
What they neglect to mention is HOW HIS CHILDREN ALL TURNED OUT !!
God blessed his family and blessed the amount of quality time he spent with his kids when he was not on the road.
Here is an intro to the Graham children:
https://demoss.com/newsrooms/billygraham/background/biographies-graham-children-in-birth-order
BIOGRAPHIES: GRAHAM CHILDREN (IN BIRTH ORDER)
VIRGINIA “GIGI” GRAHAM
Born in 1945, Virginia “Gigi” Graham is the eldest child of Billy and Ruth Graham. Gigi is an inspirational speaker and author of several books, including A Quiet Knowing/Devotional (W Publishing, 2001), Currents of the Heart (Multnomah Publishers, 1996) and Passing It On (Word Publishing, 1993). Gigi speaks at churches throughout the U.S. and Europe.
The mother of seven children and the grandmother of 20, Gigi and husband Jim Wilson live in Black Mountain, North Carolina.
ANNE GRAHAM LOTZ
Born in 1948, Anne Graham Lotz is the second of the Grahams’ five children. She is the founder and president of AnGeL Ministries, a nonprofit, Christian organization. In 2000, AnGeL Ministries launched “Just Give Me Jesus,” arena-held revivals that help lead women to deeper relationships with Jesus Christ through relevant narratives and heart-touching teaching.
Anne is also an accomplished author, having penned numerous books, including Wounded by God’s People (Zondervan, 2013), Fixing My Eyes on Jesus (Zondervan, 2012), Expecting to See Jesus (Zondervan, 2011) and the best-selling Just Give Me Jesus (W Publishing, 2000).
Anne, a mother of three and grandmother of three, lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, and serves on the board of directors of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. In August 2015, her husband of 49 years, Dr. Daniel “Danny” Lotz, passed away.
RUTH GRAHAM
Born in 1950, Ruth Graham is the third child of Ruth and Billy Graham. She is an author and speaker. Ruth spent five years at international Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse as donor relations coordinator and 13 years as acquisitions editor for HarperCollins and McCracken Press. In 2000, she graduated cum laude from Mary Baldwin College. She is also the founder of the ministry Ruth Graham and Friends, and leads conferences throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Ruth’s literary works include Step into the Bible (Zonderkidz, 2011), Fear Not Tomorrow, God is Already There (Howard, 2009), In Every Pew Sits a Broken Heart: Hope for the Hurting (Zondervan Publishers, 2004) and A Legacy of Love: Things I Learned from My Mother (Zondervan, 2005).
Ruth is the mother of three and grandmother of eight. She makes her home in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
WILLIAM “FRANKLIN” GRAHAM III (COMPREHENSIVE BIO)
Born in 1952, William “Franklin” Graham III is the eldest son of Billy and Ruth Graham. Franklin serves as the president and CEO of Samaritan’s Purse, an international Christian relief organization based in Boone, North Carolina, and is president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
A best-selling author, Franklin’s books include Operation Christmas Child: A Story of Simple Gifts (B&H Books, 2013), The Sower: Follow in His Steps (Worthy Publishing, 2012), The Name (Thomas Nelson, 2002) and his autobiography, Rebel With a Cause: Finally Comfortable Being Graham (Thomas Nelson, 1995).
Franklin and his wife, Jane, live in the mountains of North Carolina and have four children and 11 grandchildren.
NELSON EDMAN “NED” GRAHAM
Born in 1958, Nelson Edman “Ned” Graham is the youngest child of Billy and Ruth Graham. Ned is president of East Gates Ministries International, a Washington state-based organization that is dedicated to serving the growing needs of the Church in China.
A master’s graduate of Fuller Theological Seminary, Ned served for four years as pastor of adult ministries at Grace Community Church in Auburn, Washington, before leaving pastoral ministry to co-found East Gates International. Ned has spent more than 15 years working with his indigenous Chinese staff, legally distributing Bibles and training pastors and lay leaders.
Ned and his wife, Tina, live in Washington state and have two sons.
Would that “free press” ever have been so “honest”, right after their deaths, with any of the Kennedy brothers? No way; and in some cases still not even today.
Ah poor “journalism” I knew you well, as hypocrite is thy name.
Graham was the target of smear articles in the media hours after the notice of his death. At last, some common ground has been found between Billy Graham and Hugh Hefner.
If her were a Muslim, they’d be revering him. Christian bad, Muzzie good, homo good, hetero bad, transgender good, normal boy bad, illegals good, Americans bad.
Get the picture yet?
Billy Graham once bailed MLK out of jail
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