What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore we …
“Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live” (Isaiah 55:3, ESV). For some of the 70,000 people pouring into Seoul World Cup Stadium Saturday, memories came flooding back. Exactly 50 years ago on June 3, 1973, 1.1 million people attended the historic finale of Billy Graham’s Seoul Crusade—the largest in-person …
As part of a special weekend celebration, Franklin Graham and Will Graham helped commemorate the 50th anniversary of Billy Graham’s historic 1973 Seoul, South Korea, Crusade. Will Graham shared the Gospel at a youth rally on Friday, and Franklin Graham shared the Good News Saturday at the Seoul World Cup Stadium. A huge crowd filled …
The increasing opposition to Biblical values and deterioration of traditional social structures leaves many practicing Christians wondering: What can the church do to help the next generation come to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour? At the invitation of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), a group of ministry leaders that work with …
The solemnness and reality of war is evident in Ukraine. Church bells haven’t rung in over a year. Lights flash silently as emergency vehicles drive through the streets, their sirens hushed to avoid falsely alarming tense citizens of incoming fire. With no aircraft except fighter jets allowed in the air space, travel into and within …
On June 3, Franklin Graham will share the Gospel at a special anniversary event commemorating his father, Billy Graham’s, historic 1973 Crusade in Seoul, South Korea. Will Graham will proclaim the same Good News at an outreach for students on June 2. In late spring of 1973, Billy Graham stood in front of a multitude …
Bible Reading: Hebrews 9:23-28, NKJV Perfection. Have you ever seen it? Sure, we may look at a snowflake, a flower, or a child’s smile and we feel that we are looking at perfection. In our mind’s eye, it may seem that way, but that snowflake will soon dissolve, the flower is missing a petal, and …
Each month, thousands of visitors to the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, North Carolina, US, learn how God used Billy Graham to share the Gospel with millions. But what many don’t know is that God gave the evangelist a passion for equipping and training others to win souls for Christ. “He had a heart for international …
In 1983, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) organized the first International Conference for Itinerant Evangelists in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In the crowd were 4,000 traveling evangelists from 133 countries who were there to study the message, life, and ministry of Mr. Graham. “These itinerant evangelists are the most important ambassadors and messengers on earth,” Mr. …
It’s been nearly 30 years since Michael W. Smith took the stage at “Youth Night” during Billy Graham’s Northeastern Ohio Crusade at Cleveland Stadium. For the first time, George Beverly Shea, Cliff Barrows and the traditional choir gave way to Christian rap group DC Talk as well as the chart-topping singer, songwriter and musician, before …
It was the summer of 1953, and my grandfather Billy Graham—still a young preacher and only a few years into his evangelistic ministry—was holding a monthlong series of meetings at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. On one particular evening, he was feeling rather discouraged. People had responded at the invitation, but he felt like his …
Over the span of nine days, more than 35,000 people heard the Gospel through Franklin Graham’s God Loves You Tidewater Tour. Throughout six cities in Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina, US, over 1,800 of them chose to put their faith and trust in Jesus Christ. “I wasn’t really going the right direction,” one young girl …