“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 …
Dear Friend, As the UK prepares for summer holidays in the next month, it’s my prayer that you and your loved ones are looking forward to restful time together. Whether you’re travelling or staying home, will you set aside time to pray for the God Loves You Tour this August? If you’re seeing extended …
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 …
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 …
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 …
What do Sundays look like for you? Are they are a time to rest and recuperate? Or do you find yourself scrambling through the day, trying to get everything done before Monday morning? Forsaking the Sabbath can leave us feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, and stressed. As a wife and mother of three, Cissie Graham Lynch shares …
Bible Reading: 1 Peter 2:11-12, NKJV I’ve noticed a trend in recent years. Once upon a time, if a Christian came to the realization that they disagreed with what the Bible calls sin, they would merely walk away from the faith. They wanted to live life by their own rules without being anchored to the truths …
Disobedience may seem like an odd topic for a prayer gathering, but it was the message that God laid on Will Graham’s heart as he addressed a large crowd at the Ozark Mountain Prayer Breakfast in Branson, Missouri, US for the 2023 National Day of Prayer on Thursday. In a message that he titled “99% …