Archive for June, 2005
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Sunday, June 26th, 2005Friday night it suddenly hit me. Not that it wasn’t known previously, but the spacial significance meant more about 30 minutes into the program. Three years ago this very weekend, 50,000-75,000 young people prayed and fasted for spiritual awakening to return to our city. We met for 12 hours in the very same meadow in [...]
My dad on CNN
Sunday, June 26th, 2005He’s in the background walking behind Heber Revilla, along with my brother Jamie, sister-in-law Taina and nephew Seth.
Never Say Never
Sunday, June 26th, 2005“We hope to come back again someday,” he said. “I was asked in an interview if this was our last crusade. I said, ‘It probably is – in New York.’ But I also said, ‘I never say never.’From “Graham Ends Crusade in City Urging Repentance and Hope,” NY Times (06/27/05)
Simply surreal … It’s gotta be a God thing
Saturday, June 25th, 2005[More pics here.]Saturday morning, Judah and his best friend Sammy invited Jesus into their hearts during Bible Man’s altar call. Without prompting from mom or dad, Judah’s arm shot up when the invitation was given, and he quickly rose to his feet. Along with Sammy, they raced to the front without so much as glancing [...]
Everyone wants to know
Saturday, June 25th, 2005… how an 86-year old southern preacher is relevant to urban kids. Leaving aside the historical significance of a man who’se spoken live to more people (210 million) than anyone else in history; the transforming power of His message that life has purpose and can be lived to its fullest; and even the spectacle of [...]
More BG media
Saturday, June 25th, 2005Frank Franklin Ii / AP From CBS News: Graham’s “Last Crusade” Billy Graham’s News For New York Billy Graham, Through The Years From the Today show: Interview with Katie Couric From NBC Nightly News: Thousands see Rev. Graham in N.Y. My voice is in the background in the opening segment. At 86, Graham still fiery [...]
Billy Graham on Hannity and Colmes
Saturday, June 25th, 2005Here.
Red and yellow black and white
Saturday, June 25th, 2005“Kevin Berwise bemoans the fact that 11 a.m. Sunday is usually the most segregated time of the week in America. But something very different from that dark underside of Americans at prayer is on view at the Greater New York Billy Graham Crusade, he said.” From New York Newsday (06/25/05).
The family business
Friday, June 24th, 2005As Billy Graham steps down, will his kids shape the future of American evangelicalism?From “All in the Family,” U.S. News (12/23/02)
This is funny
Friday, June 24th, 2005From New York Newsday (o6/25/05): As Jeremy Del Rio tries to fire up kids to come Saturday night to a special “Youth Night” for the Greater New York Billy Graham Crusade, he’s accustomed to blank stares. “For most of the kids I serve, Billy Graham is ‘Superstar Billy Graham,’ the wrestling icon,” said the East [...]
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