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Tuesday, June 21st, 2005“[T]he Rev. Billy Graham, 86, his once-booming baritone reduced to a scratchy whisper, is set to preach to New York City once again, for what he and his aides say is probably his final crusade. But after preaching his story of God’s love to more than 200 million people in 180 countries and territories, he [...]
Motivating
Friday, June 17th, 2005“I love evangelicals. You can get them to do anything. The challenge is, you’ve also got to soften their judgmental attitudes before they can be effective.”
New York, a Billy Graham Experiment
Thursday, June 16th, 2005“For better or worse, the church has typically followed the lead of secular society when it comes to our attitudes about race. Today racial reconciliation has become an evangelical buzzword. Organizations like Promise Keepers proclaim its importance. Christian books, magazines, and musical artists denounce racism and celebrate ethnic diversity in the church. When Billy approached [...]
Aliens in the world
Friday, June 10th, 2005Noel Castellanos has a great post about the church’s responsibilities in immigration reform. One would think that Christians, whom the Apostle Peter and the writer of Hebrews both refer to as “aliens in this world,” would be especially sensitive to the needs of immigrants in our country. Yet often the most strident “close-the-borders/send-them-home” activitists are [...]
Comics reach kids
Monday, June 6th, 2005Someday the church will understand.
Upcoming Billy Graham youth events
Tuesday, May 31st, 2005June 11, 17 & 18. Details here.
Nominate Influencers
Wednesday, May 25th, 2005A national magazine just asked me to nominate 5-7 individuals “from media to the arts to politics to business, etc., who are the most influential Christian twentysomethings (18-34).” Any suggestions from the blogosphere?
Still a front page man
Monday, May 16th, 2005Today’s USA Today profiles Billy Graham in a cover story called, “The gospel of Billy Graham: Inclusion.” Some of the highlights, On S-E-X: “Before he asks God’s help, Graham says, he begins with praise and thanksgiving for God’s gifts: the beauties and bounty of nature, ‘even the pleasures of sex, within the boundaries of marriage,’ [...]
Kingdom Contradictions?
Monday, May 16th, 2005Is this what Jesus meant by the “kingdom of heaven”? “So successful are some evangelicals that they’re opening up branches like so many new Home Depots or Subways…. “For all their seemingly unstoppable success, evangelicals must contend with powerful forces in U.S. society. The ranks of Americans who express no religious preference have quadrupled since [...]
If there’s room at Hip-Hop’s table …
Thursday, May 12th, 2005for violinists and reggae can embrace a Hasidic Jew, why do some evangelicals still resent Gospel Hip-Hop?
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