The Cross

[Always in His Presence]

From one of the greatest ministers of our time.

Rev Billy Grahams message on the cross of Christ.

 

[The Liturgist]

From one of the greatest ministers of our time.

Rev Billy Grahams message on the cross of Christ.

You might be interested to know that Rev. Billy Graham was much loved by the Russian Orthodox Church, because during the dark years of the Soviet Union, he was able to preach there, at a time when the Russian church was prohibited by the Communist government from engaging in much preaching or catechesis, and so Billy Graham received a blessing from the Patriarch of Moscow to preach in the country, and this was of great benefit for all Christians in Russia.

Billy Graham was indeed visited on his deathbed by Metropolitan Hilarion of Budapest, who at the time was in charge of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate (which he resigned from in 2022, while remaining the Metropolitan of Budapest, presiding over the majority of Orthodox churches in Hungary).

 

[Always in His Presence]

You might be interested to know that Rev. Billy Graham was much loved by the Russian Orthodox Church, because during the dark years of the Soviet Union, he was able to preach there, at a time when the Russian church was prohibited by the Communist government from engaging in much preaching or catechesis, and so Billy Graham received a blessing from the Patriarch of Moscow to preach in the country, and this was of great benefit for all Christians in Russia.

Billy Graham was indeed visited on his deathbed by Metropolitan Hilarion of Budapest, who at the time was in charge of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate (which he resigned from in 2022, while remaining the Metropolitan of Budapest, presiding over the majority of Orthodox churches in Hungary).

Billy Graham was embraced and loved by many.

Billy Graham and Oral Roberts

 

[The Liturgist]

Billy Graham was embraced and loved by many.

Billy Graham and Oral Roberts

Yes, may his memory be eternal! He was a pious and faithful Christian who was blessed with a profound gift of articulating the Gospel and communicating basic truths about the Gospel.

I have this photograph of him with Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev of Budapest, on his 96th birthday, in 2014:

 

[Always in His Presence]

And a great Southern Baptist!

 

[The Liturgist]

And a great Southern Baptist!

Indeed.

You may not be aware of this, but I regard Dr. Albert Mohler as the foremost Western moral theologian at present. I do not agree with him on issues such as sacramental theology, but when it comes to moral theology, in the West at present I can’t think of anyone else who is doing as much good work around fighting the evil in issues such as abortion and sexual perversion.

I greatly admire the SBC denomination also for how it recovered itself from an attempted liberal takeover, like the LCMS, in the 1970s. We came very close to the nightmarish scenario wherein the SBC and the LCMS would have been mentioned in the same context as other mainline churches, or indeed, they would have ceased to exist, since the SBC would have merged with the ABC and the LCMS would have been absorbed into the ELCA.

 

[Always in His Presence]

Indeed.

You may not be aware of this, but I regard Dr. Albert Mohler as the foremost Western moral theologian at present.

Never heard of him - is he connected to Billy Graham?

 

[The Liturgist]

Never heard of him - is he connected to Billy Graham?

Yes indeed, when Dr. Albert Mohler became president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Rev. Billy Graham spoke at his inauguration. Dr. Mohler also wrote a beautiful eulogy of Rev. Graham.

 

[Pioneer3mm]

His ministry had an impact..on my spiritual journey.
- Especially, during the early years.
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I was at his crusade meeting..many years ago.

 

[Always in His Presence]

His ministry had an impact..on my spiritual journey.
- Especially, during the early years.
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I was at his crusade meeting..many years ago.

Can you imagine so many millions of souls!