Popular Post rooster59 Posted March 3, 2018 Popular Post Posted March 3, 2018 U.S. evangelist Graham 'followed Jesus all the way to heaven,' son says By Jeff Mason and Greg Lacour An attendee holds a program while awaiting the start of funeral service for U.S. evangelist Billy Graham at the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S., March 2, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Reuters) - U.S. evangelist Billy Graham, who preached to millions and counselled presidents in his 70-year career, was remembered as a man who loved his family and the Bible at a funeral on Friday attended by President Donald Trump in Graham's native North Carolina. The service at his religious centre was a mix of Bible readings, tender family memories, songs and words meant to inspire. About 2,300 people gathered beneath a canvas tent emblematic of Graham's 1949 Los Angeles revival that marked his breakthrough as a religious leader. Graham, who died on Feb. 21 at age 99, lay in honour at the U.S. Capitol this week in recognition of a clergyman who became the first noted evangelist to take his message to the Soviet bloc when its communist regimes were hostile to organised religion. "Just a few days ago, my father followed Jesus all the way to heaven," son Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, said at the funeral. He said the man seen by millions around the world preaching the Bible was the same man at home. Billy Graham asked his children to read him the Bible because he loved to hear God's word, other family members said. "He was faithful. He was available and he was teachable," son Nelson “Ned” Graham told the service. Trump, a Republican, sat with first lady Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, in the front row. The president spoke with family members ahead of the funeral, including Jean Ford, Graham's sister, but was not among the speakers at the service. Graham will be buried in a pine coffin made by Louisiana prison inmates and laid to rest next to his late wife, Ruth, at the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte. His headstone will carry his name, dates of birth and death and the inscription "Preacher of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ" above a reference to John 14:6. The Bible passage reads: "Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'" Graham became the de facto White House chaplain to several U.S. presidents, most famously Richard Nixon. The evangelist found himself at times in controversy over his disapproving stand on gay rights, as well as over a secretly recorded conversation with Nixon in which the cleric complained that Jews had too much influence on the U.S. media. -- © Copyright Reuters 2018-03-03 3
PETERTHEEATER Posted March 3, 2018 Posted March 3, 2018 Wow! I did not realise Billy Graham was THAT old......The least JC could have done was let him walk alongside.......
Popular Post RichardColeman Posted March 3, 2018 Popular Post Posted March 3, 2018 3 hours ago, rooster59 said: U.S. evangelist Graham 'followed Jesus all the way to heaven,' son says With net wealth of $25 million plus I'm sure the flight will be comfortable ! 5 6
Popular Post Lupatria Posted March 3, 2018 Popular Post Posted March 3, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, rooster59 said: U.S. evangelist Graham 'followed Jesus all the way to heaven,' son says Really? I was not aware they nailed him to a cross, something that should have happened long before for telling fairy tales to fork in $25 million plus. Edited March 3, 2018 by Lupatria 4 1 2 1
Popular Post nodomino Posted March 3, 2018 Popular Post Posted March 3, 2018 Actually, Billy followed the money and lived in heaven on earth. I grew up in Minneapolis. Billy opened his first bank....er, I mean Ministry there as that is the city where he attended bible college. As he became more successful his administrative needs grew. Soon enough there was his own mail room. I had friends who worked there, mostly on the night shifts doing God’s work. Opening envelopes and separating the cash from the checks, money orders, and sometimes even stamps. Each envelope was an enticing possibility. Sometimes a nickel taped to a note card inside, sometimes cash, a $5, $10...or whatever and sometimes a bank check for thousands. The letter were most times accompanied by a request for prayers. Loved one’s dying or infirm, the desperate need for divine intervention for this, that or the other. All these supplications were then collected and sent to another department. However significant donations got personal attention immediately. A little bell would signal a supervisor to come to the station of that particular shearer and the remittance and the request would be collected and sent ‘upstairs’ for more immediate review. The place ran like God’s own Swiss watch. 8
Popular Post grumbleweed Posted March 3, 2018 Popular Post Posted March 3, 2018 Pity he couldn't take the rest of the religious nut jobs with him 6 1 2 3
Popular Post Jingthing Posted March 3, 2018 Popular Post Posted March 3, 2018 Yes, sure he has, and my childhood toy poodle Beau Beau has retired to a farm in upstate New York. 3
Popular Post sirmud63 Posted March 3, 2018 Popular Post Posted March 3, 2018 1 hour ago, nodomino said: Actually, Billy followed the money and lived in heaven on earth. I grew up in Minneapolis. Billy opened his first bank....er, I mean Ministry there as that is the city where he attended bible college. As he became more successful his administrative needs grew. Soon enough there was his own mail room. I had friends who worked there, mostly on the night shifts doing God’s work. Opening envelopes and separating the cash from the checks, money orders, and sometimes even stamps. Each envelope was an enticing possibility. Sometimes a nickel taped to a note card inside, sometimes cash, a $5, $10...or whatever and sometimes a bank check for thousands. The letter were most times accompanied by a request for prayers. Loved one’s dying or infirm, the desperate need for divine intervention for this, that or the other. All these supplications were then collected and sent to another department. However significant donations got personal attention immediately. A little bell would signal a supervisor to come to the station of that particular shearer and the remittance and the request would be collected and sent ‘upstairs’ for more immediate review. The place ran like God’s own Swiss watch. 3 2 4
Popular Post ThaiFelix Posted March 3, 2018 Popular Post Posted March 3, 2018 How does that joke line go....a rich man has as much chance of getting into heaven as passing a camel through the eye if a needle?? 3
soalbundy Posted March 3, 2018 Posted March 3, 2018 I thought Jesus was already in heaven, perhaps he followed his foot prints. He can pay to get in, he has enough, I suppose his son will follow in daddies foot steps collecting the cash and having a direct line to Billy who can make the reservations for 2,000 dollars a bed. 1
ncc1701d Posted March 3, 2018 Posted March 3, 2018 Billy finally ran out of blood of the innocent to drink.
wotsdermatter Posted March 3, 2018 Posted March 3, 2018 Obviously, if BG and those written about in the posting had really read and understood the Holy Bible, then they would know the truth and not make such false statements. Was he only in it for the money and the fame? Probably. 2
Popular Post KIWIBATCH Posted March 3, 2018 Popular Post Posted March 3, 2018 7 hours ago, nodomino said: Actually, Billy followed the money and lived in heaven on earth. I grew up in Minneapolis. Billy opened his first bank....er, I mean Ministry there as that is the city where he attended bible college. As he became more successful his administrative needs grew. Soon enough there was his own mail room. I had friends who worked there, mostly on the night shifts doing God’s work. Opening envelopes and separating the cash from the checks, money orders, and sometimes even stamps. Each envelope was an enticing possibility. Sometimes a nickel taped to a note card inside, sometimes cash, a $5, $10...or whatever and sometimes a bank check for thousands. The letter were most times accompanied by a request for prayers. Loved one’s dying or infirm, the desperate need for divine intervention for this, that or the other. All these supplications were then collected and sent to another department. However significant donations got personal attention immediately. A little bell would signal a supervisor to come to the station of that particular shearer and the remittance and the request would be collected and sent ‘upstairs’ for more immediate review. The place ran like God’s own Swiss watch. 3
soalbundy Posted March 4, 2018 Posted March 4, 2018 He may have been smuggled up the back stairs, he wont like God,too much competition is bad for business. 1
owl sees all Posted March 4, 2018 Posted March 4, 2018 What are we going to do about all the begging letters now Billy has gone? Keep sending 'em!
Popular Post bert bloggs Posted March 4, 2018 Popular Post Posted March 4, 2018 Always amazes me how All the billions of people who have ever lived on this planet get to meet Jesus and God welcomes them ,he must be so busy what with all the billions of other planets he made over the Millenia . 3
Peterw42 Posted March 4, 2018 Posted March 4, 2018 2 minutes ago, bert bloggs said: Always amazes me how All the billions of people who have ever lived on this planet get to meet Jesus and God welcomes them ,he must be so busy what with all the billions of other planets he made over the Millenia . I presume a supreme being could play around with the laws of space, time, physics etc and schedule a billion appointments an hour. 1
Moonlover Posted March 4, 2018 Posted March 4, 2018 12 hours ago, wotsdermatter said: Obviously, if BG and those written about in the posting had really read and understood the Holy Bible, then they would know the truth and not make such false statements. Oh would they?
puck2 Posted March 4, 2018 Posted March 4, 2018 …............ "Just a few days ago, my father followed Jesus all the way to heaven," son Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, said at the funeral. …............... I wonder how BG has found the way to the heaven without GPS or an other navigation system. And where to go? Milky-way, another universe, At Jesus' time, such tools haven't been available. So, how to follow him? Another problem (among many). Just to now nobody has found the corpse of Jesus, because he went to heaven!??? But how could Graham follow Jesus to the heaven without (his) body, now put into the earth? The old wisdom: religion and politics have one thing in common – belief (in something you cannot improve or is against normal sense). BTW, don't be astonished that Trump was there.
Jack100 Posted March 4, 2018 Posted March 4, 2018 Have heard that it's hard to enter the KOH these days , before , if you took a needle and a camel along with you , it was 100% sure but now , apparently , it takes a substantial brown envelope . Hope he took one with him. 1
Beats56 Posted March 4, 2018 Posted March 4, 2018 There is some sick people here that have no idea of people he led.to Christ. Millions and you think the millions that was donated was for him. Well think again. Hé lived a humble life. The money is used for his ministry. If he did wrong he will answer for it. How about you. What will you say when you get there. 2
JimmyJ Posted March 4, 2018 Posted March 4, 2018 (edited) Perhaps he would have lived even longer if he hadn't devoted so much energy to communicating telepathically with a 2,000 year old Jewish zombie. Now he can have face to face chats, maybe even social events such as weenie roasts and sleepovers. Edited March 4, 2018 by JimmyJ 2
ilostmypassword Posted March 4, 2018 Posted March 4, 2018 37 minutes ago, Beats56 said: There is some sick people here that have no idea of people he led.to Christ. Millions and you think the millions that was donated was for him. Well think again. Hé lived a humble life. The money is used for his ministry. If he did wrong he will answer for it. How about you. What will you say when you get there. "Much is unknown about the famous evangelist’s wealth. According to the wealth-tracking site TheRichest.com, Billy Graham’s net worth was an estimated $25 million at the time of his death." https://www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/celeb/televangelists/billy-graham-net-worth/ "And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." Matthew 19:24 1
ilostmypassword Posted March 4, 2018 Posted March 4, 2018 So Billy Graham followed Jesus all the way to heaven? Sounds like stalking to me. 1
bendejo Posted March 4, 2018 Posted March 4, 2018 When I was a teenager Graham came to New York City and declared Times Square "an open sewer running through the heart of a city." Some people didn't like that, but most people I knew thought it was funny. If you don't like it here, leave. The bus station is only a block from Times Square. 1
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