A Billy Graham Biographer Tells All!

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🗓️ 22 February 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Evangelist Billy Graham died this week. Christianity Today published more than two dozen articles on our site as part of our special commemorative coverage. But when you lived 99 years it can be hard to capture a life, even with this volume of pieces. This week on Quick to Listen historian and author of America’s Pastor: Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation Grant Wacker joined associate editor Morgan Lee and editor in chief Mark Galli to talk about the regrets, paradoxes, and surprises of the life of the most prolific religious people our time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you in part by The Apologetics Guy Show, the podcast that helps you find clear answers to tough questions about Christianity.
0:11.0	Learn to explain your faith with courage and compassion.
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0:29.1	Music Michael Del Rosario at Apologeticsguy.com. You're listening to Quick to Listen.
0:31.0	Each week we go be on hashtags and hot takes to discuss a major cultural event.
0:35.7	I'm Morgan Lee, Associate Digital Media producer here at Christianity today,
0:39.5	and joined by the great Mark Galley on a very important day in the history of this magazine.
0:44.9	Yeah, good to be here today.
0:46.3	Glad this day has finally come,
0:47.8	in which we get to honor a very important person in 20th century Christianity.
0:52.2	It's true.
0:52.9	We are recording quick to listen today on the death of Billy Graham, who, as many of
0:59.8	our listeners know, is actually one of the founders of Christianity today. And to talk about
1:05.9	Billy Graham's life, we are joined by Grant Wacker. Grant is Professor Emeritus of Christian History at Duke Divinity School.
1:12.9	He specializes in the history of evangelicalism, Pentecostalism, World Missions, and American Protestant Thoughts.
1:18.8	Most pertinent to today's discussion, he's also the author of America's Pastor, Billy Graham and The Shaping of a Nation.
1:25.9	Grant, thank you so much for joining us today.
1:27.7	Thank you. It's an honor to be here.
1:29.3	All right. Well, this week, let's set up how we want to talk about, Dr. Graham.
1:34.4	He was 99 years old, passing away on the very day we're recording this.
1:39.2	And it is difficult to overstate Graham's influence on contemporary Christianity,
1:43.3	not just in the U.S.
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