When I Met Billy Graham

Ask Pastor John

Desiring God

John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 6 January 2014

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Pastor John relates Billy Graham’s impact on his life, from their personal meetings, to his crusades, to his time at Bob Jones University.

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0:00.0	Billy Graham has been in the news lately.
0:07.6	He was sick and then he became very weak and at the time of this recording, he seems
0:12.4	stronger.
0:13.4	We're told, but of course, he's 95 years old and he will not be with us much longer.
0:19.0	With his name and the news, brings up questions about Graham's legacy and your own life, Pastor
0:23.3	John.
0:24.3	Let me ask you a few things about Billy Graham.
0:26.7	We'll start here.
0:27.7	I've heard somewhere, thank you Justin Taylor, that when you were young, when you were
0:32.0	a kid, you were afraid that Billy Graham would die.
0:35.9	It frightened you to think of the prospect.
0:38.1	What was that fear about?
0:42.3	It was immature.
0:45.6	It was a little faith, oh ye of little faith, but it was real.
0:50.3	It's strange.
0:51.3	I can remember, I think it was about 11 and we had a back porch and my basketball goal
1:01.0	was fastened to the top of the back porch because the grob was under the porch and I was
1:05.1	standing just to the left of the basketball backboard, facing the driveway where I shut
1:11.0	buckets.
1:12.6	This feeling came over me.
1:13.6	Isn't this strange?
1:14.6	I can remember this.
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