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667.AGL at UN. Lotz, Just Give Me Jesus audiotape 2.
667.AGL on women in ministry. Interview. Lotz has given the example of Mary Magdalene on several occasions. A similar version can be found on Just Give Me Jesus audiotape 2.
669.AGL on diminishing resistance to women in ministry. Interview.
670.Wife to submit to servant leadership. “Southern Baptist Faith and Message.” http://sbc.net/ default.asp?url=bfam_2000.html.
670.“Office of pastor limited to men.” “Southern Baptist Faith and Message.”
670.AGL: SBC reacting to feminism. Interview.
670.AGL on ordination. Interview. “If another godly woman . . .” is from a press conference after Amsterdam 2000. http://challengeweekly.co.nz/lss31.htm.
670.BG as absent father. AGL: Laurie Beyer interview. Ms. Lotz made similar comments on Larry King Live.
671.Ned Graham’s ministry. Terry Mattingly, “Christian Groups Don’t Agree About China,” syndicated column. http://www.gospelcom.net/tmattingly.
671.Ned Graham. The first major account of Ned’s problems was Karen L. Willoughby’s “Ministerial Oversight?” World Magazine, November 6, 1999. http://www.worldmag.com/ world/issue/11–06–99/national_1.asp. This article asserted or strongly implied that in addition to abusing alcohol, Ned had been unfaithful to his wife, had physically abused her and the children, and had used pornography. Graham repudiated Willoughby’s article, charging that she had “flat-out lied” to him about the auspices under which she was working and had proceeded dishonestly and bizarrely throughout preparation of her article. He claims, for example, that she presented him with nine hundred single-spaced lines of questions, asking such things as whether it was true that he had arranged abortions for several women he had impregnated and was growing hallucinogenic mushrooms on the grounds of East Gates Ministries. Using this article and materials taken from Carol’s divorce papers before they were sealed (and circulated by the senior pastor of their church), as well as further interviews, freelance writer Tony Carnes wrote, with Art Moore, “Woes Shake East Gates Ministries: Resignations Follow Allegations, Divorce,” in the December 6, 1999, issue of Christianity Today. This experience, Ned said, “opened my eyes to where Evangelical Christianity has sunk. We are the one section of the population that shoots our own wounded. I haven’t done an interview with a Christian [publication] since then. I have just focused on ministry.” Interview, August 15, 2001. Billy Graham’s approving statement appeared prominently on the home page of the East Gates website, http://www.egmi.org.
672.Ruth and Billy Graham Children’s Health Center/Hospital. http://www.grahamhealthykids.org.
673.“Insightful Atlantic Monthly article.” Sue Erikson Bloland, “Fame: The Power and Cost of a Fantasy,” Atlantic Monthly, November 1999. http://www.theatlantic.com/ issues/99nov/9911fame.htm.
674.Ruth Graham McIntyre on her family. The quotes “my familiar pattern . . . find out” and “his plans kept moving . . . nurturing hope” are from Ruth Graham McIntyre, “Growing Up Graham,” Youthworker: The Contemporary Journal for Youth Ministry, May/June 2000. http://www.youthspecialties.com/ywj/articles/columns/mymindm-j00.html. All other quotes are from interview, July 24, 2001.
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677.AGL on her parents’ aging. Interview.
680.Billy Graham Classics on TBN. By midsummer 2001, this plan had been implemented.
681.“My Hope World TV Project.” Decision, October 2006, pp. 22–25.
681.BGEA to move to Charlotte. Richard N. Ostling, “Billy Graham Hasn’t Retired, But Son’s Era Begins,” AP, November 21, 2001.
682.FG’s plans for BGEA. Interview.
683.The observance of the National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, September 14, 2001, was aired on all major broadcasting networks. The text of Graham’s remarks, as well as an audio recording, were reprinted in many newspapers and preserved on the BGEA website. http:// www.billygraham.org/newsevents/ndprbgmessage.asp.
684.FG’s comments on Islam. “This wonderful, peaceful religion,” Jim Avila, NBC News, November 16, 2001. http://msnbc.com/local/wbal.g978991.asp; “a very evil and wicked religion” and “It wasn’t Methodists . . . ,” NBC News, November 16, 2001; Associated Press, November 20, 2001, and Richard N. Ostling, AP, November 24, 2001. Bush statement at Ramadan, Avila, NBC News, November 16, 2002.
684.FG declines offer to meet with Muslims, AP, November 21, 2001.
684.FG’s clarifying statements. BGEA press release, November 18, 2001, and Graham op-ed piece in Wall Street Journal, November 19, 2001.
684.Bush: Islam “preaches peace.” NBC News, November 16, 2001.
684.“It doesn’t help . . . off guard.” Ray Buchanan, president of Stop Hunger, based in Raleigh, N.C., AP, November 21, 2001.
684.Ken Woodward, FG is “tone deaf.” NBC News, November 16, 2001.
684.Response of Jewish leaders. David Firestone, “Billy Graham Responds to Lingering Anger Over 1972 Remarks on Jews,” New York Times, March 17, 2002, p. A24.
684.BG sees implications. Private conversation.
685.BG apologizes. Press release, March 1, 2002, and “Excerpts from Billy Graham’s Statement About Nixon Tape,” New York Times, March 17, 2002, A24.
685.BG had grown. In the closing paragraph of my beliefnet article, referenced above, I wrote the following: “Billy Graham was 53 years old when his conversation with Nixon and Haldeman took place. Should he have known better than to say the things he said? Of course. Should he have played the role of prophet rather than court chaplain and boldly spoken truth to power? Absolutely. Should we, in light of all we know about him, which is a great deal indeed, condemn him as a duplicitous hater? That privilege would seem to be reserved only for those completely confident the stone they are poised to throw will leave no stain in their own hand.”
687.Billy Graham Library and Visitor Center. Personal observation. See also Jim Dailey, “The Billy Graham Library—The Life of an Evangelist,” Decision (February 2007), p. 19; Amanda Knoke, “The Billy Graham Library: Proclaiming Christ,” Decision (April 2007), pp. 28f; Franklin Graham, “An Evangelistic Experience,” Decision (May 2007), p. 40. For the controversy regarding the Library and its possible function as a burial site, see Laura Sessions Stepp, “A Family at Cross-Purposes,” Washington Post (December 13, 2006), p. A01. For the record, I had no problems with the talking cow.
689.A golf course in heaven. BG on Prime Time Live. A 1992 program included in “Billy Graham: A Personal Crusade,” A&E Biography (Pam Ridder, producer). First aired on May 22, 2000.
689.BG: “I want to hear.” Ibid.
690.2008 campaign. http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/novemberweb-only/ 145–52 .0.html.
692.Palin visit. http://www.christiantoday.com/article/sarah.palin.meets.billy.graham/24705.htm 692. Graham meets Obama. http://billygraham.org/story/president-obama-meets-with-billy-graham–2/ and http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/07/when-obama-visited-billygraham-each-man-prayed-for-the-other.html.
692.Day of Prayer. http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/obama-visits-the-rev-billy -graham/.
692.Franklin comments on Obama. “very nice man” http://www.christianpost.com/news/ franklin -graham-troubled-by-obama-softening-to-donald-trump–49970/. Obama a true Christian? http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/billy-grahams-son-questionsobamas-faith/. President needs sound biblical teaching. http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/ hannity/transcript/franklin-graham-clarifies-controversial-comments-about-trump-obama.
692.Franklin assesses Mitt Romney. http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/franklin -graham -Romney-Mormon/2012/02/21/id/430049.
693.“I wouldn’t do that now.” http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/januaryweb-only/qabillygraham.html?start=2.
693.“you can quote me on that.” http://articles.latimes.com/2012/oct/12/news/la-pn-billy -graham-romney-endorsement–20121011.
693.Ads against same-sex marriage. http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/03/billy-gra
ham-backsnorth-carolinas-gay-marriage-ban and /http://danielsilliman.blogspot.com/2013/10/billy-grahams-big-ads.html.
693.Evangelicals can vote for a Mormon. http://billygraham.org/decision-magazine/october–2012/can-an-evangelical-christian-vote-for-a-mormon/.
693.Mormonism cult item deleted from BGEA website. http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/10/19/ billy-graham-no-longer-thinks-mormonism-is-a-cult/.
694.Romney endorsement Billy or Franklin? http://www.ctlibrary.com/ct/2012/octoberweb-only/billy-graham-political-statements-history.html and http://www.dailykos.com/ story/2012/10/18/1146371/-The-Hypocrisy-of-Billy-Franklin-Graham.
694.Graham’s 95th birthday. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/11/07/billy-graham–5th -birthday-to-be-marked-by-party-in-nc/.
694.“My Hope” video. http://myhopewithbillygraham.org/programs/.
694.Franklin Graham, “If we are allowed.…” Stoyan Zaimov, “Billy [sic] Graham Responds to Obama Victory, Continues Evangelism Campaign,” The Christian Post, November 9, 2012. http://bit.ly/2rLwUa9
Vote totals: http://bit.ly/2sKUbud
694.“If Christians are upset.” Billy Hallowell, “Are Christians at Fault for Obama’s Re-Election Win? Rev. Franklin Graham Says Yes,” TheBlaze, November 19, 2012. http://bit.ly/2szVIEZ
694.Franklin Graham approves of Trump. Sarah Pulliam Bailey, “How Donald Trump is bringing Billy Graham’s complicated family back into White House,” Washington Post, January 12, 2017, http://wapo.st/2t3v6h6. Also, Jane C. Timm, “Trump’s Foundation Wrote Many Checks on Path to Nomination, NBC News, October 5, 2016, https://www.nbcnews.com/ politics/2016-election/trump-s-foundation-wrote-many-checks-path-nomination-n659811.
Billy Graham’s 95th birthday party photo. Jim Dailey, “My Hope America With Billy Graham,” Decision, January 2, 2014. http://bit.ly/2t4MNg1
694.“My hope is not in either party.” Franklin Graham, “The Race for America’s Future,” Decision, October 2016, p. 5. http://bit.ly/2s073zN
694.“Put God back …” Jean Hopfensperger, “Evangelist Franklin Graham holds ‘no hope’ for either parties’ candidates.” St. Paul Star Tribune, June 16, 2016. http://strib.mn/2t3Rzua
695.“I think Donald Trump has changed …” Michael F. Haverluck, OneNewsNow.com, November 11, 2016. http://bit.ly/2t4cNb8
695.“biggest political upset.” Michael F. Haverluck, OneNewsNow.com, November 11, 2016. http://bit.ly/2t4cNb8
695.“God showed up.” Lindsey Bever, “Franklin Graham: The media didn’t understand the ‘God-factor’ in Trump’s win.” Washington Post, November 10, 2016. http://wapo.st/2rLxJ2W;
Franklin Graham, “Evangelical Vote Fuels Historic Election Result,” Decision, November 30, 2016. http://bit.ly/2sZRsiL
695.Trump: Franklin Graham “so instrumental.” http://wapo.st/2t3v6h6
696.Billy Graham, The Reason for My Hope: Salvation (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2013).
696.“a place of wailing.” Billy Graham, Where I Am: Heaven, Eternity, and Our Life Beyond (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2015), pp. 202f.
697.BG to Larry King. http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0506/16/lkl.01.html. I thank Charlotte Observer writer Tim Funk for recalling and documenting this conversation.
697.“I don’t know.” Tim Funk, “New Billy Graham book echoes hardline preacher of ’50s, not grandfatherly evangelist of love,” Charlotte Observer, October 6, 2015. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/religion/ article38008473.html. See also Adelle M. Banks, “Billy Graham warns of fire and brimstone in ‘final’ book,” Religion News Service, October 2, 2015. http://religionnews.com/2015/10/02/billy-graham-warns-of-fire-and-brimstone-in-final-book/
Index
ABC, 138, 149, 230, 236, 680
Madison Square Garden crusade, 236, 238
Abernathy, Ralph, 357, 370, 421
Abrams, Creighton, Jr., 353
Abundant Life, 339
Accra Evening News, 265
Adam and Eve, 160–61
Adams, Lane, 232, 242, 247, 293, 324–25, 577, 578, 601
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 270
Aerie Crown Theater, 313
Africa on the Bridge, 265, 270–71
Agajanian, Dennis, 640, 645, 647
Agnew, Spiro, 358–59, 390, 435
Ahmad, Maulana Sheikh Mubarak, 266
Akers, John, 16, 492, 505, 517–19, 521, 534, 536, 537, 554, 562, 570, 580, 583, 591
Akron Beacon Journal, 478
Aldrich, Winthrop, 178, 181–82
Altoona, Pa., 111–12
American Council of Christian Churches, 91, 229
Americans Against Bombs of Bigotry, 255
Americans United for Separation of Church and State, 30
“American’s Decision,” 171
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 540, 549, 669
Amsterdam Affirmations, 546, 550
Amsterdam Declaration, 643
Amsterdam 2000, 642–43, 660
Amsterdam ’83, 541–43, 574, 626
Amsterdam ’86, 544, 549, 618
Anaheim, Calif., 370, 388, 389
AnGeL Ministries, 664, 665, 667
Angels (Graham), 574, 586–87
Anglicans, 34, 177, 179, 184, 188–89, 194, 224, 262, 324, 326
“Answer to Corruption, The,” 367
anthropology, 86–87, 172
Antichrist, 26, 46, 169, 223, 227, 323–24, 341, 543
anti–Semitism, 684–85
apartheid, 27, 417, 418–419, 420, 510
Approaching Hoofbeats (Graham), 574, 598, 599
Arab Americans, 657
Arbatov, Georgi, 511–12, 519, 529, 613, 622
Armerding, Hudson, 456
Armstrong, James, 366, 403–4
Arthur, Kay, 665
Asheville, N.C., 466, 468, 476, 573, 672
Associated Press, 121, 123, 351, 404, 433, 479, 623
associate evangelists, 259, 294, 302, 411, 415, 423, 644, 679
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, 61
Association of Gentlemen, 41
Atlanta, 140–43, 172, 421–22, 471, 486, 640
Atlanta Constitution, 141, 143
Australia, 217, 258–62, 344, 357, 381–82, 468, 645
Australian Broadcasting, 260–61
awards for books, 665
Babbage, Stuart, 380
Back Home Hour, 77
Bader, Jesse, 143, 227, 231
Bailey, Don, 486
Baker, James A., III, 537, 634
Bakker, Jim, 478, 567, 575–76, 588, 606, 656
baptism, 78, 447
Baptists, 11, 33, 36, 38, 39, 44, 72, 74, 87–88, 157, 205, 213, 218, 345, 536, 544
and Anne Lotz, 547, 648, 664, 665, 678
Graham as, 78, 88, 156, 498
Soviet bloc and, 482–85, 493–94, 497, 498, 499, 500, 502–3, 509–11, 530
Baptist Standard, 310, 349
Baptist World Alliance, 278
Barfield, Velma, 607–8
Barker, Lil (aunt), 63–64
Barker, Simon (uncle), 64
Barr, Dave, 145, 312–13, 563
Barrett, David, 632
Barrows, Billie, 97, 100, 131, 575, 682
Barrows, Cliff, 26, 97, 100, 135, 137, 140, 477, 545–46, 607, 617, 682, 686, 691, 695, 697
BGEA and, 16, 140, 376, 567, 568, 572, 575–76, 578, 611, 617
Graham Crusade team and, 107, 109–11, 116, 117, 133, 137–38, 187, 270, 293, 555, 556, 682, 686
Hour of Decision and, 140–44, 562, 575
Barry, Marion S., Jr., 27–28
Baruch, Bernard, 133
Bates, Carl, 363
Beavan, Gerald “Jerry,” 106, 134, 135, 136, 140, 149, 151, 218, 241, 258–59, 260
Greater London Crusade and, 177, 179
Madison Square Garden Crusade and, 225, 231, 238
Belfast, Northern Ireland, 407–11
Bell, Clayton, 470, 475
Bell, Nelson, 84, 88, 157, 158, 172, 210, 228, 250, 257, 281, 295, 362, 364, 402, 578, 672
Christi
anity Today, 216, 219, 220, 221, 319
Bell, Ralph, 302, 357, 554, 648–49
Bell, Rosa, 84, 86, 689
Bell, Ruth, see Graham, Ruth
Belshazzar’s feast, 102, 130, 133, 197
Bennett, George, 572–73
Bennett, John C., 284–85, 394, 431
Bennett, Walter, 138, 142, 218, 566; see also Walter Bennett Communications
Berlin, East, 190–92, 280
Berlin, West, 190–92, 280, 299, 331, 334, 337
Berlin Congress, 331, 334–343, 344, 345, 349, 350, 369, 417, 424, 449, 453
Bernardin, Joseph, 363
Bernall, Cassie, 658
Berry, Lowell, 293–94
Berry Foundation, 294
Better Business Bureau, 475
Bewes, Richard, 643
Beyond Amsterdam, 682
Beyond These Hills, 349
Bible:
Graham’s readings of, 66, 86, 163–64, 174, 214, 216, 349, 354, 368, 509, 602, 656
New Testament of, 45, 187, 583, 589
racism and, 172–73, 175–76
Revised Standard Version (RSV) of, 109, 223–24
study groups and, 25, 30, 35, 50, 64, 161, 166, 618, 662, 664, 665, 676
truth of, 38, 61, 80, 114–15, 348
as Word of God, 81, 115, 118, 159, 160, 210–11, 348
see also God: Word of
Bible colleges, 90–91; see also specific Bible colleges
Bible Institute of Los Angeles (BIOLA), 90, 122
Bible Study Fellowship, 662, 664
Billy Graham and the Church of Rome, 409
Billy Graham Center, 14, 17, 257, 476, 524, 573, 611
Billy Graham Crusades, 108, 216, 243, 247, 256, 381, 637, 638, 639–40, 680, 685–86
in Africa, 264–71
associate evangelists in, 259, 294, 302, 415, 423, 425, 534, 550, 679
in Australia and New Zealand, 257–62, 381–82
broadcasts of, 13–142, 147, 192, 236–37, 420, 461, 468, 496–97, 532, 559, 563–65, 624, 626–27
compensation for team, 143–44, 572–73
conversions in, 119–20, 122–23
counseling and follow-up in, 30, 145, 185, 197, 199, 232, 226, 235, 243–44, 381, 388