The Legacy of Billy Graham

“Billy Graham was perhaps the most significant religious figure of the 20th century, and the organizations and the movement he helped spawn continue to shape the 21st.” (This is the opening sentence of Christianity Today’s special issue about Graham.) Christianity Today’s coverage of Graham’s funeral emphasized the ecumenical character of the event: “Up until Billy…

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The Fundamentalists and Billy Graham

Some of you new students may not understand just exactly why we take the position we take in regard to Billy Graham’s ecumenical evangelism…. Billy Graham and I have been for many years personal friends. This is not a personal difference between my father and Dr. Graham — that is what defenders of Dr. Graham’s…

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“Billy Graham the Idea” vs. “Billy Graham the Man”

The death of Billy Graham aroused a wide variety of emotions across the world of Christendom and the world of unbelievers. Some do not quite remember Graham, while others know somehow that they need to feel an inner warmness–a nostalgic feeling from a bygone era. The overwhelming response from the evangelical Christian world, especially the…

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A few thoughts on ‘Reformed Rap’–and other notes

The Eclectic Web Our friend and often a contributor to P&D, Brian Collins offers a few thoughts on the rap controversy. He poses some questions that need to be answered. For example: Why is there such invective toward men who counsel against the use of rap music for Christian purposes? Do they not have the…

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Moritz: the Case for Cessationism

The Eclectic Web Headlining our eclectic gathering of links, Dr. Fred Moritz, FBFI board member and professor at Maranatha Baptist Seminary argues for the cessation of supernatural spiritual gifts in the Maranatha Journal, recently published. His paper begins this way: The issue of whether revelation from God and the supernatural gifts of the Spirit have…

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Our History from the 1880s Onward

A popular perspective of movements shaping fundamentalism from 1880s to the 1920s, being a lightly edited transcript of a series of lectures given for the Adult Bible Fellowship of Tri-Cities Baptist Church during the spring of 2012  (Part 4) by Dave Sproul Click here for Part One – here for Part Two – here for Part…

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