WASHINGTON (RNS) — In the 1950s, 1 in 3 verses that Billy Graham used to anchor his sermons came from Jewish Scripture known to Graham — and most Christians — as the Old Testament.

Now that Billy Graham’s gone, his many admirers can only hope that his true legacy is in the quiet moments of self-reflection and spiritual discovery he inspired in many millions of people, for ...

DALLAS (RNS) — Evangelist Billy Graham was an influencer of influencers on the world stage, a prophetic voice who had a profound impact on three generations as “God’s Ambassador ...

Billy Graham's legacy: An unspectacular preacher preaching a powerful Gospel ... God uses us — like the biblical "greats" of old — not in spite of, but because of our dependence on him.

My maternal grandfather was the famed Baptist evangelist Mordecai Fowler Ham, who is credited with being the Lord’s instrument to bring a 16-year-old Billy Graham to make (as he wrote in his ...

By JANE GLENN HAAS OK. I’ll be honest. I’ve never been a “follower” of evangelists like Billy Graham. Not that they test my faith, which, frankly, I consider my own business… ...

At nearly 97 years old, Billy Graham has a new book out. The cover of “Where I Am: Heaven, Eternity and Our Life Beyond” features the face of Graham in his grandfatherly years, when the ...

For the Rev. Billy Graham, America's most famous evangelist across a career that lasted some six decades, the prospect of old age and death was for a long time something he tried not to think ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson with an old friend, evangelist Billy Graham at the White House in Washington on June 14, 1967. Graham lives near Montreat, N.C. Harry Harris, The Associated Press.

Graham’s first mission was not the Christian faith but Fuller brushes, a popular household item sold door to door. In the summer of 1936, the 17-year-old Billy threw himself into the job.