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10 Things You Didn’t Know about Billy Graham-Fact #10

by Rhonda Stoppe | Mar 10, 2018

10. He Became the Answer to Their Prayers Think about it: the people in Billy’s small farming community came together to regularly ask God to raise someone up out of their midst who would preach the gospel to the whole world. Billy had no idea he would be that man. He...

10 Things You Didn’t Know about Billy Graham – Fact #9

by Rhonda Stoppe | Mar 9, 2018

9. He Grew Up to be a Powerful Evangelist In his lifetime, he has led countless people to Christ. When he was 30 years old, a group called ‘Christ for Greater Los Angeles’ invited him to preach at their revival where thousands of people would attend the five-week...

10 Things You Didn’t Know about Billy Graham – Fact #8

by Rhonda Stoppe | Mar 8, 2018

8. He Never Turned Back Once Billy Frank accepted Christ, his resolve to follow Jesus was transforming. He studied the Bible and carried it with him to school. To mark his conversion, he even changed his name to just, “Billy.” Of course, Billy’s school friends teased...

10 Things You Didn’t Know about Billy Graham – Fact #7

by Rhonda Stoppe | Mar 7, 2018

7. He Went to a Revival Meeting for the Wrong Reasons When Billy’s parents invited him to attend a revival meeting, he agreed to go because he had heard there would be a clash between protesters and the evangelist. At the revival there were no protestors, only...

10 Things You Didn’t Know about Billy Graham – Fact #6

by Rhonda Stoppe | Mar 6, 2018

6. He Thought He'd Heard All about Spiritual Matters Billy thought he had heard it all before regarding spiritual matters, as he’d grown up going to church. By age 10, his mother made him learn the Westminster Catechism––which consisted of 107 questions and answers...

10 Things You Didn’t Know about Billy Graham – Fact #5

by Rhonda Stoppe | Mar 5, 2018

5. He was Deeply Affected by His Father's Transformation Witnessing the transformation in his father after a near death experience was a pivotal point in Billy’s own pursuit of spiritual matters. Soon after his grandmother died, Billy’s father’s face and jaw were...

10 Things You Didn’t Know about Billy Graham – Fact #4

by Rhonda Stoppe | Mar 5, 2018

4. Witnessing His Grandmother's Death Had a Profound Influence on Him When Billy was only 13 years old, his father’s ranch hand came in the middle of the day to pick he and his sister up from school. Since this never happened, Billy knew something was terribly wrong...

10 Things You Didn’t Know about Billy Graham – Fact #3

by Rhonda Stoppe | Mar 4, 2018

3. He was a Wiggle-Worm As a five-year-old boy, Billy’s parents brought him to hear the famous evangelist, Billy Sunday. Sunday had once played center field for the Chicago Whitestockings baseball team. Although Billy loved baseball, all he remembers about that day...

10 Things You Didn’t Know about Billy Graham – Fact #2

by Rhonda Stoppe | Mar 3, 2018

2. His Mother's Godly Influence Billy Graham’s mother was a devout Christian. For the early part of his upbringing it was apparent to Billy that his mother, not his father, was the one most concerned with training the children in religious matters. For example, his...

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Billy Graham – Fact #1

by Rhonda Stoppe | Mar 2, 2018

1. He Learned Responsibility at a Young Age Billy Frank (his name as a boy) was raised on a dairy farm near Charlotte, North Carolina. He was the oldest of three children, so many of the farming chores landed on his shoulders. Seven days a week, morning and evening,...