Thursday through Saturday, the forecast in Cúcuta, Colombia, called for rain. But each day, for a handful of hours during the Festival of Hope with Franklin Graham—and the kids’ event leading up to it—the clouds held back. As soon as the Festival ended Saturday night, the rain began, along with thunder and lightning. God’s hand has been…
ABC opinion writer David Furse-Roberts has called the 2019 Graham Tour “Good News” for Australia. “In an age of political correctness, moral equivalence and ‘post-truth,’ where even sections of some churches question their own beliefs, Graham’s frank and fearless proclamation of the historic Christian gospel is eminently refreshing,” Furse-Roberts wrote in a column published…
With three stops down, more than 25,000 people have joined the Graham Tour so far. The next stop in Brisbane on Monday will eclipse the tour’s halfway point. Please continue to pray for many Aussies to turn to Christ.
Although Darwin is fairly quiet this time of year, the Graham Tour brought some buzz to the city with a free event at the Darwin Convention Centre. The capital of Australia’s Northern Territory, Darwin’s name is connected to the father of the theory of evolution, Charles Darwin. But after taking the stage, Franklin Graham assured the crowd
their lives weren’t created by happenstance.
Dear Friend, On Saturday I will begin a six-city tour preaching the Gospel in Australia. My father preached across the continent exactly six decades ago on a marathon evangelistic tour that lasted four months. God did a mighty work. Over three million Australians attended those Crusade meetings, and it is estimated that half of Australia’s entire population…
A Word from Franklin Graham: Look for Ways to Share Christ This Christmas Taken from an article originally published in 2014. As we come to Christmas, I can’t help but think of my mother. She loved Christmastime. She would decorate the house from one end to the other, hang stockings on the mantel, and always…
Jesus, Lord at Thy Birth A few years ago, I was flying into Amman, Jordan, about a week before Christmas. As I looked out the window, I saw both Jerusalem and Bethlehem. It dawned on me, I’m in angelic airspace right now. I was seeing these cities from a heavenly vantage. I pictured angels coming to shepherds…
Billy Graham: Confusing Evil with Good Many of our news magazines carry stories of immorality. Theologians and pastors are quoted as condoning sexual immorality under certain circumstances. The Bible says through Isaiah the prophet: “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put…
Churches in England ‘Take a Stand’ By: Trevor Freeze In the top row of the second balcony at the Opera House in Blackpool, England, Hannah Jowle paused to take everything in. The 21-year-old was wide-eyed and shocked at what she had experienced in her hometown over the three-day Lancashire Festival of Hope. A total of…
Billy Graham Memorialized with Two Statues from Chinese Sculptor Yuan Xikun The life mission of the late Billy Graham was honored Friday in Charlotte, North Carolina, at the headquarters of the ministry he formed in 1950. Special guests, staff and family members gathered at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) for a ceremony to unveil…