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"Excellent" preacher!!!

I watched him on youtube via the Larry King show which he stated that he could not say that Jesus was the only way to heaven. Enough said.

Generally speaking I don't like most TV Evangelists, but there is always the exception to the rule. I have a lot of respect for Billy Graham as it seems to me he is the only one out there practicing what he preaches, as it were. He is like an old country preacher and doesn't give off the impression he is just there to get his face on television and his hand in your wallet.

Billy Graham has been preaching the simple salvation gospel message and for many years has led many to the Lord through his crusades. This Godly gentleman has my all-around respect.

Preaches the basic gospel for non believers to get saved. When many seem to have forgotten the calling.

The epitomy of the best preacher, evangelist, and Christian television personality. A man of strength and integrity.

I hold what he has done over the years in highest regard. Some of his faculties are failing him, but that should not matter when he gets to that great homecoming. I expect Paul will be one of the first to greet him.

Way back when Rev. Graham preached Jesus was only way to heaven, he had my respect. Now he says all religions lead to Jesus. I assume his mental faculties have diminished with age.

Be careful and study his life. He is a 33 degree Mason. Look it up...

He does teach Jesus Christ is the way to salvation, but listen and see what if ever, he shares regarding repentance and turing your life over to Christ, and dying daily to follow Him.

I don't always agree with his theology but Billy Graham has been the Evangelist to the World for the 20th Century and beyond.

You can't say he doesn't preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ

BG has been a first rate actor/salesmen since the 50's and all the fraud clergy fall at his feet. Most of the people who attend his "crusades" are church people and most who come to the front to get saved are church people. You can fool most of the people most of the time, especially the cultural christians. He is ecumenical, friend of deceivers, and loved by the world. The best preachers are on the streets, without salary winning the sinners, not church people, to Christ.

Personally, I don't think Graham belongs on this list. I think most would agree that he is a good and sincere man.

Billy Graham had a close personal relationship with and fondness for both the Reagans and the Clintons. Unlike others on this list, I think this proves his objectivity in Christ.

He's an amazing man of God who is reaching the nations and bringing them the love of God

This man is a great preacher. He is a Bible based minister, and had brough millions to Jesus. He does not stand between man and God. He believes that the only way to God is through Jesus. Also, he is the only evangelist I know that still lives in the same cabin on the mountain that he bought when he began his ministry. He lives a humble life, unlike 99% of other evangelists. He truly uses his money for others, not himself.

This is what the Bible teaches us. If a sinner (one who practices sin and does not know Christ. This is everyone before we come to accept Jessus fully!) repents of their sin, confesses and believes in Jesus as Lord (Romans 10:9) then they're eternally saved from seperation from God. Now, listen carefully. If the belief and confession is real they are saved. Period! If it is not real, or not from one's heart fully, then it's not true believing and one is not saved. Right? You see, Jehovah has given us all this free gift. All we have to do is accept it. If it wasn't freely given, then why did Christ have to die on the cross in our place? If a person truly repents and turns their life to Christ, then it is a real conversion. Bottom line, the Lord gives us this free gift freely to those that confess their full heart belief in Him. Read the following scriptures and let the Word of God bring you into all truth. Romans 10:9, "that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." Ephesians 1:13, "In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation, having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise. I John 5:13, "These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life." Ephesians 4:30, "Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption."

Don't agree with his Theology, but a great Human Being

Graham's message as coming to the Lord I agree with...Come as you are,,but we are not to stay as we are..Go, and sin no more is a command to all followers and true believers.

I believe however Graham is a watered down compromised deceiver!! His life on the pulpit is right on!! He preaches the no compromised message of the CROSS!!

Where he goes wrong is his life outside the pulpit..He is a 33 degree Mason!! Masonry is totally anti christian and the roots of this society is Satanic!!

Secondly, he is a partaker of other ministries false faiths, such as Roman Catholism, and he upholds many false teachers, which Jude warns about not blessing those who do not hold fast to the true doctrines of Christ!! He blesses Shuller who is a mockery to the christian faith and many, many other blasphemers of the cross such as Oral Roberts..

The man is a friend of the whole world!! This seems good but Christ say's those who are friends with the world and society are enemies of the cross!! Christ say's the true mark of walking in Truth and in Christ is that the world will hate you as it did Christ!! All heads of State love Billy Graham!!

They would not love him if he showed them the error of their way's and stood against them instead of with them!! Scary ministry indeed!! Satan is the best preacher of them all!! Don't forget that!!

Yogi

He is of the Devil his father.

I find this man a disgrace to the christian religion. I am a mother of 4 and the idea of having this man prmoting such bad ethics to my children is sickening. Gd is not on your side Graham! You are the greediest human being on earth and might as well the devil, your spot in hell is surely reserved my friend. May God bless you, you certainly need it.

jesus h. christ how old is this old fart? hasn't he scammed enough money to get into heaven yet? and take your goofy son with you...

A good and honest man.

I don't know much about any of the people on this list, and I feel better for it.

Graham, at least to my limited knowledge, appears far, far, less venal than the others, most of who are nothing more than successful and disgraceful confidence tricksters.

While I am not about to extol Graham's virtues (of which I freely admit I have no more knowledge than of any of his possible sins) he at least conducted himself with a dignity lacking in the others.

I have always loved Billy Graham, my mother inlaw and I went to one of his crusades in portland and really had my eyes opened to the gospel ( this was around the time I got saved about 16 years ago). the altar call was amazing sooo many people went forward to give their hearts and lives to Jesus it was wonderful!. from what I see he is a very good humble man of God and he always preaches from the word of God.

I don't think he's intentionally trying to be Jesus, in fact, I enjoy many of his messages

The only one in this list with a modicum of integrity. Still completely wrong of course because there is no God.

Just another Nicolatian clergyman. Beware of ANY man who stands between you and the Father, that is called an instead of Christ or antichrist. He and his crusades are full of fraud and deception. Most of the people who come streaming down to BG feet are volunteers. I think it is sick to see all the other idolitris preachers grovel at the mention of BG's name. Judgement day is going to be full of suprises, I'm afraid.

IMO, the best ever. I feel that his son (Franklin) has made it more of a business than a mission to save people from their "lost ways".

I didn't care for a couple of statements he has made but by far the best on on this list I also haven't enjoyed having his crusade's interrupt programing for every network " come on Billy every channel " oh well.

Generally speaking, I would agree with the sentiments of Irishgit. As an agnostic, maybe I have an unrealistic view of religion, but my feeling is that clergymen, particularly those with the prominence of someone like Graham, should be out helping the sick, the poor, the weak, and the afflicted of society. The only images I have of Graham in my memory are those of him playing golf with various Presidents (I believe both he and Nixon shared similar anti-Semetic sentiments). Graham has also been guilty of making silly and grandiose statements over the years; he once said that the majority of people in Houston, Texas, were going to end up burning in hell. Still, compared to guys like Dobson, Falwell, and Robertson, Graham does comport himself with some degree of dignity and restraint. Maybe it's because he's reaching the end of his life, but I get the feeling that he's sincere about his Christianity and perhaps regrets some of what he did or said in the past. That's more than you can say overall about the highly-visible, politically-powerful, and enormously wealthy religious leaders in America today (wouldn't it be great if the clergymen of today were more concerned about hungry children in Apalachia than they were about purple teletubbies?). Also, to give him his due, I've never seen Graham hustling the more oppressed members of his flock for money they can't afford with the rabid and ruthless alacrity of a Robert Tilton or an Oral Roberts. Indeed, Graham actually seems to care at least somewhat about what happens to the people he preaches to, and that's more than you can say for the majority of his money-grubbing, miracle-performing, in-tongues-talking ilk.

Unfortunately, one of the few evangelists completely above reproach in our modern world. One has to wonder if we will ever again see the likes of someone so driven to help others without self-aggrandizement. His organization's openness about financial accountability set the standard by which all others are judged. When you see the Benny Hinn's, the Kenneth Copeland's, the Creflo Dollar's - with their total disdain for opening their books in order to avoid having others scrutinize their wealth - remember the man who did it the right way. In my book, he'll aways be a 5 star. Even though he often sided politically with those who leaned to the right, he still attempted to remain balanced and fair.

I have a little different perspective on Mr. Graham. First off, I was offended by his statement during the service in the National Cathedral for the 9/11 victims, where he said that he was certain that "some" of the victims went to heaven. I mean, honestly, that was just not the time to say a thing like that. Secondly, for several years I served as secretary for Dr. Alesandr Haraszti (it's been a while, I'm not spelling that right) who was the man who helped Mr. Graham get behind the Iron Curtain for his crusades. Dr. H had served Mr. Graham faithfully for years, getting doors opened to him that there was no way Mr. Graham could have done himself. Dr. H. had been a well-respected doctor and scholar in Hungary and was able to open doors for Mr. Graham that made all kinds of things possible. When I met Dr. H, he was in his 80s and had cancer. He had no insurance because he had put aside his practice to help Mr. Graham. He had asked if he could get insurance coverage under Graham ministries to help him since he was so sick. What happened was, the Grahams ruled that since technically Dr. H. hadn't been an employee of the Grahams but was deemed a volunteer, he would not be given coverage or any help. Dr. H and his family were devastated. I was transcribing his book notes for him so he could sell a memoir and maybe get some money but he died before the book was completed. It would have been nothing for the Grahams to help out this man who had helped them so much but instead they turned their backs on him and let him die. That told me everything I would ever need to know about the Grahams and their 'compassion.' This was about the time Franklin Graham was taking over the ministry and I've answered the phone several times at Dr. H's house when Franklin called. Dr. H talked to him and tried to get him to help him out but to no avail. I guess the deal is, when they need you, you're important, but when you have no further use, even an old man is tossed aside. Unbelieveable but totally true. I was there when all this happened.

I think Graham's big appeal is that he's preached for thousands of years and has not one sexual or financial scandal dirtying his reputation. I personally don't have anything against him, I am just very leery of his embrace of freemasonry(If that's true), among other things.

What can you say about Billy? He is a kind man and I feel a true Christian,he works tirelessly for the Lord and I feel is a good example as a Man and a Christian.

Dr. Graham told people how to get to Heaven: John 3:16.

Rev. Graham had quite a calling on his life and won many souls. I admire him for that.

I have something that has been bothering me a lot lately, I am a strong believer in our Lord and believe the Bible, but do not understand why so many churches are against homosexuals when God created man. To me God did not make any mistakes, so how can it be a sin to be Gay if you are born that way and God created man? I would like some answers and views on this

Always good, though he's retired I think now.

One of the few legit mainstream evangelists. This guy is real!

A legend of an evangelist. Personally, he came on too hellfire and brimstone for me, so I did not find the Lord through his TV ministry. But now I do appreciate him.

He used his evangelistic gift well.

Graham makes false statements, such as "Pope is greatest christian in the last 100 years."

I wanted to say that you all should not be alarmed when you read that Billie Graham is a freemason.(www.cuttingedge.org click on freemasonry corner at the bottom of the page his listing at the lodge as a famous mason.)

He denied it of course and his camp threatens lawsuits to any one that has it on their website hence most of the other sightings of it on line are either blocked or are deliberatly crashed...

Anyway I don;t know why he and the rest of them (Oral Roberts, Kenneth Copeland, Creflo Dollar, TBN all of them)don;t just come on out and confess the truth that they are in the Masonic Lodge.

We know that it is written as a punishment to the mother of all harlots(Freemasonry:see www.freemasonrywatch.org)that the voice of the bride of the groom (the church & Jesus ) will no longer be heard in her..(the mother of all harlots -freemasonry)
which means ofcourse that it once was.

Or is it because they also really know that God has called time upon the mother of all harlots Rev 17 v1,v 2 and because God has declared all those that are His to quit her (Rev 18 v23)and they are still in disobedience to Him.?
remaining filthy still? Rev 22v10.

Dont believe me that Freemasonry is the mother of all harlots? (see:freemasonrywatch.org) and there are members from all faiths walks of life - world wide within her. Her 'Christian' members are not just Catholics but JW.s Word of Faith Mormons & Anglicans there is also of course the muslim side of it ;Osama bin laden being a member of it.

Her officers in the Grand Lodges wear her colours of scarlet and purple according to one of the masonic websites(secular)-they are decked in robes of purple and scarlet...

Anyway it is as it is written in the Word of God, all the Kings of the earth have drunken in the wine of her fornication and in her is found slaves (the atlantic masonic slave tradetriangular - masonic iconography/symbol)and the souls of men-the church - the voice of the bridgegroom and the bride....)

Why don;t they just play the part fully as it is written and come clean and come back to Him? If we seperate ourselves unto Him He will revceive us if we confess our sins He is faithful and will cleanse us from all unrightousness.

God has called time upon the mother of all harlots as it is written she has no more slaves in her and God has called those who are His to quit her -( www.ex masons for Jesus) although you would not have known this to be true given the number of the church leaders that are still in her number.

She is no longer profitible hence her 'men of God' practise the old testament rather than the New - tithing and the law rather than Grace and Liberty.

Freemasonry cannot prosper anyone, gone are the days when she did...she is filled with devils and demons and everyfilthy thing.

There is only one job left for her to do she has gone through all that was written of her to do including discoveries of the new world and worlds(space) science,arts medicines computers etc. (in her was found all crafts etc).

In her was found the blood of the prophets (it stretched that far back!!!) the early saints and saints through out history and all those that were slain upon the earth.

Maybe it is a case of 'they that are filthy are filthy still' that s why they are still in the Masonic Lodges...
Rev22v10.

I believe Billy Graham is a true man of God, who has answered the call, and has been a willing vessel to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.

One of America's finest preachers...BAR NONE!

I thought he was an honest man before I heard about his support for the Iraq war. How could he possibly think that America's invasion could possibly bring Muslims to Jesus? Are he and his son that naive? If anything I think it has made Muslims hate America more. I bet you anything they are comparing the war to the Crusades.

billy g like alot of great men of God has fallen into a state of apostacey. i believe he has pointed many souls to Christ in years gone by and what a great work that was but now he has said that the pope is one of the greatest evangelists that has ever lived and has signed a document with many other men like him agreeing to cease evangelising roman catholics becasue he now sees this religion as a valid means of salvation. john 14v6, I am the way, the truth and the life, noone comes to the Father except through Me.

Simply the greatest evangelist in Christian history.

At least he has a brain, has renounced some of his bigoted claims, is a bridge builder, and is easily the most impressive speaker and thinker in this category. As a side note, the virulent and hysterical Anti-Catholicism from SOME of the hard religious right posters on this site is sickening, retarded, and ignorant. While there are a lot of nice evangelicals, there are some who reinforce each and every single redneck and Bible thumping stereotype there is on a daily basis. The typical cases of "computer balls" spouted out on a free forum by cowardly half -educated cretins and minor league Ian Paisleys.

But for the anti-semitic remarks earlier in his career, this guy's career is flawless, and I'm a secular liberal. I really appreciate the conciliation he has offered in his later years as his theology has softened.

Has really lead many people to the saving power of the Lord Jesus Christ.

In one of the newsletters I've read, concerning another individual, someone stated," you should rather be asking, how many souls a person has won for The Lord? ". If you were to make this remark to Billy Graham, you could probably expect a blank stare in return. I have not watched one of his tele-programs in more than a decade, yet I respect him for running the race that apostle Paul spoke of in 1 Corinthians 9:24 and Hebrews 12:1. He has definitely used a gift wisely. I'm, now , off the milk and into the meat of The Word and so, choose to listen to pastors and teachers who go into depth, but, not all are given the same gifts and I'm thankful for the many people he presented to The Lord through his ministry. If he were a pastor of a flock, I would expect more in depth study of The Word. This is the gift he was given and he seems to have done it rather well.Peace! Sharon

30 minute sermons, preaching repentance, lest ye die in your sins, as Jesus Christ is the only substitute for sin...hmmm, that is indeed, the gospel. God used you well, Billy G.

Pharisees vs Jesus Self righteous gods vs Untouchables Self righteousness vs humbleness Too good to touch the ground vs can live on animal poop and whatever falls into the straw beneath the Pharisees feet, which they try not to touch Pharisees shove their godliness down the throats of the Untouchables Pharisees know all there is to know – that they are godly and only they know anything Jesus did not come to the Pharisees Jesus was born an Untouchable Jesus was born humble, even though He actually is God Jesus was born in a stable with animal poop and His first bed was the straw the animals ate God had Jesus live as an Untouchable for 30 years Jesus was very ready to teach the Pharisees at the age of 12 God had Jesus remain a working Untouchable for 18 more years Untouchables live closer to God’s great Earth Untouchables work together and invent ways to do less physical work Untouchables learn from each other The Pharisees knew Jesus not Jesus came to the Untouchables – even though Jesus actually was God. Jesus chose His followers from among the Untouchables He chose lowly working men to follow Him and to build His Church Jesus tried to teach the Pharisee, but they heard Him not Jesus knocked on the Pharisee doors and was rejected as an Untouchable No one cares about the Untouchables anymore Conservatives are Pharisees Liberals are Untouchables Republicans are the Pharisees Democrats are sort of Pharisee want a be’s No one represents the Untouchables anymore in our land, the Pharisees are too strong and mean The ones left behind in New Orleans were the Untouchables Pharisees blame the Untouchables for being Untouchable, not themselves

Far and above some of the others on this list.

Although I don't have all the facts, I have also heard that he embraces Catholicism, calls the Pope a good person and loves him, and even has Freemason friends. I think Freemasonry has some real new age, Satanic principles in it. It is so sad, but I remember my parents used to love him and used to feel the presence of God through his sermons. He was so full of love and so Godly. But funny, I've heard that he has always leaned towards Catholicism but now he is getting worse. I really hope he finds the truth and doesn't listen to man (the Pope or his negative influences). Plus now days, he is holding to the belief that you don't need Jesus to be saved. All as you have to do is believe in God and you are saved. So that means a Muslim as far as he is concerned, can be a part of the body of Christ. This is all so sad, and I hope God delivers him.

The gold standard by which other ministers should be measured. He has largely resisted the trappings of fame and money, which has become the scourge of so many of the pathetic pastors on TBN. Dr. Graham has been a steady, calm, and reassuring voice for Christians for decades. In short, he walks the walk. Watching most of the Pentecostals on TBN is like watching studio wrestling. Its a wretched shame.

I think (BG)is a good man,however,his main job is to get you in the word,onece your in he dose little to feed your mind with