BILLY GRAHAM: NINETY-SEVEN WONDERFUL YEARS

AMERICA'S FOREMOST EVANGELIST, BILLY GRAHAM, TURNS 97 ON SATURDAY. JOIN ME, JAMES DICK, YOUR HOST ON NORTH FLORIDA WRITER LIVE TUESDAY NIGHT AS WE PROVIDE AN ADVANCE CELEBRATION FOR THIS GREAT CHRISTIAN MAN'S BIRTHDAY.  DR. GRAHAM HAS DEVOTED HIS LONG AND PRODUCTIVE LIFE TO OUR SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST AND BRINGING MILLIONS TO BELIEF IN HIM.  HAVING EXPERIENCED AN IN PERSON VISIT TO ONE OF HIS GREAT CRUSADES IN EARLIER LIFE, I CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST TO THEIR POWER AND LOVE.

AS A TEENAGE BOY, YOUNG BILLY WAS MORE INTERESTED IN BASEBALL THAN HE WAS THE CHURCH, BUT A FRIEND TALKED HIM INTO GOING TO A REVIVAL BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF GIRLS THERE. SO HE WENT TO THE REVIVAL, LAID EYES ON A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY NAMED RUTH (THE FUTURE RUTH GRAHAM) AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY. FROM THERE HE AND RUTH ATTENDED BIBLE COLLEGE AND BEGAN A LONG LIFEA TOGETHER LOVING ONE ANOTHER AND THE SAVIOR.  THEY WERE A VERY SPECIAL COUPLE AND BILLY DIDN'T REALLY SLOW DOWN UNTIL RUTH DIED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.  AND EVEN THOUGH HE CAN'T TRAVEL ANYMORE AND STAYS AT HOME, HE STILL HAS A KEEN MIND AND FREQUENTLY PENS CHRISTIAN NOTES AND VIEWS EXPRESSING HIS CONCERN FOR THE FUTURE OF MODERN DAY AMERICA.

I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US FOR A MOMENT DEVOTED TO APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK THAT HE HAS DONE IN HIS LIFE AS HE APPROACHES HIS BIRTHDAY. AND MAY IT  BE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY INDEED.

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