Westminster Wasp - The "Oracle" of Billy

 

Evangelist Billy Graham nearly reached 100 years old.  He was born and died in North Carolina (b. 11-7-18, d. 2-21-18).

 

  [1] Billy to MLK

Billy & Dr. King met in 1957 in New York:

https://billygraham.org/story/remembering-dr-martin-luther-king-jr/

 

  [2] Billy to GloZell

Billy Graham meets the Presidents, fte. #OBAMA >>

https://billygraham.org/gallery/billy-graham-pastor-to-the-presidents/

President Obama to GloZell:

https://youtu.be/nQe7o_Gea-4

 

  [3] Billy to Sammy Davis Jr.

Billy Graham: A Prophet With Honor - David Frost (1990):

https://youtu.be/38UgmJdSOtw

David Frost to Sammy Davis Jr.:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2022/radio-4-the-frost-tapes

When the Feeling Hits You - Sammy Davis Jr. #UGonnaShout >>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aYwSIfaM8o

 

  [4] Billy to John Wayne

Billy to Kim Darby (Restless Ones, 1965):

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0174163

Kim Darby to John Wayne (True Grit, 1969):

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065126

 

  [5] Billy to Gillian Anderson (X-Files)

Franklin Graham (Billy's son) to Tracey de Leon in Facing Darkness (2017) the  Ebola documentary:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5835100

Tracey de Leon to Gillian Anderson:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6290798/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm

 

  [6] Billy to KaMillion

Franklin Graham to Rebecca DeRienzo (Facing Darkness):

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5835100/

Rebecca DeRienzo to Amber Reign Smith (Lady Makers):

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16975750/

Amber Reign Smith to KaMillion:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11212198/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm

 

  [7] Billy to Bee Gees

Billy Graham on Laugh-In:

https://youtu.be/kh4kI6YbrHM

Bee Gees on Laugh-In:

https://youtu.be/3rLBkaBgc4I

 

  [8] Billy to Johnny Carson to "Everyone"

Billy on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show:

https://youtu.be/RdkbNGCp1G4

Johnny Carson, Tonight Show episodes (1962-1992):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Tonight_Show_Starring_Johnny_Carson_episodes

Drill down to find the guests #DeanJones >>

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Tonight_Show_Starring_Johnny_Carson_episodes_(1962)

 

  [9] Billy to Sir Cliff Richard

Billy & Cliff Richard ♪ were friends for decades:   

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2726358/The-pop-star-preacher-ve-friends-48-years-How-Cliff-Richard-Billy-Graham-united-shared-faith.html

 

  [10] Billy to Biden

Billy to "Bush Jr." >>

https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/george-w-bush-billy-graham-changed-my-life/

Bush Jr. meets Biden:

https://www.today.com/news/george-w-bush-congratulates-joe-biden-2020-election-t198060

 

  [11] Billy to Einstein

Billy met Einstein when he gave a talk @ Princeton:

https://orbitermag.com/billy-graham-faith-science/

 

Crusade - The Life of Billy Graham (1993):

https://youtu.be/R8466hjI46Y

 

** BONUS: Billy to Jay Hall (yours truly)

Rebecca St. James sang @ a Franklin Graham Crusade #CAN >>

https://youtu.be/9axch9j6kfU

Faithful Friend - Rebecca St. James & Dennis Jernigan:

https://youtu.be/3AdO7n0WROg

I am a co-author with Dennis Jernigan (see review tagged "NED"):

https://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Cows-Science-Objectivity-Allowed/dp/1456585169/

Rebecca St. James visits L'Abri:

https://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Rebecca_St_James_A_visit_to_LAbri_bears_fruit_for_the_pop_rocker/18586/p1/

Everything I Do - Rebecca St. James:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVTRU97YPv4

 

my site: https://totalyouth.us/

 

#Po_Po #Obama #BarrySoetoro #JN3_16 #VeryInterestink #VeryTrue #ThinkAboutIt #RebeccaStJames #DennisJernigan #MLK #MartinLutherKingJr #JohnnyCarson #TonightShow #Laugh_In #BeeGees #X_Files #TruthOutThere #BB6640 #TrueTruth #TotalYouth #L'Abri #Schaeffer #SammyDavisJr #Biden #BillyGraham

 

** The View From the #RadicalLeft <<

American Experience - Billy Graham Documentary (2021):

https://youtu.be/PeWUFJ6g40Q

Was Francis Schaeffer a Creationist?

Francis Schaeffer and former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop made a groundbreaking video series Whatever Happened To The Human Race? on  abortion, euthanasia and related topics.  There is also a book version of this shocking documentary.  Life issues are critical, but what about the origin of life itself? 

Francis Schaeffer (d. 1984) helped popularize the importance of worldview.  Schaeffer, looking at his teachings  overall, falls into the creationist camp.  Schaeffer held to a non-tranquil Universal Flood, the possibility of man-dinosaur coexistence and that nuclear decay rates may not be constant. [1]  Schaeffer said this in his commentary on Romans:   

There is a tendency in our day to view the first three chapters of Genesis as merely myth or parable, an idea or an allegory.  But considering that both Paul and Christ accepted those chapters as real history, if we reject them we are rejecting the authority not only of Paul but even of Christ Himself. ...  There was a historical Fall, bringing death to all people, even those who lived before the giving of the law. [2]

That sure sounds like traditional creationism.  Genesis is indeed history.   Schaeffer was weak on certain points of the Biblical chronology, but if one takes the time to read his complete works, he clearly took a very conservative view on the book of beginnings.

Biographer Colin Duriez states that Schaeffer was "undoubtedly a  creationist" but the term itself has a number of shades of meaning. [3]  Sadly, theistic evolution is still popular among Christian academics.  A better term would be “Theo Evo.”  Francis Schaeffer said Theo Evo is not an option,

… I will now mention two limits that seem to me to be absolute. … The Bible gives a specific limitation:  Adam was created by God, and then Eve was made from Adam by God. … I have never heard anyone holding any form of theistic evolution who follows these two limitations [the 1st was that bara means original creation]. …even if I were still an agnostic, as once I was, I would not accept the concept of evolution from the molecule to man in an unbroken line. …this concept is weak and certainly has not been proven … [4]

Frank Schaeffer, who worked on the fantastic animated film The Great

Evangelical Disaster, in contrast, should not be tagged as a creationist.

For another interpretation of Schaeffer's vision for understanding origins, see the creation statement straight from L'abri itself (last page).

Notes:

1) Complete Works of Francis Schaeffer by Francis Schaeffer (Crossway, Wheaton, IL, 1982), Vol. 2, pp. 94, 95, 132, 134.

2) The Finished Work of Christ by Francis A. Schaeffer (Crossway, Wheaton, IL, 1998),  p. 141

3) Francis Schaeffer: An Authentic Life by Colin Duriez (Crossway, Wheaton, IL, 2008), p. 201.

4)  The Complete Works of Francis A. Schaeffer, Vol. 2, 2e (Crossway, 1996), pp. 136, 137.

Edith Schaeffer, Communism and Obama

Ideas have consequences.  Darwin had a big impact on Karl Marx's philosophy.  Evolution leads to depression.  Is Das Kapital good for humanity?  We think not.

On a recent trip to Argentina, President Obama said this,

... there's been a sharp division between left and right, between capitalist and communist or socialist.  ... you're some crazy communist that's going to take away everybody's property.  ... you should be practical and just choose from what works.

In communism, private property is gone, but what does God say?

"You shall not steal." (Ex. 20:15)

"... Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution, but if they have nothing, they must be sold to pay for their theft.  If the stolen animal is found alive in their possession - whether ox or donkey or sheep - they must pay back double." (Ex. 22:3,4)

If we have no private property, how can anyone steal?

Let us consider these wise words from Edith Schaeffer:

Where did Hitler come from?  Or Lenin?  Or Mao?  Or Stalin?  Or Amin?  What about the Berlin Wall?  What about Afghanistan?

What is the cause that brings an effect into the place where it is seen, smelled, touched, heard, felt?  How do actions come?

In the mind.  Just as creativity is in the mind first, so devastating destruction is in the mind first.  Violence is in the mind first - from ideas.

Ideas come first.

Ideas matter.

Ideas give birth to action - good or bad.

Ideas give people their world view. [1]

Edith Schaeffer (d. 2013) was the wife of Francis Schaeffer (d. 1984).

Note:

1)  The Art of Life by Edith Schaeffer (Crossway Books, Westchester, IL, 1987), p. 117.