Did Billy Graham do More Harm Than Good to the Church?

What was Billy's gospel?

Sentimentality aside, did BG proclaim the same gospel as the Apostles did?

 

Are you familiar with what he taught, or do you make such a comment from ignorance?

What do you mean by "great"? Is Joel Osteen great? He has quite a following. . .

I hate no man. What I hate, like the Apostle Paul and Christ before him, is the perversion of the gospel.

 

Out of context? I let him speak for himself. Please provide the context.

Billy was a Universalist; therefore, not a Christian, by definition.

 

You obviously haven't watched the video.

 

What are these "volumes" you keep speaking of? Also, are you aware of what Billy said, or do you just enjoy speaking from ignorance?

 

Schuller: Tell me, what do you think is the future of Christianity?

Graham: Well, Christianity and being a true believer--you know, I think there's the Body of Christ. This comes from all the Christian groups around the world, outside the Christian groups. I think everybody that loves Christ, or knows Christ, whether they're conscious of it or not, they're members of the Body of Christ. And I don't think that we're going to see a great sweeping revival, that will turn the whole world to Christ at any time. I think James answered that, the Apostle James in the first council in Jerusalem, when he said that God's purpose for this age is to call out a people for His name. And that's what God is doing today, He's calling people out of the world for His name, whether they come from the Muslim world, or the Buddhist world, or the Christian world or the non-believing world, they are members of the Body of Christ because they've been called by God. They may not even know the name of Jesus but they know in their hearts that they need something that they don't have, and they turn to the only light that they have, and I think that they are saved, and that they're going to be with us in heaven.

Schuller: What, what I hear you saying that it's possible for Jesus Christ to come into human hearts and soul and life, even if they've been born in darkness and have never had exposure to the Bible. Is that a correct interpretation of what you're saying?

Graham: Yes, it is, because I believe that. I've met people in various parts of the world in tribal situations, that they have never seen a Bible or heard about a Bible, and never heard of Jesus, but they've believed in their hearts that there was a God, and they've tried to live a life that was quite apart from the surrounding community in which they lived.

Schuller: [R. S. trips over his tongue for a moment, his face beaming, then says] I'm so thrilled to hear you say this. There's a wideness in God's mercy.

Graham: There is. There definitely is.

Television interview of Dr. Graham by Dr. Schuller continued: Part II was broadcast on Sunday, June 8. The following is an accurate transcription of a segment.*

Schuller: You knew ... Fulton Sheen. You knew these men. Your comments on both of these men [Fulton Sheen and Norman V. Peale].

Graham: The primary way of communicating is to live the life, let people see that you're living what you proclaim.... [comments on his friendship and conversations with Fulton Sheen] I lost a very dear friend, and since that time, the whole relationship between me and my work, and you and your work, and the Roman Catholic Church has changed. They open their arms to welcome us and we have the support of the Catholic Church almost everywhere we go. And I think that we must come to the place where we keep our eyes on Jesus Christ, not on what denomination or what church or what group we belong to.

 

I've sen it here and many other places, the Arminian must come up with an explanation for what happens to the "innocent" native. Billy does so publicly, for which I'm grateful.

 

Yes. Amen. I agree. God uses flawed men to do His work. But, does He use ones who proclaim a false gospel in such a manner?

 

I've posted a video in which he claims that there are many roads. What do you think of it?

 

I think that he expressed what he always believed. If given enough time to speak the true thoughts of a man will come out.