{"id":3314,"date":"2008-11-07T19:14:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-07T19:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adrianwarnock.com\/2008\/11\/billy-graham-at-90-round-up-post\/"},"modified":"2018-02-21T13:45:01","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T13:45:01","slug":"billy-graham-at-90-round-up-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2008\/11\/billy-graham-at-90-round-up-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Graham at 90 Round Up Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Many bloggers are commenting on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billygraham.org\/News_Article.asp?ArticleID=420\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the 90th birthday of Billy Graham<\/a>, who is the evangelist who has spoken the gospel to more people than anyone else in human history. Billy is a global force for good who is sorely missed. I, for one, wish he could do one last big mission beamed all around the world to multiple stadiums. But, at 90 he can be forgiven for feeling it is time to just enjoy his retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently because of Graham\u2019s ill health <a href=\"http:\/\/akamat.wordpress.com\/2008\/11\/07\/son-billy-grahams-work-with-presidents-is-ending\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama will be the first president not to have Graham as a mentor and advisor<\/a>. That\u2019s a shame as so many presidents before him have welcomed Graham\u2019s advice and friendship. It is also possible to view <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billygraham.org\/mediaplayer.asp\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">video of Billy\u2019s sermons<\/a> online, and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billytheearlyyears.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">film of his early years<\/a> is in cinemas in the USA. I wonder if it will come to the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Today a raft of bloggers and news outlets paid tribute to him. I thought I would list some of them here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newcitypres.com\/blog\/?p=559\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newcitypres.com\/blog\/?p=559\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Billy\u2019s Grandson<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/Blog\/1484_A_Tribute_to_Billy_Graham_at_90\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">John Piper<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joshharris.com\/2008\/11\/billy_graham_turns_90.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Josh Harris<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2008\/LIVING\/wayoflife\/11\/06\/billy.graham.turns.90\/index.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/religion\/2008-11-04-billy-graham_N.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">USA Today<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crosswalk.com\/blogs\/DBurchett\/11595493\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Crosswalk<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/trpost.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/happy-birthday-billy.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Signs and Wonders Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/33foramoment.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/happy-90th-birthday-billy-graham.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">33 for a moment<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/special\/graham.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Christianity Today<\/a><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/au.christiantoday.com\/article\/world-celebrates-billy-grahams-90th-birthday\/4686.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">World Australia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many bloggers are commenting on the 90th birthday of Billy Graham, who is the evangelist who has spoken the gospel to more people than anyone else in human history. 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