• America,  Billy Graham,  Memories

    Memory #3: America

    When Billy Graham visited post war Britain in 1947, he wrote home with a request for prayer. Britain, darkened by war and moral decline, needed to hear the gospel. In his twilight years Billy Graham repeats his request, this time for America: “Our society strives to avoid any possibility of offending anyone—except God. Yet the farther we get from God, the more the world spirals out of control. My heart aches for America and its deceived people. The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance. In Jonah’s day, Nineveh was the lone world superpower—wealthy, unconcerned, and self-centered. When the Prophet Jonah finally traveled to Nineveh…