Lon Allison shares the story of the man and his message of Jesus
Christ with a whole new generation.
"My prayer is that this book will be read by a generation that has never
heard of Billy Graham.... I also write for those who are broadly
attached to the Christian faith, and for those who have had only a small
or short brush with faith in their lives. Billy impacted everyone from
Catholics and Lutherans to Bible Church Evangelicals and Assembly of God
Charismatics. As I hope you will hear clearly in what follows, he
touched people like me with very little religious background. He was the
'Pastor to Presidents' and a spiritual guide to celebrities. But more
than everything else, he was a friend of Jesus and passionately devoted
to telling Jesus's story to everyone he possibly could in all the
world."
--Lon Allison, from the introduction
Billy Graham said, "You have no idea how sick I get of the name Billy
Graham, and how wonderful and thrilling the name Christ sounds to my
ears." So, then, why another book about him?
Lon Allison, an evangelist himself, and popular evangelical pastor in
Wheaton, Illinois, has learned much from Billy. Allison retells the
highlights of what has been, by any objective account, a fascinating
life, and tells it is a way that resonates with the Graham legacy of
serving God and seeking to spread the Good News. Every stage of Graham's
life is included, even the rough spots, with appreciation and a desire
to answer the question: What can we learn from the life and ministry of
Billy Graham? What is his legacy? What was his message and how might it
still be relevant for today.
Foreword by Dr. Leighton Ford and Jean Graham Ford.
