Day: February 21, 2018

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry responds to death of Rev. Billy Graham

Cara Modisett | Posted on February 21, 2018 |

“The crusades and ministry of the Rev. Billy Graham was a big tent, a revival tent — big, gracious, welcoming, and deeply grounded in the love that is the way of Jesus.”

The Reverend Billy Graham has died

Cara Modisett | Posted on February 21, 2018 |

News outlets are reporting this morning that the Reverend Billy Graham has died at the age of 99. The Washington Post reports that he was found in his home in Montreat, N.C. From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: [Graham] long suffered from cancer, pneumonia and other ailments, according to the AP. Graham reached more than 200 million […]

As though

Rosalind Hughes | Posted on February 21, 2018 |

In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus asks the crowd, “Who among you, if your child asks for a fish, would give him a snake instead, or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?”

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