The Leadership Secrets of Billy Graham

him. For instance, a colleague of Billy’s told us of a teammate who had so greatly failed Billy that he was considered by Billy’ ...

and Clinton, and their first ladies—looked to see how Billy would address Nixon’s considerable, if severely tarnished, legacy. I ...

where Billy and Ruth will eventually be buried. Billy has said that sometimes the mental, physical, and spiritual pressures on h ...

loneliness, depression, and often discouragement. Only God’s illimitable grace and peace can carry us through times of trial.” D ...

“tough” through physical, mental, and spiritual disciplines. “Tough individuals,” he says, “are consistently able to perceive st ...

He turns to the Bible’s advice: “See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trou- b ...

A third time he married. By 1929 he was worth $40 million. But the great “Crash” came, and he lost his money as well as his exce ...

We see this spirit in Billy as he responded to the 1995 Okla- homa City bombing. David Frost observed that although the pres- id ...

Points to Ponder BILLY GRAHAM: Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has. THE BIBLE: Many wi ...

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CHAPTER 13 Redeeming the Ego Those who stand highest in the esteem of men are most exposed to grievous peril. THOMAS À KEMPIS Bi ...

“Absolutely. And you can tell when someone allows God to redeem his ego. I was chair of Billy’s Cincinnati campaign and was with ...

I doubt it.’ But Billy was totally serious—‘Maybe you could teach me a few things.’” Lon then spoke of Billy’s calling him, aski ...

know about the suffering of Christ that you preach about so often? You have never suffered. You live well and have the comforts ...

shucks” kind of modesty but a sense of being “a brand plucked from the fire by a holy God”—who calls him his beloved. In a David ...

■ ■ ■ Russ Busby, longtime official photographer for the Graham asso- ciation, has provided thousands of striking photos documen ...

“Blessed are the meek,” said Jesus. When we hear this, we are likely to think of a Caspar Milquetoast and certainly not a mag- n ...

No, Billy is not humble in the simplistic sense, but he has made himself vulnerable to the Spirit to redeem his ego. That is wha ...

like the spiritual intensity we see in Billy Graham. The two men’s worldviews and commitments were largely congruent. When Lee s ...

work. In the David Frost interview cited above, Billy said he rec- ognized his wasn’t the most important factor in seeing result ...