The Leadership Secrets of Billy Graham

As Jack Modesett, CTI’s chairman, observed about Billy’s reluc- tance to fire employees, “Churchill wouldn’t fire people either! ...

“Mr. Graham is keenly aware that God’s power always shows up best in weakness,” said Joni. “This is why he inspires me with my o ...

the Missouri River to its source and proceeding from there to the Pacific Ocean. The land he would be traveling was unknown to h ...

Instead of despairing over their age, they were “open, willing to take risks, hungry for knowledge and experience, courageous, e ...

According to a profile in U.S. News & World Report, Amundsen’s great gift “was a willingness to learn from those around him. ...

by that resistance in ways undesired and undesirable,” says Wills. “The tradition must be repristinated if it is to be worth fol ...

CHAPTER 19 Plugging into Continuous Voltage When we come to the end of ourselves, we come to the beginning of God. BILLY GRAHAM ...

have. But God can be trusted, even when life seems at its darkest. From the cross, God declares, ‘I love you. I know the heartac ...

■ ■ ■ Billy has not been impervious to the pressures; his body and psy- che have paid a steep price. But he has taken his own ad ...

reserves. “Since that time, I don’t believe he’s ever regained all his strength.” Cliff Barrows agrees. “Bill was so weary in th ...

Rick quoted the apostle Paul’s statement, “When I am weak, then I am strong,” as setting the basis for this strange mixture of s ...

T.W., Grady, Rick, Cliff, Warren, Russ, and literally thousands of other colleagues and leaders have been up close and personal ...

■ ■ ■ Billy’s prayer connection was not only unusually fervent, it was also as natural to him as breathing. Perhaps most of the ...

war, his powerful messages of love and courage drew thousands; one of the sermon series became a remarkable book on the Lord’s P ...

to be as persistent as the widow in Jesus’ story, who had to keep petitioning the judge. Whatever the level of intensity and stu ...

LEADERSHIP LESSONS | Continuous Voltage Applying the Principles When you purchase a computer, you get an owner’s manual and usua ...

“At first the room was silent,” Mindy said. “Then somebody ventured, ‘anxiety,’ and I knew they ‘got it’ (not every group does). ...

who had been recommended to him as a wise counselor and spir- itual director. “Bill, I want you to come up with a word that char ...

water that no matter how much anyone pumps out of you, they’ll have a hard time lowering the level of the water even one inch. “ ...

bows in prayer while seekers come forward—moved by God, not a manipulative appeal.” That confidence in the power of the message ...