The Leadership Secrets of Billy Graham

One former ally told a local television station that Billy “is doing more to harm the cause of Jesus Christ than any living man, ...

a message is not very convincing to anyone—Christian or not— who is aware of the continuing possibilities of good and evil in ev ...

■ ■ ■ Billy faced an even greater challenge when he visited London in As in Birmingham, controversy awaited him when he stepped ...

straight away... I may be making a mistake, but I think he is a good man. I am not so sure that he isn’t a saintly man. I just d ...

Often such experiences promote humility and protect us from vainglory. For then we seek God’s witness in the heart.” Thomas, of ...

When criticism is a threat, a leader becomes defensive, but when it is viewed as a natural occurrence and a challenge, it can be ...

Settle on your deepest convictions about your mission. Lincoln’s goal was to save the Union. No matter how harsh the criticisms ...

New York newspaper claimed that while touring the Antietam battlefield in 1862, Lincoln, despite the grisly scene, asked a frien ...

“For eight weeks, this pastor called Billy personally to com- plain that his work was being hindered, and that Billy didn’t care ...

Points to Ponder BILLY GRAHAM: Hot heads and cold hearts never solved anything. THE BIBLE: A fool shows his annoyance at once, b ...

Pa rt Three Creating Momentum You have to set the tone and the pace, define objectives and strategies, demonstrate through perso ...

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CHAPTER 6 Communicating Optimism and Hope Leaders are dealers in hope. NAPOLEON Longer than anyone else, decade after decade aft ...

dour Marsh-wiggle, Puddleglum is a brave but glum creature, always expecting the worst. When he says “good morning” to the child ...

leadership strategy. It was at a time early in World War II, when the likelihood of victory was slim, that he embraced it. If he ...

was indicated by a member of his staff who wrote at this time, “[Eisenhower] was a living dynamo of energy, good humor, amazing ...

else. How could he consistently communicate his passionate beliefs? He knew that a smile could change his body chemistry. His pe ...

to look at this is that he has a wife who is exactly the opposite. A mirror image. The other day she was slumped in her chair, h ...

All of that, and more, was true. But this was not because she simply plugged into joy each morning in her personal time with God ...

For when she kept smiling during her night of faith, it was not a cover-up but a manifestation of her loving resolve to be ‘an a ...