Bright Unto the End
In the face of retirement and death, the founder of Campus Crusade says his spirit still soars
Wendy Murray Zoba | posted 10/01/2001 12:00AM
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In hindsight, is there anything you might have done differently?
If I had my life to live over, I would have concentrated on getting to know God better and love him more and trust him more. One of the best ways to maintain that first love is to share Christ with others. That can happen to everybody, every day.
What would be your parting words to believers?
The believer who is on the cutting edge—who walks in the light as God is in the light—lives the life of adventure. So my plea would be, become acquainted first with who God is, and then obey what he tells you to do and experience his blessing. The blessings of heaven are for everybody, no matter what the circumstances. Jesus said, "Come unto me, all you who are weary, and I will give you rest. Peace I leave with you." And so my word to believers would be: Let us awaken out of our Laodicean spirit and return to our first love, like the church at Ephesus was admonished to do. And let us share this most joyful news with everybody on the planet.
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Related Elsewhere:
Read Wendy Murray Zoba's 1997 Christianity Today article, "Bill Bright's Wonderful Plan for the World."
Bright's official site includes information on his life, his books and materials, and a timeline of his life.
Campus Crusade for Christ's homepage includes links to Bright's famous Four Spiritual Laws, the daily devotional he writes, and a message from Bright.
Bright officially passed the Campus Crusade baton to Douglass in July.
Bill Bright's books, including Blessed Child, are available at Christianbook.com.
The JESUS Film project online allows viewers to watch the film in 55 languages.
In a recent TIME article on Blessed Child, Bright said, "If I die I'm going to heaven. If I don't die, I go on serving the Lord. I'm happy either way."
Christian Broadcasting Network said "no one has had more of an impact on world evangelism in the last 50 years than Bill Bright."
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly correspondent Kim Lawton interviewed Bright about his evangelical work and pulmonary fibrosis.
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