Cover Story
Cover Story
How a Humble Evangelist Changed Christianity As We Know It
Churches were divided. Believers eschewed cultural influence. Liberal modernism was on the move. Then God made Billy Graham.
Features
Farm Boy: How Billy Graham Became a Preacher
A boyhood in rural North Carolina shaped the evangelist his entire life.
The Sin of Tolerance
An example of Billy Graham’s fiery preaching in the 1950s.
America’s (Children’s) Pastor
What kids’ letters to Graham reveal about his place in society.
Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God
Why a fiery evangelist changed his emphasis.
The Evangel-ist
Billy Graham restored a sense of goodness about the Good News.
The Preacher and the Popes
Billy Graham admired the moral leadership and evangelistic passion he saw in Catholics like John Paul II.
When Billy Took Britain by Storm
Graham’s London crusade birthed an evangelical ministry of global proportions.
Rick Warren: What I Learned from Billy
Focus. Integrity. And a God-directed heart.
Why Graham’s Preaching Worked
It’s what he said, how he said it, how he looked saying it—and how he believed it.
Lead Us Not Into Scandal
While some other evangelicals stumbled in national news, Graham’s Modesto Manifesto kept him from falling.
Walking Together to Glory
Another evangelical hero and architect of the movement reflects on Graham’s life and legacy.
How Billy Graham Killed Communism with Kindness
Graham preached behind the Iron Curtain, driving his critics crazy.
Inside the Nixon Years
Chuck Colson tells the inside story of the most controversial relationship in Graham’s life.
The Preacher and the Press
How Billy Graham got the mainstream media to broadcast God’s message to the world.
What I Would Have Done Differently
Billy Graham’s regrets, in his own words.
Level Ground at the Cross
Billy Graham drew people together his whole life. In a segregated South, he wrestled with what that should mean.
An Intentional Intimacy
Billy Graham kept the focus on God at all times. How did he do it?
No Figurehead Founder
To glimpse Graham’s dynamic leadership style, look no further than his founding of Christianity Today magazine.
Not the Stuff of Romance Novels
Billy and Ruth’s marriage was one of calling. But true love came along.
‘Little Girls Need Their Daddy’
Billy Graham’s children are thankful for their father; they just wish he’d been around more.
Graham and the Jews: A Complex Connection
The Nixon tapes revealed a shocking quote, but there was much more to his relationship with Judaism.
Billy in the Oval Office: A Story of Faith, Friendship, and Temptation
Journalist Nancy Gibbs recalls Graham’s relationship with six decades of American presidents.
More from this Issue
I, Too, Owe My Conversion to Billy Graham
The number of lives changed, directly and indirectly, is staggering.
My Mountaintop Moment
This magazine and I both have our beginnings in a replacement evangelist’s ministry.
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