Billy Graham: The Man I Knew

Billy Graham: The Man I Knew

by Greg Laurie
Billy Graham: The Man I Knew

Billy Graham: The Man I Knew

by Greg Laurie

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Overview

Billy Graham Was the World’s Best-Known Evangelist—Loved and Admired by Millions. But Very Few Knew Him Personally.

Pastor and bestselling author Greg Laurie was one of those fortunate few, blessed with an insider’s view of Billy Graham’s world for more than two decades.

With the same painstaking research and eye for detail that distinguishes his previous biographies, Steve McQueen: Salvation of an American Icon and Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon, Laurie now turns to the life of his beloved mentor, offering the intimate perspective of a disciple and friend.

As a strapping North Carolina farm boy, Graham surrendered his life to Jesus at a camp meeting led by a blustery itinerant preacher, but he never lost the mischievous twinkle in his eye or his fun-loving air.

Laurie sheds light on Graham’s lesser-known struggles—such as a broken heart before he met the love of his life and a crisis of faith from which he emerged stronger than ever. From the evangelist’s private challenges and public successes to his disappointments and joys, Billy Graham: The Man I Knew provides a vivid portrait of one of history’s most remarkable Christian lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781684510597
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Publication date: 04/13/2021
Pages: 424
Sales rank: 496,261
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Greg Laurie, the senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California, one of the largest churches in America, has written more than seventy books. Featured on the syndicated radio program A New Beginning and on a weekly television show on the Trinity Broadcasting Network, he serves on the board of directors of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. He and his wife, Cathe, are the parents of two and grandparents of five.

Table of Contents

Introduction xv

Chapter 1 The Dairyman's Son 1

Chapter 2 No Angel 11

Chapter 3 A Bespectacled Messenger 17

Chapter 4 The Old Has Gone, the New Has Come 27

Chapter 5 Rose-Colored Glasses 35

Chapter 6 God's Not Deaf 47

Chapter 7 New Horizons 55

Chapter 8 God Speaks, on the Eighteenth Hole 65

Chapter 9 Ready to Roar 71

Chapter 10 Knees Down! Chin Up! 79

Chapter 11 The Twenty-One-Year-Old Freshman 87

Chapter 12 Saved by a Bell 95

Chapter 13 A Marriage Made in Heaven 107

Chapter 14 It Takes a Village 117

Chapter 15 London Fog 129

Chapter 16 Evangelism Races, Education Plods 141

Chapter 17 Inexperienced, but Enthusiastic 149

Chapter 18 Two Evangelists, Two Crises of Faith 159

Chapter 19 Kissed by William Randolph Hearst 171

Chapter 20 Cowboys, Heroes, and Mobsters 181

Chapter 21 King of All Media 195

Chapter 22 Far East Man 209

Chapter 23 Yankee Spellbinder 217

Chapter 24 Shaking Hands with Mr. History 231

Chapter 25 Gabriel in a Gabardine Suit 239

Chapter 26 JFK 249

Chapter 27 The Decade That Took Down a President 261

Chapter 28 A Man I Never Knew

Chapter 29 Revival in a Suitcase 285

Chapter 30 The Son Also Rises 293

Chapter 31 California Christians 305

Chapter 32 From Russia with Love 317

Chapter 33 Transitions 329

Chapter 34 Lion in Winter 343

Afterword 357

Acknowledgments 365

About the Authors 367

Selected Bibliography 369

Sources 373

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