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The Real Story Behind Queen Elizabeth's Friendship With Evangelist Billy Graham
Time ^ | Feb 21 2018 | Flora Carr

Posted on 09/23/2022 2:34:15 PM PDT by NeverCheney

Billy Graham, the influential evangelist who died on Wednesday at the age of 99, used his charisma to spread the word of Christianity to millions worldwide. It also earned him friends among the world’s rich and powerful — even among royalty.

Graham, the son of a North Carolina farmer, began his worldwide mission in London in the 1950s, and it was here that he met with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The pair developed an unlikely friendship, visiting one another multiple times over the following decades; on Easter Sunday 1995, Graham gave the sermon in the royal family’s private chapel, The Telegraph reports.

“No one in Britain has been more cordial toward us than Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,” Graham wrote in his 1997 autobiography, Just As I Am. As he recalled on her 90th birthday in 2016, she could not officially endorse his work but was personally both supportive of his work and open to his religious teachings.

“I have always found her highly intelligent and knowledgeable about a wide variety of issues,” he added, “not just politics.”

(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 2018; billygraham; learnhowtopost; notnews; oldnews; qeii; queenelizabeth; religionforum
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1 posted on 09/23/2022 2:34:15 PM PDT by NeverCheney
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To: NeverCheney

I believe Dr. Graham died back in 2018; rather it was the Queen who just passed away.


2 posted on 09/23/2022 2:37:11 PM PDT by princess leah
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To: NeverCheney

I’ve only read the excerpt and I’m already tearing up. This article is going to turn me into a blubbering mess, isn’t it? 😭


3 posted on 09/23/2022 2:37:49 PM PDT by TXBlair (We will not forget Benghazi.)
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To: princess leah

“...I believe Dr. Graham died back in 2018...”
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The article is from 2018.


4 posted on 09/23/2022 2:41:36 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: princess leah

This article was from Time Magazine in February, 2018.


5 posted on 09/23/2022 2:41:43 PM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives: Ban Gun Free Zones)
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To: NeverCheney

As defender of the (Anglican) faith it would be apostasy for the Queen to become a Southern Baptist, a violation of the Act of Settlement of 1701, and cause for her to forfeit her crown.


6 posted on 09/23/2022 2:41:48 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: NeverCheney

Those unhappy with the leadership of older people around
this world, are going to get a bit of a surprise when
they realize what the ones who replaced them are want to
do, and have to live with it.


7 posted on 09/23/2022 2:42:22 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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To: NeverCheney

Bookmark


8 posted on 09/23/2022 2:43:37 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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She had every opportunity in her looonnng life to drop her nonsense and pull a Constantine. Good luck to her now.


9 posted on 09/23/2022 2:46:48 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: Alter Kaker

Better to forfeit a crown then to forfeit one’s soul.


10 posted on 09/23/2022 2:48:30 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Fake News. Might be true; but it’s designed to distort, mislead, brainwash and BS sheeple. )
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To: Responsibility2nd

So are you suggesting that those of the Anglican faith aren’t Christian?


11 posted on 09/23/2022 2:57:35 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: proust

What nonsense do you refer to?


12 posted on 09/23/2022 2:58:11 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: Alter Kaker

Under the Act of Settlement she just had to be a Protestant.


13 posted on 09/23/2022 3:00:02 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Atsk about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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To: NeverCheney

“...used his charisma to spread the word of Christianity...”

While Billy Graham was in a sense a charismatic Christian, he would never claim that it was his charisma that was used to spread the Gospel.


14 posted on 09/23/2022 3:10:26 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: proust

She professed Jesus as her savior… “luck” doesn’t play into it.


15 posted on 09/23/2022 3:16:00 PM PDT by ZinGirl (Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
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To: ZinGirl

Nor is it sufficient.


16 posted on 09/23/2022 3:19:07 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: proust

Well…you’re the one who wished her the luck. Anyway…nice home page. :)


17 posted on 09/23/2022 3:21:34 PM PDT by ZinGirl (Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
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To: Alter Kaker

https://celticworship.co.uk/

Best Christian music available...check the out on youtube as well.


18 posted on 09/23/2022 3:21:56 PM PDT by chalkfarmer
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To: nutmeg

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19 posted on 09/23/2022 3:22:22 PM PDT by nutmeg
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To: Alter Kaker

” As defender of the (Anglican) faith it would be apostasy ...”

Elizabeth never defended the Anglican Faith which has now almost completely gone into apostacy.


20 posted on 09/23/2022 3:36:07 PM PDT by vladimir998 ( Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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