reverend billy graham and author of one way love. tullian tchividian is with us. did i say it right? perfectly. dr. dobson, we were friends for many, many years. it s funny. everybody i know that has a religious orientation doesn t matter what faith, what particular denomination. they love billy graham. he had something and no one else got to that level. i don t know if i can explain it except this is a great man. the finest man america ever produced. i met him at one of his crusades in calgary. i had never met him. i came in and sat on a platform. he came in, walked across the platform and i stood up. he put his hand forward and i
association. you could open the books and it was totally clean. this is how he s run this ministry from the beginning. above board top to bottom. those that followed and the scandals, it had enormous damage in terms of people. i won t mention the names. we know the names. but people who put their faith, hope, trust in ministers. when they fall, it has a huge impact, dr. dobson, as you it ripples through the christian community, does great damage. i appreciate billy graham. he s been the place holder for righteousness. he s not a perfect man and he would tell you. tullian would tell us he was gone too much. he even admitted that.
spirit in the room. all the hairs stood up on the back of my neck. oh, this is really weird. i got up and went to the door. a white-headed man was there. he stopped me and said, the lord wants me to speak to you. he wants you to know that even though you have never known an earthly father that god will be a better father to you than any earthly father could be. god knows the pain in your heart. he s seen you cry yourself to sleep at night. the idea was so overwhelming to me. he s like, do you want me to pray for you so that jesus can take the pain out of your heart? he put his hand on my shoulder and started to pray. it was as if the god of the universe showed up right in front of me and the first thing i noticed was that god was holy and good.
speaking. one of the most memorable and you may have been there was right after 9/11 at the washington cathedral. i was not there. president bush, george w. bush was speaking and billy graham prayed. it was the most moving thing that i have experienced. i love that he kept his life clean despite all that goes along with being that visible and that famous. he never had a scandal of any type. he was faithful to his family. there is no mismanagement with money. at least nothing i knew about. he went out of his way he wouldn t get in an elevator with a woman alone. that s right. he didn t want to be put in that position. that s unique. that s called the modesto manifesto.
truth and the life. no man cometh to the father but through me. the only way to the father god is through his son jesus christ. now why jesus? he s the only one that was born into this world without sin. but more than that, he was the righteous one. when you come to him, you are clothed in his righteousness. god no longer sees your sin. he no longer sees your own heart. he sees jesus. now, i don t understand all about it. there are many things about the cross and about salvation that i do not understand. i m not told that i have to understand it all. i m told that i m to believe. and anybody can believe. a blind man, a deaf man, an old person, a young person can believe.