Billy Graham: The Vatican's Right Hand Man

A Christian review of his autobiography: "Just As I Am"

De: James G. Battell

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Billy Graham is the most well-known Christian in recent memory, and his impact on Christendom continues to be felt around the world. His ecumenical connections and the gospel he preached and promoted are the main reasons for revising and releasing this book.

Lordship salvation is something he was most known for. The Catholic ‘plan of salvation,’ where one must ‘first turn from their sins in order to be saved,’ is another gospel that Paul condemns in the Book of Galatians. This ecumenical lordship salvation ‘gospel’ is something all true Bible believers should be concerned about enough to speak up against and warn anybody who calls themselves Christians to make sure they are not promoting it.

Sinners can only be saved by their faith alone in the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. His precious blood was shed for the sins of the world, and only one’s sole faith in this will save sinners from the eternal fires of hell.

What really concerned me when first publishing this in 2004 was Billy Graham's frank admission that he had had doubts about the existence of God up until only a few years before his death. He told Larry King in 2005 that after a visit to the private Mayo Clinic (where Mother Teresa was treated), and after a failed operation to insert a shunt in his head, he had an experience: he said that in a flash of a moment, all his sins that he had long forgotten came to his attention.

At that moment, he prayed to God to forgive him and cleanse him of these sins. Then he felt great peace upon him. My question would be this: Was this the first time in 50 years that he believed himself to have been saved, or had he never had the assurance of salvation before?

Either way, how intriguing that this giant in the world of 'Christian celebrities' could conduct a religious and very powerful enterprise for so long, and yet, it would appear, lack the assurance and perhaps even the forgiveness of sins until he was in his mid-80s.

James G. Battell is a Christian writer, radio broadcaster, video maker, and podcaster. He also runs an international Christian ministry with his father (www.excatholicsforchrist.com).