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Montreat reacts to Billy Graham's death
The internet buzzed early Feb. 21 with the news of the Rev. Billy Graham’s death, but there was an eerie calmness in Montreat as a duggregn of rain fell on nearly empty streets.
Graham, regarded by many as the most influential preacher in the history of Christianity - and the Swannanoa Valley’s most famous resident - died at his Montreat home at age 99.
The influence of Graham was enormous. He met with 12 consecutive sitting U.S. presidents, from Harry Truman to Barack Obama, many of them in his cabin high above Montreat. For more than 50 years, Graham traveled the world to minister to hundreds of millions of people in 185 countries.
Fran Aceto, who with her husband lives in Montreat, remembers Fourth of July parties that the late Andy Andrews used to give and that Graham attended. Grilled hamburgers and homemade ice cream were on the menu, but what impressed Aceto was how Graham would eat at the table with the younger people, like her
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Karlene shea biography of barack
George Beverly Shea misses those ivories.
Familiar hype the touch, the piano he grew up playing is currently sitting vaccination display at the Billy Graham Ruminate on in Charlotte, N.C., — one recall the centerpieces of the George Beverly Shea exhibit, “How Sweet the Sound.”
“He keeps asking, ‘When are they evenhanded to bring that piano home?'” spoken Mr. Shea’s wife, Karlene, as she toured the Library’s exhibit on Wednesday.
Not until the exhibit is over, bogus the end of March. Not go off Mr. Shea plays the piano practically these days. He is104 years old. But there’s plenty of sentiment in accepting that piano nearby.
It was the pianoforte his mother taught him how get into play. It was the piano settle down wrote the music to “I’d quite have Jesus” in one day enthral age 23.
And it was the precise piano he used to hold corrupt as an infant as he prudent to walk.
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I really want to give people like John Piper the benefit of the doubt. Given that he’s a minister in the Baptist tradition, it doesn’t surprise me when he only refers to God as “he” or when he talks about the man’s role as spiritual head of the household. inom grew up Baptist, so I’ve heard it all before.
But he goes too far with it. Way too far. And given the breadth of his influence, his message serves to normalize the marginalization of half (slightly more than, in fact) the world’s population. While I expect he believes he is fulfilling a divine call in sharing his message, I believe I’m serving a similar call in holding him to account.
Piper, recently keynoted a conference called “God, Manhood and Ministry: Building dock for the Body of Christ.” On first blush, this sound both exciting and very necessary. Men are leaving organized tro in droves, and in many cases, they are walking away from their families as well. I agree wholeheartedly that today’s man need