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Billy Graham's Regret: 'I Would Have Steered Clear of Politics'

Discussion in 'News & Current Events' started by Crabtownboy, Jan 24, 2011.

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  1. Crabtownboy

    Crabtownboy Well-Known Member
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    Interesting regret voiced by Billy Graham.

     
    #1 Crabtownboy, Jan 24, 2011
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    He is a very dear man and despite his regrets, I'm grateful for his work for the kingdom.
     
    #2 annsni, Jan 24, 2011
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    I completely agree.
     
    #3 Crabtownboy, Jan 24, 2011
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    Nobody can say Rev. Graham hasn't made a great contribution to God's Kingdom.

    This part of the interview should speak to so many of our leaders. Politics is a tar-baby of secularism that will contaminate anyone who touches it. His honest reflection, of a man who achieved so much should give all of us a moment of reflection.

    You cannot change this world through the processes/politics of man. The only way we can change people is through the power of Christ.
     
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    He is a great man. I wonder if he is referring to some of the supposed anti-semantic remarks he made to sitting presidents, I believe Nixon was one.
     
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    I agree as well and I am very thankful for his ministry. :thumbs:
     
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    Even though he might regret it, he went about it the right way by not picking sides. Instead, he was influential in lives all across the board.
     
    #7 jaigner, Jan 24, 2011
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    Politics and religion are two sides of the same coin. Can't have one without the other.
     
    #8 Aaron, Jan 25, 2011
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    When religion becomes involved with politics, politics does not become clean ... rather religion becomes soiled.
     
    #9 Crabtownboy, Jan 25, 2011
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    Politics without religion gives you Marxism, the philosophy of the most brutal and bloody regimes the world has seen.
     
    #10 Aaron, Jan 25, 2011
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    Why am I not surprised that Crabby would be like a possum who found a blue berry patch and jump right in?
     
    #11 sag38, Jan 25, 2011
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