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

[Crabtownboy]

Interesting regret voiced by Billy Graham.

Billy Graham, the beloved evangelist known as "America's pastor," says that looking back on his long life and public ministry, one thing he would do differently is to avoid the political entanglements that have been one of the rare blots on his otherwise hallowed legacy.

"I . . . would have steered clear of politics," Graham, now 92 and in need of round-the-clock care, said via e-mail in response to questions from Christianity Today, the evangelical monthly he founded in the 1950s.

Graham also said that if he could go back and do anything differently he would "spend more time at home with my family, and I'd study more and preach less."

But it was his regret over his past political liaisons that stands out in an era when many Christian figures do not hesitate to champion politicians or cheer for a particular party.

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[annsni]

He is a very dear man and despite his regrets, I'm grateful for his work for the kingdom.

 

[Crabtownboy]

He is a very dear man and despite his regrets, I'm grateful for his work for the kingdom.

I completely agree.

 

[preachinjesus]

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.

 

[mets65]

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.

 

[RevGKG]

He is a very dear man and despite his regrets, I'm grateful for his work for the kingdom.

I agree as well and I am very thankful for his ministry. :thumbs:

 

[jaigner]

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.

 

[Aaron]

Politics and religion are two sides of the same coin. Can't have one without the other.

 

[Crabtownboy]

Politics and religion are two sides of the same coin. Can't have one without the other.

When religion becomes involved with politics, politics does not become clean ... rather religion becomes soiled.

 

[Aaron]

Politics without religion gives you Marxism, the philosophy of the most brutal and bloody regimes the world has seen.

 

[sag38]

Why am I not surprised that Crabby would be like a possum who found a blue berry patch and jump right in?