The evangelist’s son, Franklin, concedes some aspects of the organization have shifted, but maintains the mission is still to spread the word of forgiveness from God.
Divorce, drugs, drinking: Billy Graham’s children and their absent father
One daughter said there was no question her father loved them, but his ministry was all-consuming. “We have coped,” she said. “We have not rejected them or Christ. We’re all involved in some form of ministry. We have done well at living up to people’s expectations, but it is a burden. We were not a perfect family and I’m tired of people saying it. I don’t want to be indiscreet, but God inhabits honesty, and I’m not good at image-management.”
Even Pat Robertson is calling for stricter gun control laws
Robertson asked for a ban on “bump stocks,” which allow semiautomatic weapons to fire as rapidly as machine guns. He also called for more thorough background checks, including a medical check.
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Spiritual reflections on the ‘Black Panther’ movie
In a real world that has so maligned black peoples and the continent of Africa, and questioned if any good can ever come from this place, director Ryan Coogler reminds his viewers both of the beauty that already exists on the continent, and also what may yet be possible.
Some student government reps at Liberty University want to update the ‘Liberty Way’
When Jerry Falwell Sr. founded Liberty University in 1971, he did so with a list of rules that included prohibitions on alcohol, tobacco and foul language in the student code of conduct, but now some members of LU’s Student Government…
Pope Francis wowed the world but, five years on, is in troubled waters
He entered office on a wave of energy but, as discontent grows over his attitude to sex abuse scandals, Francis faces opposition on all sides.
Fallen PTL preacher Jim Bakker is back with a new message about the Apocalypse
Three decades after his PTL empire near Charlotte crumbled amid financial and sex scandals, Jim Bakker is back on TV with a different, darker message: The Apocalypse is coming and you better get ready.
Iceland’s proposed ban on male circumcision alarms religious leaders
Backers of the proposed law say circumcision violates the rights of children. Religious leaders say it tramples their beliefs.
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‘Resist White Supremacy’: A sign. A farm. And the fury that followed.
The vitriol baffled Aaron Cox-Leow. Who, other than a white supremacist, would be offended by a message condemning white supremacy? She also understood, though, that this is America in 2018, a time of such fierce division that even voicing opposition to the ugliest beliefs could be twisted or taken out of context.
Dissecting America’s muted response to mass shootings
The sudden surge in media attention on the latest school killings amid an already-turbulent year suggests that mass shootings have finally hit the tipping point from inescapable tragedy to depressing normalcy.