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By RACHEL ZOLL and JONATHAN DREW Associated Press. MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) - As a young man, he practiced his sermons by preaching to the alligators and birds in the swamp. At his height years later, he was bringing the word of God into living rooms around the globe via TV and dispensing spiritual counsel - and political advice - to U. |
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Local leaders recall fond memories of the Rev. Billy Graham. By: Joe Bruno Updated: Feb 21, 2018 - 5:21 PM.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - As dignitaries plan to visit Charlotte to say goodbye to the Rev. Billy Graham, our local leaders are sharing their stories about the impact he's had in the Queen City. Former North Carolina Gov. |
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During his more than six decades as an evangelist, Graham invited millions of people to make a personal commitment to Christ during revival meetings around the world, which he called crusades. Thousands responded to his altar call, often to the tune of one of his favorite old hymns, “Just As I Am. |
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Geneseo State College has named the following Lancaster residents to its fall 2017 dean’s list: Emily Ast, Adam Fijas, Jack Grant, Kaitlin Joyce, Emily Kerl, Sydney Lyons, Marissa Maggiore, Bridget O'Leary, Quinn Pastor, and Grace Sementilli. Walter Hoag and Jordan Testa, both of Bowmansville;.... |
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By RACHEL ZOLL and JONATHAN DREW Associated Press. MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) - As a young man, he practiced his sermons by preaching to the alligators and birds in the swamp. At his height years later, he was bringing the word of God into living rooms around the globe via TV and dispensing spiritual counsel - and political advice - to U. |
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By RACHEL ZOLL and JONATHAN DREW Associated Press. MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) - As a young man, he practiced his sermons by preaching to the alligators and birds in the swamp. At his height years later, he was bringing the word of God into living rooms around the globe via TV and dispensing spiritual counsel - and political advice - to U. |
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FLORENCE — The Boys and Girls Club of Western Lane County is holding a fundraiser this weekend to support its children’s programs. But the big ticket raffle prize this year is raising red flags — a 9mm handgun.
The event is set to be hosted at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Three Rivers Casino Resort. |
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Pastor Ralph Sexton Jr. said his late father, Pastor Ralph Sexton Sr., and the Rev. Billy Graham came up together as boy preachers in Western North Carolina. (Photo credit: WLOS staff)
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Pastor Ralph Sexton Jr. said his late father, Pastor Ralph Sexton Sr., and the Rev. |
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MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) - The Rev. Billy Graham, the magnetic preacher who was known as "America's Pastor," has died at his North Carolina home at 99. Graham counseled presidents and became the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history. He reached more than 200 million people through his.... |
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MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) - The Rev. Billy Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, died Wednesday. He was 99. Graham, who long suffered from cancer, pneumonia and other.... |
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"I remember reading about the Los Angeles crusade in 1949 that was going so great that they just kept it going and going," Tooley said. "Mighty special. We took several buses to Louisville. It was very impressive how the Graham organization did what they do. And he was Billy Graham, almost bigger than life. |
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As a young man, he practiced his sermons by preaching to the alligators and birds in the swamp. At his height years later, he was bringing the word of God into living rooms around the globe via TV and dispensing spiritual counsel — and political advice — to U.S. presidents. The Rev. |
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Grant Wacker, a Duke Divinity professor, wrote the 2014 biography America’s Pastor: Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation. He said Graham felt that mixing the gospel message with partisan agendas was inappropriate. “He did not always maintain this himself. He fell of the wagon. |
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MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) - As a young man, he practiced his sermons by preaching to the alligators and birds in the swamp. At his height years later, he was bringing the word of God into living rooms around the globe via TV and dispensing spiritual counsel - and political advice - to U.S. presidents. The Rev. |
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By RACHEL ZOLL and JONATHAN DREW Associated Press. MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) - As a young man, he practiced his sermons by preaching to the alligators and birds in the swamp. At his height years later, he was bringing the word of God into living rooms around the globe via TV and dispensing spiritual counsel - and political advice - to U. |
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By RACHEL ZOLL and JONATHAN DREW Associated Press. MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) - As a young man, he practiced his sermons by preaching to the alligators and birds in the swamp. At his height years later, he was bringing the word of God into living rooms around the globe via TV and dispensing spiritual counsel - and political advice - to U. |
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on President Donald Trump and guns (all times local): 5 p.m. Students and parents are delivering emotional appeals to President Donald Trump to act on school safety and guns after last week's school shooting. Andrew Pollack, the father of slain Florida student Meadow.... |
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As a young man, he practiced his sermons by preaching to the alligators and birds in the swamp. At his height years later, he was bringing the word of God into living rooms around the globe via TV and dispensing spiritual counsel — and political advice — to U.S. presidents. The Rev. |
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By RACHEL ZOLL and JONATHAN DREW Associated Press. MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) - As a young man, he practiced his sermons by preaching to the alligators and birds in the swamp. At his height years later, he was bringing the word of God into living rooms around the globe via TV and dispensing spiritual counsel - and political advice - to U. |
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MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) - As a young man, he practiced his sermons by preaching to the alligators and birds in the swamp. At his height years later, he was bringing the word of God into living rooms around the globe via TV and dispensing spiritual counsel - and political advice - to U.S. presidents. The Rev. |
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Graham — the pastor of presidents, inspiration for generations of evangelicals, and globe-trotting preacher who packed stadiums in televised “crusades” that saw millions convert to Christianity — . He was 99. died Wednesday at his North Carolina home Johnson, the Beehive State coordinator for the.... |
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By RACHEL ZOLL and JONATHAN DREW Associated Press. MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) - As a young man, he practiced his sermons by preaching to the alligators and birds in the swamp. At his height years later, he was bringing the word of God into living rooms around the globe via TV and dispensing spiritual counsel - and political advice - to U. |
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By RACHEL ZOLL and JONATHAN DREW Associated Press. MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) - As a young man, he practiced his sermons by preaching to the alligators and birds in the swamp. At his height years later, he was bringing the word of God into living rooms around the globe via TV and dispensing spiritual counsel - and political advice - to U. |
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MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) - As a young man, he practiced his sermons by preaching to the alligators and birds in the swamp. At his height years later, he was bringing the word of God into living rooms around the globe via TV and dispensing spiritual counsel - and political advice - to U.S. presidents. The Rev. |
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on President Donald Trump and guns (all times local): 5 p.m. Students and parents are delivering emotional appeals to President Donald Trump to act on school safety and guns after last week's school shooting. Andrew Pollack, the father of slain Florida student Meadow.... |
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