Word: grahamism
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...occasion was the dedication of the Billy Graham library, modeled after the dairy farm where the evangelist grew up, with an immense cross as its doorway and an exhibit designed to soak visitors in the gospel message that Graham had preached to more people than any man who's ever lived...
...also an occasion to witness one last time the extraordinary private ministry to public men that set Graham apart from every other religious figure in American history...
...Graham was hardly the first preacher to have a White House pass; but he was the first to have one in 11 consecutive administrations, Democratic and Republican, led by men very different from each other who all somehow felt the need to have him by their side. You could almost feel the rest of them hovering protectively over the proceedings in Charlotte: Eisenhower, who asked Graham on his deathbed how you can know if you're going to heaven; Johnson, who invited Graham to the White House within weeks of taking office for an encounter that included both prayer...
...Bush, 83, gave the keynote address, and praised Graham for sparking a moral awakening in the U.S. and later, in communist countries. Graham, along with Pope John Paul, "helped tip the balance of history in freedom's favor." Bush also thanked Graham for ministering to four generations of his own family, starting with his mother and continuing through to his children and grandchildren. "Billy guided our kids, including our daughter Doro and the President, through their own spiritual journeys." Graham, said Bush, "is a spiritual gift to all of us," briefly choking up as he spoke...
...forehand. Each player subsequently broke the other’s serve to tie the match at 3-3. At this point, the 85 degree heat—a far cry from the weather in Cambridge—seemed to get to Ko, according to Harvard head coach Gordon Graham. Ko lost her serve to go down 4-3, then failed to break Uvarova’s serve. Needing to hold serve to stay in the match, she initially went up 30-15. However, three straight forehand errors by Ko gave Uvarova the game and the match...