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Episode 26: Billy Graham & The End of an Era

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The Rev. Billy Graham died on February 21, 2018, just shy of his 100th birthday. In this episode of the Kuyperian Commentary, Pastor Uri Brito and Dustin Messer discuss the important role that Billy Graham plays in the sociology of American Christianity.

“He [Graham] was just this larger-than-life personality,” remarked Dustin Messer, “who was able to rally such disparate fractions of Christendom in a way very few were able to do before him—and certainly no one is able to do today.”

Pastor Uri Brito reflects on Graham’s commitment to simplicity, personal integrity, and prayer. “Billy Graham maintained and preserved, what we would call, a very simple message and definition of the Gospel in full reliance on the Holy Spirit.”

The world of Evangelicalism in the West was shaped by men like Billy Graham and the two explore what the future of American Christianity might look like in the next generation of Evangelicalism.

The two also discuss the legacy of Billy Graham as the scorn of both theological liberals and Christian fundamentalists.

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About the Author / Uri Brito

Uri Brito is the Senior Pastor of Providence Church in Pensacola, Fl. He is married to Melinda and is the father of five children. He is the co-author of a new commentary on Ruth for the "Through New Eyes" series, the editor of The Church-Friendly Family, author of The Trinitarian Father, and co-author of the e-booklet Christian Pipe-Smoking. He is the founder and contributor to Kuyperian Commentary, and guest contributor at The Christian Post. He is a board member of the Theopolis Institute. Rev. Brito received his M.Div and D.Min. from Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Fl.