I recently wrote an article in relation to Billy Graham http://magic-city-news.com/article_4153.shtml that was motivated by an article at Magic City entitled: "Why I Walked Out on Billy Graham," by Rev. Rob Schenck

At the very end of that article I wrote:

• "There may be reasons, and then again there may be REASONS why Bill and Hilliary Clinton turned up at the Billy Graham campaign, but I hardly see it as surprising."
• Dare I say it: "God waited until the last minute to show up the fault of the preacher?"

In response to that article I received an email, and with permission of the author, I'll reproduce "in part" some of what I was sent.

Original Message:

From: McGinn, Sam
To: rickmeyers43@hotmail.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 7:58 PM
Subject: Statement from Franklin Graham

Dear Rick,

Thank you for contacting us to express your concerns. Franklin Graham has issued the following statement, addressing comments made by his father, Dr.Billy Graham, at his recent crusade:

Recently at my father's New York Crusade, he made comments in jest concerning the Clintons, which may have been misunderstood. His comments indicated that President Clinton could have been an evangelist and his wife, Senator Clinton, could run the country.

My father, of course, was joking. President Clinton has the charisma, personality, and communication skills, but an evangelist has to have the call of God, which President Clinton obviously does not have, and my father understands that.

For a long time, my father has refrained from endorsing political candidates and he certainly did not intend for his comments to be an endorsement for Senator Hillary Clinton. While his political views, as well as mine, are quite different than the Clintons, they remain good friends.

We hope that you will join us in thanking God for the tremendous results from the New York Crusade as thousands of lives were touched and changed for eternity. We would appreciate your prayers for the ministry of Samaritan's Purse as we seek to continue to reach as many people as possible with the Good News of Jesus Christ. Franklin Graham has an aggressive Crusade schedule already extending into 2007, along with our many other global outreaches.

Again, thank you for sharing your concerns. May God bless you.

In Christ's service,

Sam McGinn Senior Ministry Correspondent Samaritan's Purse PO Box 3000 | Boone, NC 28607 828.262.1980 Fax 828.266.1056 smcginn@samaritan.org www.samaritanspurse.org

I said in the introduction that I was reproducing "in part" what Rick sent me, because there were a series of statements and excerpts regarding Billy Graham that followed this email from Sam McGinn.

I'm not going to reproduce any of it here, but for those who are interested, I have reproduced one of the links that was provided. (the others just repeated the main story concerning Rev. Schenck).

It seems many people have held the Evangelist in a somewhat low esteem, even before this debacle.

Link Provided: http://tinyurl.com/aearf

Perhaps in the Old Testament days, God had the leaders stoned for doing things incorrectly, or perhaps sent them off into exile, but in the Christian Era of Grace and forgiveness, these punishments are no longer exacted.

R.P.Bendedek

Email: rpbendedek@hotmail.com

Note: Because of the recent Server change, some links may not work. This file was amended September 2007.
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