Nov 24, 2010
Woody Allen interviews Billy Graham
Worlds collide and nothing—or, no one—explodes…
Part 1
Part 2
(via Michael Krahn)
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Nov 24, 2010
Worlds collide and nothing—or, no one—explodes…
(via Michael Krahn)
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I have always loved Billy Graham, but he is such a product of his culture. I’ve watched these interviews before. It seems as if everything for him is about the do’s and don’ts. Does he really believe that his kids keep the commandment to love their father and mother? Probably not. I do appreciate that he engaged culture in the way that he did. He spoke with presidents and prostitutes. You’ve got to love that. I wish it would have been more about God and his glory, than about man and his morals. I think his son has gotten it a little closer to the heart, at least from what I’ve seen of him.
Maybe I’m way off. I’d love to sit down someday on the new Earth with Billy and chat about some of this stuff over a nice cup of coffee.
It’s a shame that Cable News world, with their equally differing views, can’t have a civil conversation like this one.
Andy, I had the same thoughts. It always seemed to me that the 1950s evangelists were very pragmatic in their theology. God’s law wasn’t about pointing us to Christ; it was about giving you your best life now if you only followed the rules. And the part about a wretched sinner like Woody Allen (or anyone else, for that matter) being beautiful in God’s sight isn’t exactly in sync with scripture.
It’s fun for me to see Billy Graham as a younger guy, he is very sharp in this interview. The mutual respect between the Woody Allen and Billy Graham seems genuine. I am impressed by how it all plays out.
http://www.marshillchurch.org/media/in-the-news/pastor-mark-with-d-l-hughley
Here’s the modern version… Mark Driscoll on valentine’s day. I think Driscoll does a great job of stating the same sorts of biblical truth, but in a little more laid back way.
Um… where did God say “thou shalt not commit immorality before marriage”?
Billy comes off as a very genuine, but somewhat shallow intellectually.
Its called fornication.
Yes, it’s porneia but the meaning is disputed. As far as I know, it is a general term referring to the forbidden sexual activities described in the law, but I’m not aware of anywhere in the OT law that forbids sex before marriage. The term itself does not mean sex before marriage… unless you’re talking to a Southern Baptist Preacha-Man, in which case it does. :)
Regarding exact word usage…you’re correct…regarding the broad stroke of applied holiness and righteousness…Graham is correct; hence the need for a Savior…we all fall short.
Why do Christians have to be so tediously unfunny?
Billy Graham as gracious then as he is now…
Wow…loved these this interview. Regardless of wheather or not I agree with BG, (for the most part I do…though not so legalistically) you gotta love how gracious and funny he was…and in the end, Christ was preached.