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experience.” But fervent experience, even when it involves miracles, is not the test of true faith
(see Matthew 7:22–23). Peter affirmed the value of Scripture over experience when he said, “We also
have a more sure Word of prophecy, to which you do well to take heed, as to a light that shines in a dark
place” (2 Peter 1:19).
(https://www.gotquestions.org/Pentecostals.html)

John MacArthur on the Charismatic Movement

Billy Graham- 1918-2018
https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/evangelistsandapologists/billy-graham.html

"When God gets ready to shake America, he may not take the Ph.D. and the D.D. God may choose a
country boy … and I pray that he would!"

The litany of accomplishments is familiar. Billy Graham has preached the gospel of
Christ in person to more than 80 million people and to countless millions more over
the airwaves and in films. Nearly 3 million have responded to the invitation he
offers at the end of his sermons. When America needs a chaplain or pastor to help
inaugurate or bury a president or to bring comfort in times of terrible tragedy, it
turns, more often than not, to him.

For virtually every year since the 1950s, he has been a fixture on lists of the ten
most admired people in America or the world. Thus, it is hardly surprising that
a Ladies Home Journal survey once ranked the famed evangelist second only to God
in the category "achievements in religion."

Into the spotlight
Born near Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1918, Billy Graham first attended Bob Jones College, but he
found both the climate and Dr. Bob's strict rules difficult. He then followed a friend to Florida Bible

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