About For Books One Soul at a Time: The Story of Billy Graham Review
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Christianity Today?2020 Book Award of Merit in History/Biography For more than five decades Billy Graham (1918-2018) ranked as one of the most influential voices in the Christian world. Nearly 215 million people around the world heard him preach in person or through live electronic media, almost certainly more than any other person. For millions, Graham was less a preacher than a Protestant saint.?While remaining orthodox at the core, over time his approach on many issues became more irenic and progressive. And his preaching continued to resonate, propelled by his powerful promise of a second chance.?Drawing on? decades of research on Billy Graham and American evangelicalism, Grant Wacker has marshalled personal interviews, archival research, and?never-before-published photographs from the Graham family?and others to tell the remarkable story of one of the most celebrated Christians in American history.?Where Wacker?s previous work on Graham,?America?s Pastor, focused on the preacher?s relation to the nation?s culture,?One Soul at a Time?offers a sweeping, easy-to-read narrative of the life of the man himself.
Christianity Today?2020 Book Award of Merit in History/Biography For more than five decades Billy Graham (1918-2018) ranked as one of the most influential voices in the Christian world. Nearly 215 million people around the world heard him preach in person or through live electronic media, almost certainly more than any other person. For millions, Graham was less a preacher than a Protestant saint.?While remaining orthodox at the core, over time his approach on many issues became more irenic and progressive. And his preaching continued to resonate, propelled by his powerful promise of a second chance.?Drawing on? decades of research on Billy Graham and American evangelicalism, Grant Wacker has marshalled personal interviews, archival research, and?never-before-published photographs from the Graham family?and others to tell the remarkable story of one of the most celebrated Christians in American history.?Where Wacker?s previous work on Graham,?America?s Pastor, focused on the preacher?s relation to the nation?s culture,?One Soul at a Time?offers a sweeping, easy-to-read narrative of the life of the man himself.