A Prophet with Honor is the biography Billy Graham himself
invited and appreciated for its sympathetic but frank
approach.
Carefully documented, eminently fair, and gracefully written, it
raises and answers key questions about Graham's character,
contributions, and influence on the world religious scene. In this
engaging and comprehensive book, William Martin gives readers a
better understanding of the most successful evangelist in modern
history, and the movement he led for over fifty years.
A Prophet with Honor makes a vital contribution to the Billy
Graham legacy and allows us to understand why his words, actions,
and personality endeared him to popes and preachers, kings and
presidents, and millions of Christians in virtually every nation
and culture around the world.
Martin draws on
- extensive conversations with Graham himself
- nearly two hundred interviews
- previously untouched resources, including documents from six
presidential libraries and the Billy Graham Evangelistic
Association archives
- personal observation of Graham's crusades and conferences in
the United States and Europe
- decades of research on evangelical Christianity
Martin pays particular attention to Graham's controversial
relationships with Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. He
also describes how Graham's lifelong determination "to do something
great for God" led him to organize international conferences that
spearheaded the worldwide spread of the liberating message of
Jesus, and prompted him to help strengthen religious freedom in the
Soviet bloc and China.
Tracing Graham's life and ministry from his rural and religious
roots in North Carolina to his place as the elder statesman of
American evangelicalism, examining both his triumphs and his
tribulations, Martin shows the multidimensional character of the
man who has become one of the most admired persons in the
world.
