Great article in the LA Times profiling Billy Graham. If only more of the public faces of Christianity behaved like Billy Graham. He’s stayed focused on the message of the gospel and has learned to keep his nose out of politics in recent years. His relationship with Nixon soured him on politics, even though he’s stayed close with all the presidents since.

In many ways, I think Graham has displayed many characteristics of what I think the gospel in a post-modern world will look like. He has no problem praising the Pope despite the obvious turf war that Protestants and Catholics have been fighting for 500 years. He also refuses to make Christianity some kind of nationalistic cause that’s exlcusive to America. His evangelistic fervor extends to all people.

Go read the article.