My Hope

Today is Billy Graham's 95th birthday.  It's hard to even begin to comprehend how many people have heard the truth of the gospel because of his faithful preaching of the gospel message. 

One of the ways this milestone birthday is being celebrated is with one more message, perhaps his last.  This huge evangelistic effort is not being conducted in stadiums or auditoriums, as so many previous crusades were.  This week the venues are homes and offices and coffee shops across America as the "My Hope America" videos will be shared over and over again, and as once again the simple message of the cross will proclaimed.

"My Hope America" is a powerful video, a marvel of modern technology, combining previous messages Mr. Graham has preached with a message he delivers from his home here in the mountains.  Although technology has certainly changed since those early crusades and tent revivals, the message this precious man of God delivers has not changed.  It's still about the cross.  It's still about the love of God.  It's still the unchanging truth that God loves you and me and all peoples of the world so much that He sent His only son, Jesus, to die on a cruel cross to save us from the penalty of our sin.

That's my hope.  That's your hope.  That's the hope for America.  And for the world. 

Christ has died.  Christ is risen.  Christ will come again.

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."  (John 3:16 ESV)