Written
by Dr. Bert Oately-Willis, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Distributed by Toronto Free Presbyterian Church
1600 Neilson Road, Scarborough, Ontario M1X 1S3
Events have moved
rapidly in the last thirty years. We have passed through Higher
Criticism, liberalism, Neo-Orthodoxy, ecumenism, New Evangelicalism,
and the delusion of the Charismatic Movement. The pace has moved
so fast that multitudes of God's people who once knew error and
compromise when they heard or saw it are deluded and confused.
In the midst of this miserable morass of satanic seduction, for
many, the eternal authority of the commands of God's inerrant
word have become, at best, secondary to the pragmatism that the
end justifies the means. For many compromising Christians this
pamphlet will have no significance, others will dismiss it as
'unloving'. Yet it is written in love to Christ Who said, 'If
ye love Me, keep My commandments' (John 14:15). In loyalty to
Christ, the Gospel, and the Word, we ask you to prayerfully consider
the solemn import of this pamphlet.
There is a place
where tolerance begins and ends. Gresham Machen in his book,
'Christianity and Liberalism' (p.22) speaking of Paul's toleration
of practices in the Philippian church says, 'The way in which
the preaching was being carried on was wrong, but the message
was true'. However, Paul's tolerance was at an end with the Galatians
because the message of the Gospel was being added to and became
error. Originally in his ministry it would seem that Billy Graham's
message was essentially true. However, through the years that
message has been prostituted to unscriptural ends and today his
stand and direction have become erroneous. True believers, whose
sole mandate and authority is the word of God, cannot tolerate
this. They should have no difficulty in seeing the solemn issues
in this pamphlet.
Dr. Graham uses
a deceptive fundamental terminology which is acceptable to liberals,
Roman Catholics, and pagans alike. It is suspect and does not
mean what the Bible means. It is this that makes Dr. Graham's
ministry so dangerous. In this pamphlet Billy Graham and his
liberal friends will speak for themselves. It will be for you,
the reader, with the Scriptures, to decide whether there has
been a transition from truth to error.
Compare Graham's
position now with the statement he made August 1948 at
a luncheon at the Conservative Baptist Association's Convention
in Milwaukee. He was asked, 'Billy what do you expect the World
Council of Churches to do in August?' His reply, 'I believe that
they are going to nominate the anti-Christ'. 1974 at his
Lausanne Congress Graham stated, 'I have nothing but the warmest
of relations with the World Council of Churches'. The WCC has
not changed except to become more wicked in its apostasy. Separation
from error and apostasy is the crying need of the hour!
Jan. 4th 1949 Billy Graham said concerning
the ecumenical Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, 'They certainly
have a 'snooty' outlook on life ... I will make it a certainty
that they never invite me back' ('Billy Graham and The Church
of Rome' p.39 by Paisley). Today he supports the Inter-Varsity
which is deeply compromised. Inter-Varsity's 'His' magazine quotes
Rev. Robert A. Raines, a liberal, who wrote the article, 'With
Billy at Yale'. Raines said, 'Though men differ with Dr. Graham's
theology they knew themselves to be Christ's disciples and therefore
brothers when they gathered around Christ'. Billy's ministry
at Yale convinced this non-believer that he was right with God.
May 10th 1952 in a letter to John
R. Rice, Billy Graham said, 'Contrary to any rumours that are
constantly floating about, we have never had a modernist on our
Executive Committee and we have never been sponsored by the Council
of Churches in any city'. He made many statements to this effect.
Why do you do it now Billy? Dec. 27th 1951 in a letter
to Chester Tulga responding to criticism, Graham said, 'If you
are going to hurl stones, hurl them at the modernists. My separation
and my theology has not veered one iota from that of W.B. Riley'.
('Billy Graham and The Church of Rome' p.40 by Paisley). June
3rd 1952 in a letter to Bob Jones Sr., Graham said, 'The
modernists do not support us anywhere'.
1954. Despite pleadings from
evangelical leaders, Graham went to New York City under the sponsorship
of notorious liberals and infidels whom he called, 'Godly men
seeking to reach New York's vast population'. August 1963
referring to Stanley E. Jones, who denied the virgin birth and
was an infidel, Billy Graham said, 'I now introduce you to my
good friend and trusted advisor'. ('Billy Graham' by Bob Jones
III). Of Bishop Kennedy, an apostate on one of Graham's committees,
Billy said, 'Bishop Kennedy is one of the ten greatest preachers
in America'. ('Billy Graham' by E. L. Bynum, Lubbock, Texas).
1948. Graham said, 'The three
greatest menaces faced by orthodox Christianity are Communism,
Roman Catholicism and Mohamedanism'. (Plains Baptist Challenger,
July 1977). May 28th 1978 in the Japanese newspaper 'Mainichi
Daily News' Graham said, 'I think communism's appeal to youth
is its structure and promise of a future utopia. Mao Tse-Tung's
eight precepts are basically the same as the Ten Commandments.
In fact if we can't have the Ten Commandments read in the schools
I'll settle for Mao's precepts'.
Sept. 1977 at his crusade in Communist
Hungary Billy said, 'I have come to build bridges ... our hearts
and minds are changing'. He intimated that there is freedom of
religion under communism. This is untrue. He declared, 'There
was no restriction on my preaching'. However, Mr. F. Durston,
Administrative Associate for the Toronto Graham Crusade said
March 14th 1978 in a telephone conversation when asked
about recent statements on communism by Dr. Graham which seemed
to laud it, said 'Dr. Graham was warned he must not speak against
the political situation in Hungary'. Mr. Graham's 'No strings
attached' does not hold up. Dr. Graham was invited to Hungary
by Dr. Sandor Palotay, President of the Council of Free Churches
of Hungary, who works with other apostate, ecumenical and pro-red
church leaders in Hungary. These leaders sponsored a conference
called, 'The World Religious Conference For Lasting Peace, Disarmament
and Just Relations Among Nations' held June 6-10, 1977. This
promoted the communist line.
Another church
leader was Rev. Karoly Toth who is a delegate to the World Council
of Churches and General Secretary for the so-called 'Christian
Peace Conference'. Billy was also warmly greeted by Dr. Tibor
Bartha, head of the Ecumenical Council of Hungary Crusade and
member of the WCC Central Committee. These men are traitors to
their people. Speaking of his Hungary Crusade Graham declared
that the churches are 'flourishing'. This statement is deceitful
in two ways.
- Statistics remain
the same year after year and no new churches.
- All Billy Graham
saw was a prostitute church which permits itself to be seduced
by godless atheism.
Communism wasted
no time in exploiting Graham's visit as it proclaimed in newspaper
headlines, 'Billy Graham Lauds Freedom of Religion in Hungary'.
In this Dr. Graham betrayed the true church which is persecuted,
suffering and underground. Speaking of Hungary again, Graham
said, 'Protestant leaders told me that they have more religious
freedom now than they have ever had before'. Of course they said
that. Billy Graham must know that this is not true. The sad,
bitter sufferings of persecuted believers in gaol deny it. In
communist countries no church is permitted openly and publicly
unless they submit themselves to the absolute control of Red
governments. (Christian Beacon, Sept. 8th, 22nd, 1977; 'Christian
Morning Star' Jan. 1977).
Graham's surrender is unequivocally clear. Nov. 1967
he received an honorary degree from a Jesuit School, Belmont
Abbey. Of that wicked system which has slain millions of God's
people and is a system of spiritual darkness, Graham made this
incredible statement, 'The Gospel that built this School and
the Gospel that brings me here tonight is still the way to salvation'.
Rome preaches another gospel God calls, 'anathema'. ('The Gastonia
Gazette' Nov. 22nd 1967).
Oct. 29th 1963 Dr. Graham admitted to the 'Daily Journal'
of International Falls, Minn., that at a Graham Crusade in San
Paulo Brazil the Roman Catholic Bishop stood beside him and blessed
the converts as they came forward. Graham said that this illustrated
'something tremendous, an awakening of reform and revival within
Christianity' was happening. ('New York Times' Nov. 9th, 1963).
5th July 1968 in 'Christianity Today' Billy spoke of
cooperation with apostate Romanism and said, 'I don't think we
have all to unite and be one big church to do the work of God,
but there are areas where we can cooperate'.
1st July 1966. Dr. Graham commended Dr. Leslie Weatherhead
who was on Graham's platform. This infidel Weatherhead said that
our Lord Jesus was born as a result of sexual relations between
Mary and the priest Zacharias. ('Cooperative Evangelism at Harringay'
by Boland; 'United Church Observer' July 1966).
July 1966 in this same 'United Church Observer', subscribing
to theistic evolution (which pleases liberals and New Evangelicals),
Graham said concerning creation, 'How you believe doesn't affect
the doctrine. Either at a certain moment in evolution God breathed
into one particular ape-man who was Adam, or God could have taken
a handful of dust and blowed and created a man just like that'
('Sunday Magazine' June 1966). THIS IS LIBERALISM!
Gresham Machen once declared, 'liberalism is not Christianity'.
Fifty years later the world's leading evangelist claims he is
preaching Christianity but supports, promotes and encourages
liberalism. Dr. Harold Ockenga, the father of New Evangelicalism
once said that Billy Graham is the evangelist of New Evangelicalism
which has accepted the non-Biblical philosophy of infiltration.
The Bible commands separation.
1977 at Inter-Varsity's Urbana, Graham showed his indifference
to the infallible Holy Scriptures when he said, 'evangelicals
should avoid divisiveness over such matters as Biblical inerrancy'
(as reported by Evangelical 'Press Service'). The Bible's inerrancy
is Christianity's foundation. If it is not inerrant, we have
no authority.
Billy Graham honoured the episcopal bishop Pike by asking
him to lead in prayer at his San Francisco Crusade. Bishop Pike
once said, 'I have abandoned ship on the doctrine of the Trinity'
'I have jettisoned the doctrine of the virgin birth of Jesus
Christ'. ('Christian Beacon' Mar. 17th 1955).
The blood of Christ, without which there is no remission
of sins, Graham avoids in his preaching. This doctrine upsets
the liberal supporters. Feb. 29th 1968 on his own letterhead
his staff says concerning the blood of Christ, 'this aspect of
Christian doctrine he does not emphasize in his messages. This
is the duty and prerogative of the pastors'.
Oct. 21st 1973 at Milwaukee Graham said, 'This past
week I preached in a great Catholic cathedral ... as I sat there
going through the funeral mass, that was a beautiful thing and
certainly straight and clear in the Gospel I believe'. ('Billy
Graham' by L.L. Bynum Lubbock, Texas). The Roman Catholic mass
is a blasphemous fable.
Jan. 6th 1973. Advising a Roman Catholic couple disillusioned
with their church, in the 'Sun Telegram' Billy Graham said, 'Don't
pull out of the church. Stay in it ... help your church'. Graham
has swallowed the seducing deceit of Vatican II which said concerning
non-Romanists who were once called heretics and burned, 'These
separated brethren are respected as baptized believers and gifted
as they are by the Holy Spirit, their actions truly engender
a life of grace'. Romanism used to anathematize Protestants,
today it anathematizes them. Speaking on infant christening Graham
said, 'I do believe that something happens at the baptism of
an infant ... we cannot fully understand the mysteries of God,
but I believe that a miracle can happen in these children so
that they are regenerated, that is, made Christian, through infant
baptism'. ('Lutheran Standard' 'Time' Oct. 27th 1961).
Oct. 1977. TV Broadcast during SE Michigan Crusade
Dr. Graham said, 'We get just enough money to pay our bills'.
Even as he said that he must have known, as was revealed some
months later, that there was a secret fund of $23 million which
was money given by Christians for evangelism. Graham admitted
that some of this was given to organisations that are ecumenical
and new evangelical. ('Plains Baptist Challenger' Nov. 1977).
Jan 1978 in an interview given to McCall's Magazine
Graham said, 'I used to believe that pagans in far off countries
were lost going to hell if they did not have the Gospel
of Jesus Christ preached to them. I NO LONGER BELIEVE THAT.
I believe that there are other ways of recognizing God through
nature for instance and plenty of other ways of saying 'yes'
to God'. Our blessed Lord Jesus said 'No man cometh unto
the Father, but by Me' (John 14:6). Later, Billy's Minneapolis
office issued a statement by Billy, 'On the whole I am pleased
with the accuracy of the article (McCall's) ... a few statements
unfortunately convey meanings which I never intended. This may
be due to my own failure to make myself as plain as I should
have'. He did not however, deny the statements or say that he
was misquoted. In the same McCall's article Graham says, 'I've
found that my beliefs are essentially the same as those of orthodox
Roman Catholics ... we differ on some matters of later church
tradition'.
Mar. 16th 1978 at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Graham
spoke of calling the church back to 'Biblical authority' and
then promptly proceeded to say that, 'Lutherans, Anglicans and
Catholics are members of the body of Christ' without qualifying
his statement with the Biblical essential of the new birth through
repentance and faith in Christ. Billy's peculiar universalism
came out as he spoke of 'The cosmic Christ Who is going to redeem
all creation'. The Bible does not teach that. The contemporary
cage of unclean birds called ecumenicity has the anathema of
God upon it. Graham says, 'We communicate the Bible by our unity.
I believe in ecumenicity'. The Bible erects barriers between
light and darkness, between believers and unbelievers, between
Christ and Belial. Yet Rev. Desmond Hunt, Anglican chairman of
the Toronto Crusade says, 'When the corn is high, the fences
disappear'. GOD ERECTED THOSE FENCES! Rev. Berkley Renolds, Crusade
Committee member, a minister of the apostate United Church of
Canada, spoke of 'This great ecumenical gathering' and urged
his hearers to make the June Toronto Crusade, 'One of the greatest
demonstrations of the ecumenicity of the Spirit'.
Modernists and apostates with whom Billy Graham has fellowshipped,
and used in his crusades:
- Henry Van Dusen Union Theological Seminary
- Bishop James Pike, episcopal bishop
- John Sutherland Bonnell
- Robert McCracken, Minister of Riverside Church, New York
- Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Dr. Fred Townley Lord, British Methodist
- Dr. Bertram Simpson, Bishop of Southwark
- Dr. E.A. Payne, General Secretary of British Baptist Union
- Bishop Gerald Kennedy, Methodist
- Dr. Jesse Baird
- Dr. Stanley E. Jones
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Modernist in theology.
The Lord Jesus said, 'If ye love Me, keep My commandments'.
(John 14:15). God has said, 'To the law and to the testimony
if they speak not according to this word, it is because there
is no light in them'. (Isa 8:20). We ask every reader to study
the following Scriptures and then compare their commands to the
practices of Dr. Billy Graham.
Ephesians 5:11
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness,
but rather reprove them.
Corinthians 6:14-18
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what
fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what
communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ
with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye
are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell
in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they
shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be
ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing;
and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye
shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
2 John 1:9-11
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ,
hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath
both the Father and the Son. If there come any unto you, and
bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither
bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker
of his evil deeds.
2 Thessalonians 3:6
Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly,
and not after the tradition which he received of us.
Hosea 4:17
Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
2 Peter 2:1-2
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as
there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring
in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them,
and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow
their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall
be evil spoken of.
1 Timothy 6:3-5
If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words,
even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine
which is according to godliness; He is proud, knowing nothing,
but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh
envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, Perverse disputings
of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing
that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
Romans 16:17
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions
and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned;
and avoid them.
Revelation 18:4
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her,
my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye
receive not of her plagues.
Matthew 7:15-16
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing,
but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by
their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
2 Chronicles 19:2
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and
said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and
love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from
before the LORD.
THESE ARE THE COMMANDS OF GOD!
The great C.H. Spurgeon, upon whom the Spirit of God rested
in such abundance said, 'I dread much the spirit which would
tamper with Truth for the sake of united action, or for any other
object under heaven the latitudinarian spirit which sneers at
creeds and dogmas. TRUTH IS NO TRIFLE! Not so thought our fathers,
when at the stake they gave themselves to death, or on the brown
heather of Scotland fell beneath the swords of Claverhouse's
Dragoons for truth which men nowadays count unimportant, but
which being truths were to them so vital that they would sooner
DIE than suffer them to be dishonoured.
O for the same uncompromising love of truth! .....
I pray God evermore to preserve us from unity in which the truth
shall be considered valueless, in which principle gives place
to policy, in which the noble and masculine virtues which adorn
the Christian hero are to be supplemented by an effeminate affection
of charity. May the Lord deliver us from indifference to His
word and will ... may God perpetually send some prophet who shall
cry aloud to the world, 'Your covenant with death shall be disannulled,
your agreement with Hell shall not stand'. May there ever be
found some men though they be rough as Amos, or stern as Haggai,
who shall denounce again and again all league with error and
all compromise with sin, and declare that these are the abhorrence
of God ... The destruction of every sort of union which is not
based on TRUTH, is a preliminary to the edification of the unity
of the Spirit'.
Very simply, if the Bible be true Billy Graham is not only
wrong but has been and now is a serious danger to the purity
of the Gospel and the Church. If the Bible be true, then every
blood- bought child of God cannot support or promote the Billy
Graham Crusades anywhere. Unscriptural means can never justify
the end, be it evangelism or ought else. We appeal earnestly
to churches and believers to prayerfully consider the factual
information contained in this pamphlet, which is fully documented.
Your first loyalty and allegiance is to the Lord Jesus
Christ. Your only authority for faith and practice is God's Holy
inspired and inerrant Word.
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