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Graham also spoke about preparing for death, and not just in the financial sense. Here Graham poses an important question to which he provides an excellent answer in his second sentence. He then pivots to explain his answer in Christian terms. A reader could accept the second sentence from Graham while offering his or her own spiritual understanding in a third sentence, which might or might not agree with Graham's. A secularist, Jewish person, or Buddhist, for example might want to put spiritual beliefs in their own terms.
Not surprising from the most famous evangelist of our time. Nearing Home is an excellent book for all adult ages. My husband said, “I don’t want to grow old.” He doesn’t want to feel helpless or dependent on someone else for survival, but like Billy Graham said in his book we have every day to prepare for old age. We’re too busy fighting old age, the inevitable, instead of aging gracefully. Graham's honesty gave me compassion for the experience of growing older. It is not easy, and yet generations before us can significantly impact the generations that follow.
Nearing Home: Life, Faith, and Finishing Well by Graham, Billy
Rev Billy Graham is one of the most well known and respected Christian pastors. I am so happy that he chose to write this book about how to live an honorable and useful life as we grow older. There is much useful information for those of any age, but especially those who are starting to feel the restrictions of age. Rev. Graham shows how God used men and women from the Bible when they were in their later years of life, and, of course, how He can still use us today.
It may be superfluous to say, but I am impressed with Graham's close knowledge of the Bible, both Old and New Testaments. He quotes with ease, and his Scriptural references invariably are on point and illuminate what he is trying to say. If a senior knows the Lord, they have a long acquaintanceship with evangelism and Billy Graham.
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Nearing Home is a deeply challenging yet touchingly heartfelt look at what it means to grow old. At age 92, the world-renowned Billy Graham tells what he has learned through his own physical decline, the effect aging had on his ministry, the death of his dearly beloved wife Ruth, and the hope of eternal life after the grave. He teaches how to grow old well, lays out common challenges, and gives practical suggestions and Biblical insights. He uses Story to flesh out his teaching, stories from his own life and ministry, stories of people who have written to him, stories of the famous and the seemingly insignificant.
Noted evangelist and author Billy Graham, in his latest and perhaps last book entitled “Nearing Home” provides insight into what it means to grow old. The book talks about growing old, finishing well and bridging the gap between young and old. There were so many quotable items and good points that I wish so many young and old would read and take to heart. Perhaps if we followed Billy Graham’s example we could have a chance at bridging the generation gap. Our young people need to learn the lessons of our grandparents and our seniors need the young people for flexibility and youthfulness.
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I'm a Christian reading a book I feel is geared towards Christians, you don't need to present the Gospel to me again. What Graham does well in this book is offer practical advise on you can near home well. Often what he says is balanced and he writes in a readable prose style. Nearing Home not a robust theological treatise on dying well.
I received a free copy of this book from Thomas Nelson Publishers in exchange for a review. I was not asked to write a positive review in exchange for a copy, but choose to write a review that is constructive, honest and helpful to other consumers. I think it's one of those books that I should read once a year and I will be able to gain fresh insight each time. Other best-known works of this poet, novelist, and painter include The Glass Bead Game, which, also known as Magister Ludi, explore a search of an individual for spirituality outside society. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Mit dem Erstaunen fängt es an by Hermann Hesse. I volunteer with seniors and I really wanted a neutral point of view as to what seniors are thinking and experiencing.
Nearing Home is a masterfully and candidly written book about living a life of faith, growing older in faith in the Lord, and then at the appointed time heading home to be with him. There are only 10 short chapters to the book but there's so much wisdom and insight that is shared by Dr. Graham in it that the book is a very enjoyable read. And the fact that Dr. Graham "has been there and done that" when it comes to a lot of the types of experiences many of us go through on our way to glory makes the book all the more compelling.
They had five children ( Ruth Graham, Gigi Graham Tchividjian, Anne Graham Lotz, Nelson, & Franklin Graham) and made their home in the mountains of North Carolina. They were married for 64 years before Ruth’s death in 2007. Graham died from natural causes on February 21, 2018, at his home in Montreat, North Carolina, at the age of 99. Billy Graham was an American evangelical Christian evangelist and an ordained Southern Baptist minister. Graham is best known for his evangelistic missions or “Crusades.” He believed God knew no borders or nationalities.
This short book is written strictly for them and will brighten their days while they await the Lord. Will usually ship within 2 business days of receiving cleared payment. Barzillai is not the only person in the Bible who made his greatest contribution in his latter years. In fact, Scripture is filled with examples of men and women whom God used late in life, often with great impact. Be the first to know about the BGEA’s work in your community and around the world.
As I read the book, I thought Graham said some very broad based valuable things that could teach people of diverse religious persuasions. I was uncomfortable with some of the explicitly evangelical portions of the teaching, which suggest that Graham's way to God might be the only way. The book becomes more theological in tone as it proceeds, with the final chapter devoted to a depiction of Heaven followed by a call to the reader to come forward and accept Jesus as one's Savior. This mirrors the great evangelist's procedures at his many religious crusades.
I enjoyed reading his words, and being that this is my first Billy Graham book, I am not disappointed. It exceeded my expectations and gently gave me insight into the older generation that at times have befuddled me. We’re all nearing home because death is uncertain and none of us know the day or time when death will knock on our door. Graham spends most of the end of the book evangelizing and talking about having a relationship with Christ; not merely believing in Christ, but living it. Graham's book, written in anticipation of his own death, is itself a example of how to live well with aging. His book offers much insight and advice which appears to come from Graham's life and to be sincerely felt.
If you’re looking for a ground level book that’s approachable, devotional, & practical than Nearing Home would serve you well. "All my life I was taught how to die as a Christian, but no one ever taught me how I ought to live in the years before I die. I wish they had because I am an old man now, and believe me, it's not easy." Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Nearing Home by Billy Graham. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Needs to review the security of your connection before proceeding.
I think about this often - if I want to be the prayer-warrior Grandma who encourages everyone in her path with wisdom and truth, what am I doing now to cultivate that character? What a great challenge and reminder to use the future to shape our present. I am not Graham's target audience for this book, and it was not the memoir that I thought it would be.
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