CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 22, 2021
THREE YEARS AGO, FRANKLIN GRAHAM PREACHED IN BLACKPOOL, ENGLAND. ADS WERE PLACED ON BUSES. THEY SAID, “TIME FOR HOPE,” BUT WERE ORDERED REMOVED BECAUSE OF GRAHAM’S VIEWS ON TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE. A COURT SUBSEQUENTLY RULED THE BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL AND BUS COMPANY WERE WRONG. RATHER THAN CONTINUE THE LEGAL BATTLE, LOCAL AUTHORITIES AGREED TO A PUBLIC APOLOGY AND A LARGE FINANCIAL SETTLEMENT.
THIS IS A VICTORY FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN A VERY SECULAR UK.
IT’S A FAR CRY FROM BILLY GRAHAM’S 1954 CRUSADE AT HARRENGAY ARENA IN NORTH LONDON. HE HAD OPPOSITION, TOO, FROM LIBERAL SECULARISTS, BUT THE CRUSADE WAS EXTENDED SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE THE CROWDS KEPT COMING.
ACCORDING TO THE BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION, “MORE THAN TWO MILLION PEOPLE ATTENDED THE MEETINGS AND MORE THAN 38,000 RESPONDED TO THE INVITATION TO RECEIVE CHRIST.” GRAHAM ALSO PREACHED TO THOUSANDS IN TRAFALGER SQUARE. THE CROWD AT WEMBLEY STADIUM NUMBERED MORE THAN 120,000.
THE GOSPEL WILL ALWAYS BE OPPOSED, BUT THE WORD OF GOD IS MORE POWERFUL THAN ANY HUMAN, OR SATAN. I’M CAL THOMAS.
