"Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets." (Luke 6:26)
I'm also one of those few here who believe Billy was a wolf in sheep's clothing. He devoted his life to ecumenicalism, and aligned himself with false teachers and religions. When leaders of all faiths praise you, that's a huge red flag. Because the true gospel of Christ is offensive to the lost world (1 Peter 2:7-8, 1 Corinthians 1:18, Proverbs 29:27).
I'm posting this short video by Dave Hunt for those with an open mind:
[video=youtube;FSvp-rS30hg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSvp-rS30hg&t=159s[/video]
I watched almost to the end of the video; (I'd seen enough and was too disgusted to want to watch anymore). Thanks for posting it.
Billy Graham represents the thinking and mode of operation of the majority of Christians and churches today, so it's no surprise that most of them praise him. To do otherwise would be to condemn themselves and their own pastors for doing like Graham and for receiving people like him.
If anyone wants evidence of the great apostasy of the saints that precedes the revealing of the antichrist, the overwhelming praise and defense of this heretic and others like him is a chunk of it.
Christians will receive anyone who comes in Jesus' name, no matter what he does or doesn't preach. They're so concerned about not being judgmental that they've abandoned the doctrine of the New Testament and have lost their discernment and good judgment, and become useless and defiled.
Modern "Christianity" is all love, love, love, acceptance, acceptance, acceptance, happiness, happiness, happiness. But the love isn't the love of God, and the acceptance is actually compromise, and the happiness is carnal happiness, not spiritual joy. What fills the megachurches is the same sweet drivel and heresy and mealy-mouthed preaching that made Billy Graham a success in the eyes of man and a failure in the eyes of God.
(If the apostle Paul, or Jesus Christ Himself in another form, were to preach in a "successful" church today, they'd be resented---maybe even booed, by Christians and unsaved people alike.)
I'm reminded of what Paul (who was an example of a God-approved evangelist) said to the church in Corinth:
I feel a divine jealousy for you, for I betrothed you as a pure virgin to Christ. But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the One you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough." (2 Corinthians 11:2-4)
If Christians like what a man is saying, and he's nice and charismatic, they'll receive him, even if what he is saying contradicts the teachings of the New Testament or of the Bible as a whole. But if they don't like what he's saying, they will reject him even if he's speaking directly from the word of God.
Just like the Jews didn't need God to do Judaism their own way, and resented Jesus for pointing out their hypocrisy and deviation from the Law they were given, Christians don't need Christ to do Christianity their own way, and they resent being told that they're following in the errant footsteps of the Jews before them. And just look what they've done to Christianity, and how they're faring spiritually for their departure from the doctrine of the New Testament and obedience to Jesus Christ: Successful in their own eyes and the eyes of men perhaps, but wretched in the sight of God.
But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.
For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ. (Galatians 1:8-10)