{"id":11765,"date":"2018-08-20T18:23:57","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T23:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=11765"},"modified":"2018-08-20T18:23:57","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T23:23:57","slug":"book-review-through-my-fathers-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=11765","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Through My Father’s Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Over this past year, I have really enjoyed learning more about Dr. Billy Graham.\u00a0 Since Dr. Graham passed away in February, I read his book about salvation called\u00a0The Reason for my Hope<\/em> and blogged about it here<\/a>.\u00a0 It was a real treat to read Franklin Graham’s perspective on his dad’s life, ministry, and legacy.\u00a0 Franklin shared a lot of things that were particularly helpful, but what I enjoyed reading about the most was the careful planning that went into his dad transitioning out of some areas of ministry in order to set up Franklin to carry the ministry forward.<\/p>\n

To read about the way that Dr. Graham put his own name and ministry on the line in order to give his son some incredible opportunities was really enlightening.\u00a0 As I consider the legacy that I’d like to invest in both my own children and my students, it’s important to look for those areas to show them that “I trust you to handle this well.”\u00a0 Franklin was also quick to share when some of those things didn’t quite go as planned!<\/p>\n

I’m not sure that we will ever see another preacher\/evangelist who will have the impact that Dr. Graham has had for the kingdom of God.\u00a0 However, I am quickly reminded that his ministry was what it was because of a very simple “yes” to following God’s call on his life.\u00a0 If the legacy of Dr. Graham’s life and ministry is that he was willing to be obedient and faithful to living our God’s call on his life…I think that he would be very pleased with that.<\/p>\n

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through their book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the\u00a0Federal Trade Commission\u2019s 16 CFR, Part 255<\/a>: \u201cGuides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over this past year, I have really enjoyed learning more about Dr. Billy Graham.\u00a0 Since Dr. Graham passed away in February, I read his book about salvation called\u00a0The Reason for my Hope and blogged about it here.\u00a0 It was a real treat to read Franklin Graham’s perspective on his dad’s life, ministry, and legacy.\u00a0 Franklin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,14,16,23,28,17,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-study","category-book-review","category-family","category-generosity","category-integrity","category-leadership","category-marriage"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}