A Prophet with Honor: The Billy Graham Story (Updated Edition)

by William C. Martin

Book Overview

A Prophet with Honor is the biography Billy Graham himself invited and appreciated for its sympathetic but frank approach. Carefully documented, eminently fair, and gracefully written, it raises and answers key questions about Graham's character, contributions, and influence on the world religious scene. In this engaging and comprehensive book, William Martin gives readers a better understanding of the most successful evangelist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310353300
• ISBN13: 9780310353300
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Length: 832 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A friendly take on Graham

While this book ranks as the most comprehensive take on Graham's life and career, it suffers from two shortcomings. William Martin is rather too uncritical of his subject, and, like most other Graham biographers, he depends too heavily on Graham's memory. Graham has repeatedly proven to be an unreliable source concerning his own history as I documented in my own research for The Prince of War: Billy Graham's Crusade for a Wholly Christian Empire. Unlike Marshall Frady whose Billy Graham - a Parable of American Righteousness reported out some of the preacher's less admirable endeavors, Martin participates in the general canonization of Graham.