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The Legend, Billy Graham, writes this book for any age or person to read. About Real Life and how God is the only true One to help through these peril times. Download Nearing Home PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Nearing Home book now.
I also feel that our end goal is to be with God, not so much a particular place in general. So yeah his focus on the reward of Heaven isn't really enjoyable to me either. This is the third book that I've read by Billy Graham. To be honest, I've not been impressed with Graham as a writer and this book follows in that mold.
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At this time, he was with the Northwestern Schools where he later resigned in 1952 to focus on ministry, and inaugurated his film ministry. He got married to Bell in 1943 and they had five children. Billy Graham died on the 21st of February, 2018 at a very old age. You may be asking, “What does this have to do with planning for old age? ” The things we value during the prime of life will follow us into the twilight years. If we wisely value faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, it will strengthen us as we age.
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. It’s written more like a memoir or a letter to a friend with practical wisdom. The topic of aging, finishing well, and death is such an important topic I wish some of the theological pipework was exposed more explicitly.
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In a touching narrative of his life as well as his personal experience of growing older, Billy Graham moves the reader to a point beyond description. Now in his 90s, he writes, "Growing old has been the greatest surprise of my life. I would have never guessed what God had in store for me, and I know that as I am nearing home, He will not forsake me the last mile of the way." Join Billy Graham as he shares the challenges of fading strength but still standing strong in his commitment to finishing life well. Nearing Home is rich with Scriptural examples of people God has used late in life with great impact, says Ross. These heroes of the faith demonstrate that in spite of the limitations and challenges of old age, the later years can be some of the most rewarding and fulfilling of our lives.
I am 64, retired, and wanted to hear what Graham had to say. Graham brings personal knowledge as well as religious teaching to bear upon his subject. He retired in 2005 from the rigors of the evangelical ministry in which he had engaged for more than 50 years. At the age of 92, Graham has become increasingly frail and his activities curtailed severely.
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In 1983, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ronald Reagan. In 1996, Graham and his wife, Ruth, received the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest award Congress can bestow on a private citizen. However, part of my problem is that I'm not really at this stage of life yet, so the book doesn't wind up feeling applicable for those who aren't retired or near the end of life. I had the impression that the book was going to be a bit more of Graham reflecting on his life and telling more of his story, but that's not really what this is. It is more an encouragement to those who are retired and older about how they are still needed and can be used by God even if it doesn't always feel like they have the most to add.
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. Granted I'm pretty sure that all of Graham's books have been very evangelistic in nature, and I guess I just don't really enjoy that. I'm a Christian reading a book I feel is geared towards Christians, you don't need to present the Gospel to me again.
Graham also speaks about his enduring love for Ruth and how difficult it’s been for him since her passing. 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.
He is candid about the resultant frustration and pain. Each lesson consists of 20 or so ready-to-use questions that get groups talking. Answers are provided in the form of quotes from respected authors such as John Piper, Max Lucado and Beth Moore. These lessons will save you time as well as provide deep insights from some of the great writers and thinkers from today and generations past. I also include quotes from the same commentaries that your pastor uses in sermon preparation. Ultimately, the goal is to create conversations that change lives.
I enjoyed reading this book and learning Billy Graham's thoughts on aging and on living the latter parts of one's life with grace, dignity, and purpose. The book will appeal mostly to Graham's followers, but I am pleased I was given the opportunity to read it. I was reminded in reading this book of many books by the Dalai Lama. Like Graham, the Dalai Lama has a worldwide following and is revered by many people who are not followers of the path of Tibetan Buddhism. And both these spiritual leaders offer insights that may prove valuable to those outside, respectively, Tibetan Buddhism or fundamentalist Christianity.
Graham shares numerous strategies and salient truths that are of use for anyone at any stage in their life. In Nearing Home, Graham explores the challenges of aging while gleaning foundational truths from Scripture. “When granted many years of life, growing old in age is natural, but growing old with grace is a choice,” says Graham.
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