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Harris Blackwood: Graham’s humility, humanity brought millions to Christ

Billy Graham speaks as his son Franklin Graham, right, listens during a dedication ceremony May 31, 2007, for the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, N.C.. Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, has died. Graham died at his home in North Carolina on Wednesday, Feb. 21. - photo by Associated Press

02252018 BILLY GRAHAM — Billy Graham speaks as his son Franklin Graham, right, listens during a dedication ceremony May 31, 2007, for the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, N.C.. Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, has died. Graham died at his home in North Carolina on Wednesday, Feb. 21. - photo by Associated Press

There are a lot of people we could thank for giving us Billy Graham. One of them was Mordecai Ham, a traveling evangelist from Kentucky. Billy Graham was a wayward young teen who dreamed of playing baseball, but it was after hearing Ham preach the gospel that his life was changed.