Billy Graham, the evangelist who attracted a worldwide following for more than six decades, was found dead at his home on Feb. 21 at age 99. But the extent of Graham's media savvy was most apparent in his disarming style. “Is this still a Christian country?” Frost asked him in 1997. “No, we’re not a Christian country,” Graham began. Where some other evangelical leaders might have proceeded to stir up controversy with a soliloquy about cultural erosion, Graham instead added this: “We’ve never been a Christian country.

Source: Washington Post February 21, 2018 20:26 UTC