If you have

ever read any church history or remember when you went to

what used to be called Sunday School, you probably read

the story of John Wesley who founded the great Methodist

Church.

He writes of how he was in

the pew of a church and somehow the message struck deep

into his heart and he writes, "My heart was

strangely warmed." You know the rest of the story.

He got on horseback and rode hundreds of miles sharing

Christ with literally thousands of people.

There seems to be a common

thread in the personalities of these men. Certainly the

thread of Christ in their lives is the most important

motivating and unifying issue, but there is also another

deep issue that is always there. It is the issue of

integrity.

Have you ever been in a

situation where you have been struggling so long that you

start to believe that being "down and out" is

the norm? You feel that this is the way it is, and that

feeling triumphant or on top of the situation is not

normal?

That is the way I was

beginning to feel about our president and the White

House. I don't want to feel this way. I was taught to

respect the office of the presidency. I was a military

man for 30 years. The president was, and is, my commander

and chief.

Throughout his

administration, I have learned to never expect anything

decent to come out his presidency... I know when his

mouth is moving, he is saying something that will only be

to his advantage and support the issue of power, and his

power only.

I often think of Billy

Graham, who is probably the most respected evangelist of

the last century, and into this millennium. When you

annalize his ministry, you might say, "What is it

about this man that has related to more people than any

evangelist in history?" There have certainly been

many evangelists who have shared God's word in a powerful

and meaningful way, but there is something different

about Billy Graham.