{"id":20944,"date":"2024-11-25T13:04:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T13:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=20944"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:10:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:10:51","slug":"billy-graham-christmas-themes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/billy-graham-christmas-themes\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosa ha detto Billy Graham sul Natale? Culla, croce, corona"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Billy Graham preached that the baby in the manger is God&#039;s gift to us, who came to die for our sins and will come again as King. In a White House sermon of 16 December 1973, as his ministry printed it, he said of Christmas, &quot;I believe it can be summed up in three words: cradle, cross and crown.&quot; In that sermon he told a story from the Second World War. A mother whose husband was away at the war\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billy Graham&#039;s Christmas message in his own dated words: the cradle, the cross and the crown, God&#039;s gift of his Son, and hope for the lonely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[210],"series":[209],"class_list":["post-20944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","tag-christmas-series","series-christmas"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20955,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/christian-significance-christmas-bells\/","url_meta":{"origin":20944,"position":0},"title":"What Do Christmas Bells, Lights and Wreaths Mean to Christians?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Novembre 27, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Bells call us to worship and ring out Christ's birth, lights stand for Christ the light, and the evergreen wreath for life without end.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian Education&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian Education","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/category\/christian-education\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Christ in mosaic, in the style of Raphael","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00563.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00563.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00563.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00563.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20913,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/christmas-december-25th-origin\/","url_meta":{"origin":20944,"position":1},"title":"Why Is Christmas on December 25? 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