Utah faith leaders reacted to the death of iconic evangelist Billy Graham with expressions of sympathy, faith and gratitude for the world-renowned preacher’s unvarnished and simple gospel message.
Pastor Greg Johnson, director of Utah’s Standing Together evangelical consortium, said that, from a believer’s perspective, Graham’s passing was a time for celebration.
“My heart is filled with joy today,” Johnson said, “knowing that, as Billy often said himself himself about this day, ‘The day that you hear that Billy Graham has died, don’t you dare believe it, because on that very day I will be more alive then than I have ever been in my entire life.