As a veteran of many Billy Graham crusades, Johnny Cash must have known the parable of the drunken airline passenger by heart.
Here’s how Graham told this old, old story during his1985 South Florida crusade.
One day, the evangelist boarded an airplane at the same time as a fat, boisterous drunk who cursed up a storm and even pinched a stewardess. The crew finally wrestled the man to his seat — right in front of Graham. Another passenger leaned over and said he ought to behave. Didn’t he know who was behind him?
“You don’t say,” the man said. Then he turned and loudly said, “Are you Billy Graham? … Put her there! Your sermons have sure helped me!”
After the laughter, Graham warmly introduced Cash, who added another punch line.
“I wonder,”…
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