(SNews) – Rev. Franklin Graham has warned Christians “to be prepared” for the “storm” that’s “coming.”
During his keynote address at the opening session of the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) International Christian Media Convention this week, Graham minced no words regarding faith in today’s society.
He told all those gathered, “There’s a storm coming, and we’ve all got to be prepared.”
Rev. Graham also said that “every demon from hell has been turned loose” in our culture today.
“The world has deteriorated so quickly,” he said from the stage.
“We cannot be deceived and we can’t be fooled.
“We need to get ready and be prepared.”
Graham, son of the late famed evangelist Billy Graham, was speaking to an audience of about 2,000 at the event in Orlando, Florida, the Washington Times reported.
He cautioned that a flood of “wokeness” threatens to silence Christian ministries and drown out the Gospel message.
Graham warned that ministries that stay true to the biblical teachings about sin and salvation could find their invaluable data, such as donor records, abruptly canceled and wiped out by large corporations that control the cloud.
He pointed out that many conservative and Christian organizations have experienced such attacks in recent years.
Those attacks include the National Committee for Religious Freedom, which recently had its Chase bank accounts closed without warning.
Graham told the crowd to guard against being deceived, according to The Christian Post.
“We cannot be deceived and we can’t be fooled,” the 70-year-old evangelist said.
“We need to get ready and be prepared.”
He said Christians are “living in a cancel culture that wants to destroy Christian organizations,” but he encouraged listeners to persevere in the truth.
“They want us to shut our mouths,” Graham said.
“They don’t want to hear from us.”
“We cannot back up, we can’t retreat,” he added.
“Don’t apologize for the Gospel — just declare it, just preach it.”
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The NRB said the annual convention is “the largest nationally and internationally recognized event dedicated solely to assisting those in the field of Christian communications.”
Monday’s welcome address was delivered by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
DeSantis told the audience he and his administration are “fighting back against the weaponization of government” against Christians, Fox News reported.
“We have a government targeting parents going to school board meetings,” DeSantis said.
“They will target pro-life activists.
“They will allow municipal workers to protest illegally in front of our Supreme Court justices’ homes.”
“And they are now, in the FBI, saying observant Catholics represent some type of threat in society,” he said.
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