Charles Lee

On my flight back from Seattle last Sunday, I watched a recently posted presentation of Billy Graham by TED.com. It was a recording of a talk that Billy Graham, a world renown evangelist, gave back in 1998 during the formative years of the Ted Conference (an annual conference that brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers).

On this recording, Billy Graham spoke on the topics of technological advances, faith, and the reality of human suffering around the world. I was deeply refreshed by his perspective on man’s inability to resolve some of the most foundational problems of mankind even in the midst of great innovations.

As someone who thrives on new ideas and means for progress, I was once again reminded of our need to keep perspective on our own finiteness. It is always humbling to listen to people like Graham. It was especially good to hear him in the midst of our current series through the book of Ecclesiastes at New Hope (see previous post).

I hope you take a few minutes away from your work of progression and advancement to listen to a voice that has experienced much in life through trials, a remarkable journey of faith, extensive travel, and interaction with some of the greatest thinkers of human history.

Click here to see this video of Billy Graham’s talk.

Also, feel free to share your thoughts about his presentation afterwards.

This post is tagged Billy Graham, Limits, Mankind, Suffering, Technology