Billy Graham: God Will Help New Orleans Revive
Saturday, Mar. 11, 2006 Posted: 7:49:55AM EST

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The Rev. Billy Graham said he doesn't believe that God sent Hurricane Katrina, but he does believe God allowed it and will bring good out of New Orleans' revival. The 87-year-old evangelist spoke Thursday at a prayer service for hundreds of Gulf Coast pastors who have invited him and his son Franklin to preach this weekend at the New Orleans Arena.Graham needed help to shuffle to the pulpit, the same one he used during a 1954 revival.

But once he stood before the assembly, his voice was clear and strong.

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