via TED Conferences (February 1998) “Billy Graham: Technology, faith and human shortcomings“: In Monterey California, The Reverend Billy Graham delivered a talk of just over twenty-six minutes to a Technology, Entertainment, and Design (TED) conference before a screen that projected a title of no more than, matter-of-factly, his first and last name.

“Why you should listen

… It’s possible that Graham preached the Gospel to more people in live audiences than anyone else in history — nearly 215 million people in more than 185 countries and territories, with hundreds of millions more through television, video, film and webcasts.

Graham wrote some 25 books, and his counsel was sought by many US presidents. He was the first major evangelist to speak behind the Iron Curtain, calling for peace in countries throughout Eastern Europe and in the Soviet Union — while during the Apartheid era he refused to visit South Africa until its government allowed for desegregated audiences.

Through the praise and criticism of a public life that has nearly spanned a century, he held fast to his conviction that faith in Jesus is the only path to salvation.