Rev. Franklin Graham is remembering the lessons learned from his father, the late Rev. Billy Graham, through a new book that looks at the evangelist's public and private lives and said Wednesday that his father's public persona matched who he was at home.
"A lot of people think that [when]a person that's well-known, many times when the cameras are on them and flash bulbs are flashing and smiling and when that's turned off, they are different people," Graham told Fox News' "Fox & Friends."
"My father was the same in the stadiums, on television and what we saw at home. There wasn't two people. He was just the same."
Graham said his book, "Through My Father's Eyes," details the spiritual lessons that affected his life, and they will affect the lives of readers as well.
"My father was an unusual person," he said. "A man of prayer. He believed the Bible to be the word of God, cover to cover. There was no question. He decided that early on in his ministry. I don't understand it all. But I'm going to believe it all."
Graham added that his father not only believed the bible, but he followed what it preached, and he was a "great, great person."
He also described his father as a person who was "very patient" and who "loved children."
"My father, again, what you saw on television was the same we saw at home," said Graham. "He was a kind, gentle person. He would listen, and a lot of people don't listen today."
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