{"id":358,"date":"2009-04-02T18:31:21","date_gmt":"2009-04-02T18:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=358"},"modified":"2010-12-22T13:08:31","modified_gmt":"2010-12-22T18:08:31","slug":"6967","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2009\/04\/02\/6967\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Graham Focus of Nyvall Lectures Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, IL (April 2, 2009) \u2013 Grant Wacker, professor of Christian History at Duke Divinity School, will deliver the Nyvall Lectures at North Park Theological Seminary April 29.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nHe will present \u201cBilly Graham\u2019s America\u201d at 9 a.m. and \u201cBilly Graham\u2019s Legacy for Christian Living\u201d at 10:45 a.m. The lectures will be given in the Isaacson Memorial Chapel.<\/p>\n<p>Wacker, who also is director of Duke\u2019s Graduate Program in Religion, is working on a cultural biography to be called Billy Graham\u2019s America.<\/p>\n<p>The David Nyvall Lectureship was inaugurated at North Park Theological Seminary in 1951 in memory of the pioneer Swedish American educator who served the school both as teacher and president. 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