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Franklin Graham Joins Quick Start, Trump's New Iran Warning, Perez Hilton, Romans 1

April 7, 2026·25 min·2 clips

Franklin Graham reveals why he privately wrote a gospel letter to President Trump that later went viral.

The show starts fast. Dan Andros sets up the Tuesday, April 7th, 2026 rundown as Christian news with Franklin Graham, spiritual warfare, President Trump, and Perez Hilton's faith story all on the board. Then Trayvon Phillips takes the Hilton piece and gives it room to breathe. His tone is hopeful but careful: conversion is good news, and heart change still belongs to the Holy Spirit. Hilton says he plans to read Scripture from start to finish for the first time. The story turns on a 21-day hospital stay from a severe sepsis infection, a near-death experience, and Hilton saying God revealed himself in a moment he could only call a miracle. The hosts keep it warm without turning it into celebrity gossip. They say Hilton was raised Catholic, later left faith, and now says he truly believes God is real and loves him. The health scare did not wrap up cleanly. Phillips says Hilton was readmitted after a follow-up appointment, when a cardiothoracic surgeon saw him limping and sent him to the ER. The diagnosis was deep vein thrombosis. Hilton read that second hospital turn as divine intervention, not just frightening timing. The segment keeps circling back to witness and conviction: speak clearly, but do not pretend to do the Spirit's work. Franklin Graham's segment sits close by, with the cold open saying he talks with Billy about spiritual warfare and a viral letter to President Trump that goes deep on the gospel. Romans 1 is where the episode settles. The closing beat uses Romans 1:16 as a direct push not to be ashamed when faith makes a conversation uncomfortable. It is practical, a little urgent, and more concerned with faithful speech than polish.

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A brisk faith-news hour that links headlines, testimony, and Scripture.

This episode moves with a brisk, conversational rhythm as it ties Franklin Graham's talk on spiritual warfare and the letter to President Trump to Perez Hilton's public faith journey.

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