Jimmy Carter was quoted in the news today. The title of the CBS article is "Jimmy Carter: Jesus would approve of same-sex marriage." His actual words verified choosing this title. It's not the first time that he showed complete and utter ignorance of his own Christian faith for which he is known.
Part of my preparations for a vacation, even before a toothbrush and underwear, is books. One of the books for last year's cruise to Bermuda was Redeemer, The Life Of Jimmy Carter by Randall Ballmer. I never wrote a post on it but I'm going to reference it in this post.
Jimmy Carter was and is a good man. As naive as he had been on foreign policy during and after his presidency, as destructive to our economy as he was as a United States President and as unknowledgeable as he is of the Bible that he teaches, I could at least see a Christian man and respect him in his many errors. Carter, like his political nemesis Jerry Falwell, never backed down on his Christian faith but there is something that we are woefully unaware of today in most of the American Christian church, that being that there is both, apart from the radically liberal church that is Christian in name only, a strong vibrant Christianity, albeit relatively small.... knowledgeable of the truth contained in God's Word, vigilant and ever learning and ever reforming when necessary, and there is a simplistic Christianity, saving but atrophying at the same time, fighting fiercely only to remain in the infancy of the "four spiritual laws" and Daniel and the lion's den. Our former president is part of the latter and fiercely defends it.
Carter was raised in this atmosphere and he is even on the lower end of it as to discernment. Throughout the book, which I recommend, you see biblical doctrine pushed aside, distorted and ignored by good works that are elevated, not as evidence of salvation, but as part of 'justification' itself. As far as race relations and bigotry is concerned one would have to look far and wide to find a stronger representative of Christian love than Jimmy Carter. He is a model in this area, but his failures in Christian doctrine are as remarkably bad as his love for fairness and equality is good.
Why is this important? One reason is that our leaders and members of Congress that watched, and continue to watch, as our Constitution is shredded, our heritage besmirched, our enemies emboldened, our military weakened and dependence upon and reverence for Almighty God cast aside....these men and women come from these churches. The culture has defined the church. Rebuild the church America! Carry the lumber from old books, catechisms and confessions, use the labor of only those that are faithful and pound the nails with the same hammer Luther used at Wittenberg.
Part of my preparations for a vacation, even before a toothbrush and underwear, is books. One of the books for last year's cruise to Bermuda was Redeemer, The Life Of Jimmy Carter by Randall Ballmer. I never wrote a post on it but I'm going to reference it in this post.
Jimmy Carter was and is a good man. As naive as he had been on foreign policy during and after his presidency, as destructive to our economy as he was as a United States President and as unknowledgeable as he is of the Bible that he teaches, I could at least see a Christian man and respect him in his many errors. Carter, like his political nemesis Jerry Falwell, never backed down on his Christian faith but there is something that we are woefully unaware of today in most of the American Christian church, that being that there is both, apart from the radically liberal church that is Christian in name only, a strong vibrant Christianity, albeit relatively small.... knowledgeable of the truth contained in God's Word, vigilant and ever learning and ever reforming when necessary, and there is a simplistic Christianity, saving but atrophying at the same time, fighting fiercely only to remain in the infancy of the "four spiritual laws" and Daniel and the lion's den. Our former president is part of the latter and fiercely defends it.
Carter was raised in this atmosphere and he is even on the lower end of it as to discernment. Throughout the book, which I recommend, you see biblical doctrine pushed aside, distorted and ignored by good works that are elevated, not as evidence of salvation, but as part of 'justification' itself. As far as race relations and bigotry is concerned one would have to look far and wide to find a stronger representative of Christian love than Jimmy Carter. He is a model in this area, but his failures in Christian doctrine are as remarkably bad as his love for fairness and equality is good.
Why is this important? One reason is that our leaders and members of Congress that watched, and continue to watch, as our Constitution is shredded, our heritage besmirched, our enemies emboldened, our military weakened and dependence upon and reverence for Almighty God cast aside....these men and women come from these churches. The culture has defined the church. Rebuild the church America! Carry the lumber from old books, catechisms and confessions, use the labor of only those that are faithful and pound the nails with the same hammer Luther used at Wittenberg.
