CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 31, 2024
MUCH AS BEEN SAID ABOUT JIMMY CARTER, WHO DIED SUNDAY AT AGE 100. I WANT TO FOCUS ON HIS FAITH. WHEN CARTER ANNOUNCED IN 1976 HE HAD BEEN BORN AGAIN, JOURNALISTS DIDN’T KNOW WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT. JOHN CHANCELLOR SAID ON NBC NEWS “WE’VE LOOKED UP BORN AGAIN AND IT APPEARS TO BE NOTHING KNEW.
I ATTENDED CHURCH WITH CARTER AND HEARD HIM TEACH SUNDAY SCHOOL.
HE KNEW THE BIBLE, BUT AS MARK TOOLEY OF THE INSTITUTE FOR RELIGION AND DEMOCRACY HAS WRITTEN, HIS APPLICATION REFLECTED LIBERAL PROTESTANTISM. HE NAMED SARAH WEDDINGTON AS A TOP AIDE. SHE WHO ARGUED BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT THAT ABORTION LAWS BE STRUCK DOWN; HE HOSTED A WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON “FAMILIES” THAT INCLUDED SAME SEX COUPLES.
CARTER TOLD LARRY KING THERE IS NOTHING IN THE BIBLE ABOUT ABORTION OR SAME SEX MARRIAGE. CARTER, LIKE OTHER DEMOCRATS AFTER HIM, TRIED TO UNDERMINE ISRAEL AND BUILD UP THE SO-CALLED PALESTINIANS. HE MET WITH FIDEL CASTRO AND NORTH KOREAN LEADERS IN FAILED PERSONAL DIPLOMACY.
WHILE CARTER ACHIEVED A PEACE DEAL BETWEEN EGYPT AND ISRAEL, AND BUILT HOUSES FOR THE POOR, HE FAILED TO PROPERLY APPLY SCRIPTURE IN MUCH OF HIS PUBLIC LIFE. HIS LEGACY WILL BE MIXED AS IT IS FOR ALL US SINNERS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
