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Happy Birthday, Jimmy Carter

Mitch — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:29:25 +0000

Today former president Jimmy Carter is 86 years young. I resisted the urge to call him Mr. President because he insists that we have only one president at a time. He is a remarkable man by any measure. There are those who think that he was not a very good president. I think time will prove them wrong. What I celebrate is the man himself - his great sense of personal and national values and his relentless search for a lasting peace. He is the kind of compasionate Christian I would like to be. When I think of Jimmy Carter, I think of a man who has been true to his beliefs for his entire life. In addition to that he is one heck of a Sunday school teacher. In March of this year, Carol and I had the great pleasure of hearing him teach at the Plains Baptist Church.

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Loving Beyond Your Theology

Mitch — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:41:02 +0000

If you have even glanced at the list of contributors to, Christian Civility in an Uncivil World, you will have some idea of the joy I had in bringing this group together. Each one is a deeply devoted Christian with enormous talents. Some of them are extremely well known and the others should be. Dr. Jimmy Allen was one of the first to give me the thumbs up and a very enthusiastic response. His chapter dealing with putting the New Baptist Covenant Meeting together is wonderful reading. Now Jimmy is the subject of a new book, Loving Beyond Your Theology, published by Mercer University Press. What a wonderful title, but better still what a wonderful description of a man who has dedicated his life to creating a better world and a better religious climate. Jimmy Allen is a giant among giants. I first met him in 1986 when I went to Fort Worth, Texas to be interviewed about my book, Speaking in Church Made Simple. Today they would have just skyped me. Jimmy was the brains and heart behind the ACTS Network. In the new book Jimmy Carter gives a great deal of credit to Jimmy Allen for his election as president. These are two Christian leaders that we can trust.

I am grateful to God for Bringing Jimmy Allen to me. We had a wonderful chance to get together at a meeting on Daniel Island. What a wonderful man. Read his chapter in my book and then read the new book about him, Loving Beyond Your Theology: The Life and Ministry of Jimmy Raymond Allen by Larry McSwain published by Mercer University Press.

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Carol and Mitch with the Carters

Mitch — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:37:50 +0000

Carol and I made a trip to Plains, Georgia to hear Jimmy Carter teach Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church on March 7th. The eighty-five year old former president stood during the entire lesson and used no notes. He asked questions and responded to the answers. There were people from around the world in the small church. Mr. Carter made the cross that hangs behind the pulpit and also four wooden offering plates. The Carters take turns with other members of the small congregation doing routine tasks around the church. Mr. Carter has been teaching Sunday school since he was eighteen years old and continued while governor of Georgia and as president. It was a wonderful experience for us to be in the presence of a man who has dedicated his entire life to making life better for people all over the world and at the same time remembering who he is and the small rural town that helped to shape him.

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