by Mitch Carnell | Jun 20, 2018 | Opinion
One of my birthday presents this year was accompanied by a great compliment. My son gave me Jimmy Carter’s new book, “Faith: A Journey for All,” and said, “Dad, this sounds like you.” It was an over-the-top compliment, but I sincerely...
by Martin Marty (The Martin Marty Center: Sightings) | May 17, 2018 | Opinion
“True evangelical hope,” a headline in the current (May 23) Christian Century, drew and held my attention this week. It signaled an interview by Elizabeth Palmer with President Jimmy Carter. They got right to the point of “evangelical” issues...
by Bob Newell | Mar 7, 2018 | Opinion
We recently traveled across this country for the privilege of learning from Jimmy Carter. The Nobel Prize winner and 39th president of the United States, now in his 90s, continues a disciplined practice, learned from his father’s model and begun as an...
by Tony Cartledge | Nov 25, 2014 | Opinion
It took a 90-year-old man to breathe some real excitement into the typically staid meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and the American Academy of Religion (SBL/AAR) going on in San Diego. That happens when the nonagenarian is former president Jimmy Carter....
by Leroy Seat | Oct 1, 2014 | Opinion
The 39th president of the United States was born on Oct. 1, 1924, so today is Jimmy Carter’s 90th birthday. In spite of the many difficulties and widespread criticism during his presidency, he is the best ex-president the U.S. has ever had in terms of public...