{"id":133276,"date":"2017-04-17T09:36:33","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T15:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/17\/we-could-use-more-christians-like-jimmy-carter.html"},"modified":"2017-04-17T09:36:33","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T15:36:33","slug":"we-could-use-more-christians-like-jimmy-carter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/17\/we-could-use-more-christians-like-jimmy-carter.html","title":{"rendered":"We could use more Christians like Jimmy Carter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heck, Christians<\/i> could use more examples of Christianity like Carter — a man who, by his testimony, uses his faith to drive his actions, but doesn't run around rhetorically smiting others for not believing as he does. Would that more politicians who wear their religion on their sleeves would follow suit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nPresident Carter, Am I a Christian? – The New York Times<\/a><\/span>
\nI asked the longtime Sunday School teacher if we really need to believe that Jesus rose from the dead.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Heck, Christians could use more examples of Christianity like Carter — a man who, by his testimony, uses his faith to drive his actions, but doesn't run around rhetorically smiting others for not believing as he does. Would that more politicians who wear their religion on their sleeves would follow suit. 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