The saga of the Sunday School teacher in Plains, GA, doesn't end with his favorite song, "Imagine." No, the story sours as it goes along. Had James E. Carter not been the 39th president of the United States, one might wonder in what Bible-believing church would he have been allowed to get near a Sunday school lectern. His song preference was bad enough but he had such serious doctrinal issues that he would have been considered a heretic. Let's examine a few:
1. President Carter, the president from 1977-1981, gave his stamp of approval early on for same sex marriage (which biblically is no marriage at all). He "justified" his belief, saying, "Jesus would approve if the love was honest and sincere." One might wonder if he ever heard or read Matthew 19:4-6? For the biblicist, God defines marriage, not James Earle Carter Jr. nor the Supreme Court.
2. When abortion became an issue, Carter was not silent about his belief: "I'm personally against it but I'm not in favor of overturning Roe v. Wade. What? That would be like saying, "I'm personally against slavery but if you want to own a slave, that's OK." Or, "I'm personally against murder but if you want to kill someone, I have no problem with that."
3. Regarding Genesis 1-2, the Sunday school teacher believed it to be an allegorical account, not a literal, historical one.
4. In a recorded interview, the former president said that it was not necessary to trust Christ to go to heaven because He was not the only way. (Jesus disagreed with that statement in John 14:6)
The saga of the Sunday teacher will continue next week with an examination of Carter's attitude toward Israel and the Jews.
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