Jimmy Carter returns to his hometown in new time of challenge
(The Christian Science Monitor) Jimmy Carter, 90, returned to his hometown of Plains, Georgia, after a recent diagnosis that cancer had spread to his brain.
His return sparked a pilgrimage of nearly 1,000 people to Carter’s regular Sunday school class at Maranatha Baptist Church. To accommodate the crowds, the former president taught a second class at a local school gymnasium.
“You have heard it was said that you will love your neighbor and hate your enemy, but I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,” Carter said. “How would the world be changed if everyone—Syrians, Iranians, Israelis, Palestinians . . . Republicans and Democrats—adopted Christ’s definition of love?”
