Living Faith | 
| Author: Jimmy Carter
Publisher: Random House Audio
Category: Book
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Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio Cassette
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 0679452761
Dewey Decimal Number: 248.4861
EAN: 9780679452768
ASIN: 0679452761
Publication Date: October 29, 1996
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If you've always wanted the opportunity to pull up a chair and join a Bible study with former president Jimmy Carter, Living Faith is just the audiobook for you. For those of other--even non-religious--persuasions, Carter's rather flat but still engagingly homespun reading offers insight into the deeply personal faith that has motivated Carter throughout his adult life, shaping his decisions as a businessman-farmer, father and husband, diplomat and humanitarian, and president. Living Faith gives as much weight to Carter's remembrances about growing up and living in Plains, Georgia, as to the Iran hostage crisis, the infamous Playboy interview, and the other events of Carter's political life. Sprinkled throughout are Bible stories, quoted chapter and verse; Carter's mission seems not so much to evangelize listeners about his specific Christian faith as to urge on others the gentle decency and humble commitment to good works that this memoir chronicles. Random House has also released an audio edition of Always a Reckoning and Other Poems, also read by Carter. (Running time: 90 minutes)
Product Description
"This is an AudioBook about the values and experiences that have shaped my life, and how the religious beliefs I inherited have been transformed into a living faith"
- Jimmy Carter
1 cassette / 90 minutes
Read by President Jimmy Carter
For three decades, Jimmy Carter has regularly spent part of Sunday morning reading from Scripture and sharing his personal faith with neighbors, friends, and visitors at his Baptist church in Plains, Georgia.In Living Faith, he offers lessons for life from the Bible, personal experiences, and the examples of friends and family who have guided, challenged, and inspired him.
For President Carter, faith finds its deepest expression in a life of compassion, reconciliation, and service to others.Living Faith is filled with stories of people whose lives have touched his -- some from the world stage, more from modest walks of life.Living Faith is also a deeply personal account of the joys, heartbreaks, defeats, and achievements of President Carter's life as seen through the eyes of faith.Here is his boyhood in Depression-era Plains, Georgia; his Navy years; the bittersweet days of misunderstanding and young love as he and his wife, Rosalynn, learned the deeper meanings of marriage; and their painful clashes with friends and neighbors over the bitter legacy of racial prejudice.
Through all these struggles, and through his later years of political triumph and acclaim as one of the world's most respected peacemakers, Christian belief has been President Carter's anchor and touchstone.In Living Faith, he shares more fully than ever before the personal meaning of his creed.
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 Spiritual autobiography that will help you better understand President Carter March 13, 2008
Heard LIVING FAITH, a spiritual autobiography read and written by
President Jimmy Carter . . . it helped me understand this remarkable man
who has perhaps accomplished more since he left office--in large part
because of his religious beliefs.
You don't have to be Baptist, either, to enjoy this book . . . it contains
lessons from the Bible that apply to any faith, and you'll also enjoy
hearing about the many experiences, friends and family members who
have affected Carter's life.
For example, he credits Miss Judy Coleman (one of his former teachers)
for teaching him that "We must adjust to changing times, but hold
to unchanging principles."
And from a Pastor Cruz, he learned the following: "You only have
to have two loves in your life: 1. For God; and 2. For the person in front
of you at any particular point in time."
Lastly, I liked these guidelines he shared for praying: "When I pray,
I ask: Am I pursuing the right goals? Am I holding to my personal
code? And have I done my best?"
This was the first book I have read by President Carter . . . I'm now
tempted to seek out some others he have written, particularly
if I can hear his soothing voice do the narration.
 Down to earth October 7, 2007
A well written book that's easy to read. If you want to get a good understanding of why Carter took or didn't take certain actions while in office and the greater accomplishments he's made since, you'll enjoy the book. Learn about what makes Carter who he is.
My introduction to Jimmy April 29, 2007
This was the first book I read writen By x president Jimmy Carter
I was one of you who didn't give him a second chance,(Because of all the yellow ribbons in my neighborhood,) Which in my case This book opened my eyes to what he was dealing with while in office.
GREAT BOOK to make you feel ashamed, If you like me were feeling pretty hawkish at the time HOSTAGES issues were all over the front page.
This man will be recorded as our biggest blunder not keeping him in office! If we want to be thought of as a great people insted of our current world wide profile
A Moving Memoir May 3, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I really appreciated Carter's description of his personal faith and his attempts to live and practice Christianity in today's world. I think progressive Christians will find this book speaks to them in their attempts to reconcile a very real faith with an outward-looking and inclusive world-view. Being engaged in left-wing causes does NOT require abandoning religious faith, and we need more men and women to assert that there IS a religious left, too. In fact, for many, religious faith is the inspiration that leads us into politics. I can't beileve a man this kind and sincere and gentle was ever president, it seems so bizarre considering today's realities.
A Gentle Man and a Gentleman January 20, 2005
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Former President Jimmy Carter is a truly outstanding person. He is very devoutly committed to his faith and he uses illustrations from his own life to affirm the faith that guides him.
Carter is indeed a humble peacemaker and this book is a sterling testament to faith, hope and living a good life. It is a book for everybody regardless of faith. It is a book about core values and internal beliefs. It is a book about the power of sharing.
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