Sources of Strength: Meditations on Scripture for a Living Faith (Hardcover)

by Jimmy Carter (Author) "Many people have asked the question the jailer does here, and Paul's simple response is the answer that has been accepted by almost two billion..." (more)
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From Library Journal
This sequel to Living Faith (LJ 10/15/96) is a collection of 52 brief Bible lessons?one for each week of the year?written by former president Jimmy Carter. All were used in adult Sunday school classes he taught himself. Carter's lessons are open-minded and socially progressive while remaining unapologetically conservative and Christian theologically. Each three- to four-page lesson is based on a passage of Scripture. Carter is quite knowledgeable about biblical times and can bring together historical information and personal experience very effectively. The lessons are grouped in nine categories, such as "What We Believe" and "Christians in the World," but each lesson stands well on its own. A reasonable addition to inspirational literature as well as an interesting insight into this sincerely Christian former president; recommended for public libraries.?C. Robert Nixon, M.L.S., Lafayette, Ind.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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"What Carter has done and is doing as an international peacemaker is without compare in the world today. What motivates him to take up this work, with all the personal sacrifices and risks it involves, are his deep spiritual convictions."
?From Irwin Abrams's speech nominating Jimmy Carter for the Nobel Peace Prize


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Product Details

• Hardcover: 252 pages
• Publisher: Crown; 1 edition (October 28, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812929446
• ISBN-13: 978-0812929447
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST READ!, August 2, 1999

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President Carter impressed me with his Biblical knowledge and being able to tie it back into today's world. His personal stories made this book all the more great because we got to see glimpses of the President's life. He has an awesome faith in God and is an inspiration to us all.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Jimmy Carter is a better human being than you are., June 25, 2000

By	Eddie Finn (Chelsea, AL United States) - See all my reviews

Frankly, I was too preoccupied with college, family, and postgraduate work to pay much attention to politics during the Carter presidency, so I believed the conservative pundits who portrayed Mr. Carter as a "failed president" and an intellectual lightweight. This book proves me to be way off base, as Mr. Carter's honesty, wisdom,integrity, self-effacing good humor, and deeply abiding faith shine through each and every page. To Mr. Carter, Faith implies Action - and it is remarkably refreshing to realize that this ex-President is fully and actively engaged in real life, i.e., teaching Sunday school, mowing the church lawn, hammering nails for Habitat, etc. Lots of down-home, country Christianity here - and while this is not a theology text, I'd bet that there's more practical wisdom than you'd find in, say, 4 or 5 of those. This book works well as a daily devotional, at the bedside, or (as I used it) as a Sunday school text.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WONDERFUL!!!, June 20, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Macon, Georgia) - See all my reviews

This is without a doubt one of the finest books that President Carter has written. It is clear and very easy to read.

I had the great fortune of being able to briefly chat with President Carter about "Sources of Strength", and he told me that these are synopsis of his Sunday School classes that he teaches. He also told me that he has over 1600 more of them. All I can say is, I pray to God that he publishes all of them!