Jimmy Carter Research Paper

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Table of Contents President Jimmy Carter Page One: Table of Contents Page Two: Introduction Page Three: Birth data, Death Data, Family and Childhood Page Four: Description and Personality Page Five: Marriage Data/ First Lady and Children Page Six: Marriage Data/First Lady and Children Page Seven: All Levels of Education, Military Service and Career before Presidency Page Eight: All Levels of Education, Military Service and Career before Presidency Page Nine: Religious activities Page Ten: Recreation of the day Page Eleven: Terms Served and Ages as President Page Twelve: Campaign Issues and Electoral Votes Page Thirteen: Vice President and Cabinet Members…show more content…
He served as a Sunday school teacher throughout his life. Even as president, Carter prayed several times a day, and professed that Jesus Christ was the driving force in his life. Carter had been greatly influenced by a sermon he had heard as a young man. It asked, "If you were arrested for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?”. Carter has stated, "I think the entire Bible is divinely inspired, but it was interpreted ... by fallible human beings, who were constrained by their knowledge of facts about the universe, for instance, when they wrote." He continued by saying, "I believe the basic thrust of the Bible, the basic message of the Bible, is epitomized in the life of Christ and in the teachings of Jesus Christ. And I also believe that there is nothing in the Old Testament that contradicts the basic teachings of Christ for peace, justice, humility, love and so forth.” Carter went on to say that "I would still believe in Christ as my Savior. I would still try to pattern my life and my own fallible human ways after Jesus' life." When asked what his understanding is concerning the Gospel and the necessity of personal faith in Jesus Christ to be saved, Carter replied, "I believe it is necessary and I teach that every Sunday in my classes that it is necessary for full salvation and acceptance before God to believe in Jesus Christ. The question then comes up, though, 'However, how about the people that don't know about Christ? How about the ones to whom Christians, evangelicals, have never reached or given them the message?' And I don't feel constrained, to condemn those people as lost or as going to hell, and I rationalize it, perhaps, in using theological terms, in using biblical terms, by Jesus' admonish that we should not judge other people, but let God be the Judge. So, in a quandary like that about people who don't know about Christ, what would be their fate? I'm
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