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Sunday Mornings in Plains Collection: Bible Study with Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter has been teaching Sunday school since he was a young midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy, leading bible study for officers' children. For more than 30 years, President Carter has taught at his home church in Plains, where his adult bible class is attended by several hundred visitors each week. Representing a wide range of faiths and denominations, they come from around the world to join President Carter in a common goal - to understand the wisdom of the bible and apply it to their lives.
Sunday Mornings in Plains: Bible Study with Jimmy Carter gives listeners everywhere the opportunity to share in this remarkable experience. Drawing on an extensive archive of class recordings, each volume in this original series presents a complete month-long sequence of classes on a general theme or topic of enduring mainstream interest. Listeners will hear all the unscripted interaction and unexpected insights that keep these classes so lively, as well as the warmth, humor and authority that make President Carter such a beloved and effective teacher.
President Carter has written that his classes share a feeling of being part of a community of people trying together to make sense of our lives and our world, and each week he infuses his lessons with anecdotes from his own life and observations about world events, inviting listeners to join him in exploring the role of faith in the modern world for the individual and for society at large.
All three of the series first three volumes are collected here in there entirety. The first volume, Leading a Worthy Life presents four classes which were recorded in January 1998 and focus on the basic tenets of Christian living as recounted in Paul's New Testament letter to the Ephesians. Speaking to a theme of reconciliation-with God and with each other-President Carter guides listeners through a discussion of the very essence of Christianity. He offers his thoughts on such relevant issues as fundamentalism and the current disunity in the church, the importance of harmony among all religions and reconciliation among warring nations and peoples, and the practical application of faith in daily life.
The second volume, Measuring Our Success presents the five classes that President Carter taught in March 2003 on the Book of Mark. Recorded at the time of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, these classes offer a dramatic and moving demonstration of the struggle to reconcile spiritual ideals with the challenges and conflicts of daily life. The third volume, Bringing Peace to a Changing World includes four classes taught on the Book of Isaiah on December 2001. Recorded at a time of national grief and healing, when the world was torn by conflict and fear, these classes include President Carter's reflections on his personal experience waging peace in the Middle East and elsewhere, and conclude with practical, inspiring examples of how each of us can answer the call to demonstrate peace on earth and put these prophesized ideals into practice in our lives and in our communities.
Sunday Mornings in Plains: Bible Study with Jimmy Carter gives listeners everywhere the opportunity to share in this remarkable experience. Drawing on an extensive archive of class recordings, each volume in this original series presents a complete month-long sequence of classes on a general theme or topic of enduring mainstream interest. Listeners will hear all the unscripted interaction and unexpected insights that keep these classes so lively, as well as the warmth, humor and authority that make President Carter such a beloved and effective teacher.
President Carter has written that his classes share a feeling of being part of a community of people trying together to make sense of our lives and our world, and each week he infuses his lessons with anecdotes from his own life and observations about world events, inviting listeners to join him in exploring the role of faith in the modern world for the individual and for society at large.
All three of the series first three volumes are collected here in there entirety. The first volume, Leading a Worthy Life presents four classes which were recorded in January 1998 and focus on the basic tenets of Christian living as recounted in Paul's New Testament letter to the Ephesians. Speaking to a theme of reconciliation-with God and with each other-President Carter guides listeners through a discussion of the very essence of Christianity. He offers his thoughts on such relevant issues as fundamentalism and the current disunity in the church, the importance of harmony among all religions and reconciliation among warring nations and peoples, and the practical application of faith in daily life.
The second volume, Measuring Our Success presents the five classes that President Carter taught in March 2003 on the Book of Mark. Recorded at the time of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, these classes offer a dramatic and moving demonstration of the struggle to reconcile spiritual ideals with the challenges and conflicts of daily life. The third volume, Bringing Peace to a Changing World includes four classes taught on the Book of Isaiah on December 2001. Recorded at a time of national grief and healing, when the world was torn by conflict and fear, these classes include President Carter's reflections on his personal experience waging peace in the Middle East and elsewhere, and conclude with practical, inspiring examples of how each of us can answer the call to demonstrate peace on earth and put these prophesized ideals into practice in our lives and in our communities.
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First published January 1, 2009
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Jimmy Carter
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James Earl Carter, Junior, known as Jimmy, the thirty-ninth president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, creditably established energy-conservation measures, concluded the treaties of Panama Canal in 1978, negotiated the accords of Camp David between Egypt and Israel in 1979, and won the Nobel Prize of 2002 for peace.
Ronald Wilson Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter, the incumbent, in the presidential election of 1980.
He served and received. Carter served two terms in the senate of Georgia and as the 76th governor from 1971 to 1975.
Carter created new Cabinet-level Department of education. A national policy included price decontrol and new technology. From 1977, people reduced foreign oil imports one-half to 1982. In foreign affairs, Carter pursued the second round of strategic arms limitation talks (SALT). Carter sought to put a stronger emphasis on human rights in 1979. People saw his return of the zone as a major concession of influence in Latin America, and Carter came under heavy criticism.
Iranian students in 1979 took over the American embassy and held hostages, and an attempt to rescue them failed; several additional major crises, including serious fuel shortages and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, marked the final year of his tenure. Edward Moore Kennedy challenged significantly higher disapproval ratings of Carter for nomination of the Democratic Party before the election of 1980. Carter defeated Kennedy for the nomination lost the election to Ronald Wilson Reagan, a Republican.
Carter left office and with Rosalynn Smith Carter, his wife, afterward founded the nongovernmental center and organization that works to advance human rights. He traveled extensively to conduct, to observe elections, and to advance disease prevention and eradication in developing nations. He, a key, also figured in the project of habitat for humanity. Carter particularly vocalized on the Palestinian conflict.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/jimmyc...
James Earl Carter, Junior, known as Jimmy, the thirty-ninth president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, creditably established energy-conservation measures, concluded the treaties of Panama Canal in 1978, negotiated the accords of Camp David between Egypt and Israel in 1979, and won the Nobel Prize of 2002 for peace.
Ronald Wilson Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter, the incumbent, in the presidential election of 1980.
He served and received. Carter served two terms in the senate of Georgia and as the 76th governor from 1971 to 1975.
Carter created new Cabinet-level Department of education. A national policy included price decontrol and new technology. From 1977, people reduced foreign oil imports one-half to 1982. In foreign affairs, Carter pursued the second round of strategic arms limitation talks (SALT). Carter sought to put a stronger emphasis on human rights in 1979. People saw his return of the zone as a major concession of influence in Latin America, and Carter came under heavy criticism.
Iranian students in 1979 took over the American embassy and held hostages, and an attempt to rescue them failed; several additional major crises, including serious fuel shortages and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, marked the final year of his tenure. Edward Moore Kennedy challenged significantly higher disapproval ratings of Carter for nomination of the Democratic Party before the election of 1980. Carter defeated Kennedy for the nomination lost the election to Ronald Wilson Reagan, a Republican.
Carter left office and with Rosalynn Smith Carter, his wife, afterward founded the nongovernmental center and organization that works to advance human rights. He traveled extensively to conduct, to observe elections, and to advance disease prevention and eradication in developing nations. He, a key, also figured in the project of habitat for humanity. Carter particularly vocalized on the Palestinian conflict.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/jimmyc...
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November 4, 2022
Audiobook. I really enjoyed listening to this book. I felt like I was in Sunday School with him. If there is a Christian worth emulating in 2022, it is the author.
September 6, 2025
As I grow older, I find myself appreciating President Carter more and more. He inspires me to strive to be a better person, which is always a wonderful feeling. The audio quality wasn't perfect; there were a few moments when it was difficult to hear others speaking in the church. However, most of the time, President Carter repeated what they said for the benefit of the audience, which I found helpful. When I closed my eyes, it felt just like being there—his voice has a calming and soothing effect on me.
February 9, 2026
What an inspiring, kindhearted message from a President with character. He reveal much of his life and motivations. So refreshing. Wish I had gone to Plains to participate when we had lived in Georgia.
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