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After losing the 1966 election for the governorship of Georgia, he reassessed his life and became a "born-again" Christian. "The presence of my belief in Christ is the most important thing in my life," says Carter. "I'm not ashamed of it." But he stresses that he feels no "special relationship" with God in politics: "I don't pray to God to let me win an election. I pray to ask God to let me do the right thing." There is no evidence that Carter has ever forced his religious views on anyone. In fact, he does
Thus Jimmy Carter was a politician with special ways about him before he woke up to Christ. That came late in life, in the dark of defeat, in spite of all his energy and competence, which lay like ashes in his mouth. There is no evidence that his religion has warped his politics. More likely, from the history of it, Carter's rise out of his spiritual slough made him a better democrat: he let go of pride, discovered the resource of prayer, knew the thrill of God's presence in his fumbling first tries at simple charity...
...sounds "farfetched, audacious, insane," says Bill Bright, 55, the hard-driving head of one of the world's biggest evangelism conglomerates. Nonetheless, he firmly believes that Christians must quickly carry out Christ's message to his followers to "go therefore and make disciples of all nations." Bright wants to saturate the U.S. by the end of 1976 and the entire world by 1980. He is convinced that God Himself has ordained those deadlines, and his Campus Crusade for Christ hopes to raise $100 million to help get the job done...
...country use Blight's 77-word version of Christianity, the Four Spiritual Laws. Law 1: "God loves you and offers a wonderful plan for your life." Law 2: "Man is sinful and separated from God" so he doesn't know about Law 1. Law 3: "Jesus Christ is God's only provision for man's sin . . ." Law 4: "We must individually receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord; then we can know and experience God's love and plan for our lives." Simplistic theology, but thousands testify that this upbeat message has led them into...
...traditional Catholicism, but he still finds Christianity to be superior. Küng insists that it is possible to doubt the authenticity of many New Testament stories, as many Bible experts do, and still learn enough about Jesus to believe in him. Küng himself doubts many of Christ's miracles and considers the story of his birth largely legendary. For him, the center of faith is not Christmas but Easter. He vividly portrays Jesus' growing struggle with the Jewish religious leaders over his reinterpretations of the law and his personal claims of authority. The result...