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Title: Wake Up to Wonder: 22 Invitations to Amazement in the Everyday

Author: Karen Wright Marsh

Narrator: Siiri Scott

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Release date: July 11, 2023

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

In her quest to live a vibrant spiritual life, Karen Wright Marsh had a revelation: she didn't need to find and follow the perfect plan; she needed people she could follow. In Wake Up to Wonder, Marsh introduces us to those people—faithful yet oh-so-human Christians from across centuries and cultures. Inspired by their example, she offers playful, simple practices that bring deeper meaning and purpose to everyday life. In the company of diverse spiritual companions—from Dorothy Day, Francis of Assisi, and Fannie Lou Hamer to Patrick of Ireland, Wangari Maathai, and Henri Nouwen—listeners journey through physical health, prayer, activism, Scripture reading, creativity, and beyond. Each chapter includes hands-on invitations such as writing prompts, space for personal reflection, and 'Try This,' a collage of spiritual and personal experiments anyone can do. As listeners wake up to wonder, they'll discover what these twenty-two historical figures already knew: that a life of spiritual depth, amazement, and connection is within reach—today and every day.

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Title: What Jesus Intended: Finding True Faith in the Rubble of Bad Religion

Author: Todd D. Hunter

Narrator: Mike Lenz

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Release date: July 11, 2023

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Have you lost your footing in church? Or has the church lost its footing? Many of us feel unsteady, disoriented, even crushed after an endless string of scandals within the walls of a place meant to offer compassion and safety. Others feel forced to draw back or distance ourselves from the church. All the while, our instincts tell us this is not what Jesus wanted for his people. But what did he intend? After four decades of ministry, Anglican bishop Todd Hunter is no stranger to betrayal and pain in the church. Still, he has hope. He believes more than ever that Jesus is who the world needs and that Jesus has plans for his followers. In What Jesus Intended, Hunter offers a vision for emerging from the rubble of bad religion and rebuilding faith among a community of sincere believers. By unpacking the purposes of Jesus, we can expose twisted, toxic religion for what it is and embrace the true aims of the gospel. Come for a fresh hearing of Jesus—one that offers us the healing and goodness we've always longed for.

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Title: The Lord's Supper: Our Promised Place of Intimacy and Transformation with Jesus

Author: Jonathan Black

Narrator: Joe Jameson

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Release date: July 11, 2023

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

'Do this in remembrance of Me.' From the very beginning, the Lord's Supper has stood at the heart of Christian worship. But over the years we've trivialized it, squeezing it in between 'real' worship. If Jesus lives in us, and the Holy Spirit is poured out on us, why do we need to eat bread and drink grape juice or wine? Does it really matter? It does matter—and it's life-changing, says leading Pentecostal theologian Jonathan Black. With warmth and depth, he explores not only how the table is still a powerful place of transformation and encounter with Jesus, but also how we can experience Christ's promise of presence, glory, healing, forgiveness, victory, and intimacy when we answer His call to come to the table. Whether you're feeling the lack of His presence, are ashamed of sin in your life, or have never felt anything during Communion, Christ's invitation to partake in His feast is your invitation to taste and see that the Lord is good.

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Title: Make Your Splash: Maximize Your Career and Cultural Impact by Discovering Your Spiritual Personality

Author: Christopher Lee Smith, Laura Harris Smith

Narrator: Christopher Lee Smith, Laura Harris Smith

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Release date: July 11, 2023

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Test the Water, Take the Plunge, and Turn the Tide of Culture If we were created to make an impact, why do most of us feel like we're drowning in problems and fears? Why does making a living feel like fighting the current? The answer, say pastors and culture-makers Christopher and Laura Harris Smith, is simple: You need to find your river of influence. With fresh revelation and contagious excitement, Chris and Laura introduce the groundbreaking twelve cultural rivers of influence. Full of hands-on assessments, thought-provoking questionnaires, and dynamic Scripture teachings, this is your map to a river adventure like no other. Along the way Chris and Laura help you discover your spiritual personality; discern your natural, acquired and spiritual giftings; channel your personality and giftings into your God-appointed purpose; identify—and jump into!—your river of influence; flow with God toward your future; and more! Don't let fear erode your purpose or ebb your eternal impact. It's time to dive in to all He has for you—and make your splash that turns the tides of culture and ripples into eternity.

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Title: Facing the Last Enemy: Death and the Christian

Author: Guy Prentiss Waters

Narrator: Tim H. Dixon

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Release date: June 29, 2023

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

When we’re standing at the gravesite, death gives little closure and leaves many questions unanswered. Despite the common claim that “dying is just a natural part of life,“ people seem to avoid this unsettling subject more than ever. Yet the Bible doesn’t shy away from the reality of death. God’s Word has the answers we need to face the grave with confidence in our risen Redeemer. In this book, Dr. Guy Waters provides the Bible’s answers to essential questions about death, dying, and what comes after this life. Here is balm for the grieving, counsel for caretakers, and guidance to help God’s people rest in Christ’s victory as we come to life’s final battle.

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Title: Reclaiming Vatican II: What It (Really) Said, What It Means, and How It Calls Us to Renew the Church

Author: Fr. Blake Britton

Narrator: Lyle Blaker

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Release date: June 27, 2023

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

During the past five decades, the Second Vatican Council has been alternately celebrated or maligned for its supposed break with tradition and embrace of the modern world. But what if we've gotten it all wrong? Have Catholics—both those who embrace the spirit of Vatican II and those who regard it with suspicion—misunderstood what the council was really about? Fr. Blake Britton discovered the truth and beauty of the council while he was in seminary and he has witnessed firsthand the power of its teachings in the life of his own parish. In Reclaiming Vatican II—a partnership between Ave Maria Press and Word on Fire Catholic Ministries—Britton presses beyond the political narrative foisted upon the post-conciliar Church and contends that Vatican II was neither conservative nor liberal, but something much more beautiful and challenging. He clears up misconceptions about the council and reveals how—when properly understood and applied—it fosters a richer experience of being in the Church. Britton invites all Catholics to step beyond the polarization and embrace Vatican II as one of our greatest resources for being in the Church in a way that is faithful, engaged, and effective if we answer its radical call to worship and renewal.

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Title: Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture

Author: Christopher Watkin

Narrator: Christopher Ashman

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 26 hours 11 minutes

Release date: June 27, 2023

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2

Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

*With a foreword from Tim Keller* A bold vision for Christians who want to engage the world in a way that is biblically faithful and culturally sensitive. In Biblical Critical Theory, Christopher Watkin shows how the Bible and its unfolding story help us make sense of modern life and culture. Critical theories exist to critique what we think we know about reality and the social, political, and cultural structures in which we live. In doing so, they make visible the values and beliefs of a culture in order to scrutinize and change them. Biblical Critical Theory exposes and evaluates the often-hidden assumptions and concepts that shape late-modern society, examining them through the lens of the biblical story running from Genesis to Revelation, and asking urgent questions like: - How does the Bible's storyline help us understand our society, our culture, and ourselves? - How do specific doctrines help us engage thoughtfully in the philosophical, political, and social questions of our day? - How can we analyze and critique culture and its alternative critical theories through Scripture?   Informed by the biblical-theological structure of Saint Augustine's magisterial work The City of God (and with extensive diagrams and practical tools), Biblical Critical Theory shows how the patterns of the Bible's storyline can provide incisive, fresh, and nuanced ways of intervening in today's debates on everything from science, the arts, and politics to dignity, multiculturalism, and equality. You'll learn the moves to make and the tools to use in analyzing and engaging with all sorts of cultural artifacts and events in a way that is both biblically faithful and culturally relevant. It is not enough for Christians to explain the Bible to the culture or cultures in which we live. We must also explain the culture in which we live within the framework and categories of the Bible, revealing how the whole of the Bible sheds light on the whole of life. If Christians want to speak with a fresh, engaging, and dynamic voice in the marketplace of ideas today, we need to mine the unique treasures of the distinctive biblical storyline. Accompanying figures and bibliography are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.

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Title: An Infinite Fountain of Light: Jonathan Edwards for the Twenty-First Century

Author: George M. Marsden

Narrator: Tim Danko

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 1 minute

Release date: June 27, 2023

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

For perspective on our own times and how we got here, it helps to listen to wise guides from other eras. In An Infinite Fountain of Light, the renowned American historian George Marsden illuminates the landscape with wisdom from one such mentor: Jonathan Edwards. Drawing on his deep expertise on Edwards and American culture, Marsden explains where Edwards stood within his historical context and sets forth key points of his complex thought. By also considering Benjamin Franklin and George Whitefield, two of Edwards's most influential contemporaries, Marsden unpacks the competing cultural and religious impulses that have shaped our times. In contrast, Edwards offered us an exhilarating view of the centrality of God's beauty and love. Christians' love for God, he taught, can be the guiding love of our lives, opening us to transformative joy and orienting all our lesser loves. There is an infinite fullness of all possible good in God, a fullness of every perfection, of all excellency and beauty, and of infinite happiness, wrote Edwards. This infinite fountain of light should, diffusing its excellent fullness, pour forth light all around. With Marsden's guidance, listeners will discover how Edwards's insights can renew our own vision of the divine, of creation, and of ourselves.

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Title: The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes

Author: Nancy R. Pearcey

Narrator: Susan Hanfield

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 14 hours 29 minutes

Release date: June 27, 2023

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2

Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

'Why Can't We Hate Men?' asks a headline in the Washington Post. A trendy hashtag is #KillAllMen. Books are sold titled I Hate Men, The End of Men, and Are Men Necessary? How did the idea arise that masculinity is dangerous and destructive? Bestselling author Nancy Pearcey leads you on a fascinating excursion through American history to discover why the script for masculinity turned toxic—and how to fix it. Pearcey then turns to surprising findings from sociology. Religion is often cast as a cause of domestic abuse. But research shows that authentically committed Christian men test out as the most loving and engaged husbands and fathers. They have the lowest rates of divorce and domestic violence of any group in America. Yes, domestic abuse is an urgent issue, and Pearcey does not mince words in addressing it. But the sociological facts explode the negative stereotypes and show that Christianity has the power to overcome toxic behavior in men and reconcile the sexes—an unexpected finding that has stood up to rigorous empirical testing.

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Title: Reformed Theology

Author: Jonathan Lair Master

Narrator: Tom Parks

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 2 hours 33 minutes

Release date: June 21, 2023

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

What is Reformed theology? For some, it's all about the covenants. Others think of the Five Points of Calvinism or doctrines such as election and predestination. If you're looking for more clarity on the topic, or if you're hoping to provide an explanation for someone else, this brief book serves as a helpful primer and quick reference tool for anyone who wants a well-rounded overview. Learn what makes Reformed theology distinctive, delve into its historic context and biblical support, and get a better grasp of the meaning of the terminology involved. Informative and reverent, this short book provides church leaders, study groups, and individuals with discussion questions and extensive Q&A on related topics.