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Title: Trial and Triumph

Subtitle: Stories from Church History

Author: Richard M. Hannula

Narrator: Daniel Newman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-18-18

Publisher: Canon Press

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

"Thus says the Lord: Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; then you will find rest for your souls." (Jer. 6:16)

Christianity is a faith in love with history. God took on human flesh and dwelt among us. The Spirit carried that divine work over the centuries, providing courage and maturity even amid our imperfections.

Christians find their true family line not through tribes and ethnic blood but in the bond of faithfulness and shed blood that has united our family for millennia. We too often view Church history as the story of obscure aliens instead of the lives of brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers.

In this collection of 46 brief biographies for children, Hannula sketches the stirring trials and triumphs of many famous and some lesser known figures in our family of faith including Augustine, Charlemagne, Anselm, Luther, Bunyan, and C. S. Lewis. Through them, we can begin to enjoy the old paths and find rest for our souls.

Members Reviews:

Very good read

The Kindle version is pretty good. You have to go to the table of contents to jump chapters, but if that's the only down side it's a great deal.

The book is wonderful, definitely worth reading!

Five Stars

This book is great! I can't put it down. It's very inspiring.

Trial and Triumph

Trial and Triumph is a great book with outstanding facts and insight into the trials of other christians. This is a must read for christians.

Excellent Book!

I was hesitant to buy this, because of the price and what I thought might be rather dry content, but I'm so glad I took a chance. I love these stories, my kids really love these stories, and I cannot recommend this book highly enough. You won't regret adding this book to your family or homeschool reading!

Wonderful stories of Believers throughout history

Many of these people gave their lives for their faith - Inspiring!! I have been inspired as I've read to live fully for the LORD in my time.

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Title: Light from Old Times

Subtitle: Or, Protestant Facts and Men

Author: J. C. Ryle

Narrator: Ulf Bjorklund

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-02-18

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

The 19th century was an age that witnessed great progress in many areas of exploration and learning. However, according to J. C. Ryle, it was an age of great ignorance too. "With all the stir made about education", he wryly observed, "the ignorance of our own country's history is something lamentable and appalling and depressing." What particularly distressed Ryle was the scant knowledge of the English Reformation evident amongst his contemporaries. In this lay a grave danger: one of the reasons so many congregations drift from their evangelical foundations is their sheer ignorance of Christian history, and their lack of understanding of the major doctrinal controversies and why they matter.

Therefore he taught that one of the best ways to stop Christians wavering "with every changing wind of doctrine" (Eph. 4:14) is to instill in them a deep love for Reformation and Puritan teaching, and a willingness to suffer for those gospel truths. The Bible often calls us to remember the past, Ryle explained, but the devil tries to make us forget. If the church is to be strengthened, then Christians must be persuaded to read the saints of the past and to learn the lessons of church history.

Ryle's abiding hope for Light from Old Times is that our souls will be stirred to prayer and action by the great testimonies of Reformers and Puritans found within its pages, and then that we will dig deeper into the writings of these spiritual giants.

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Title: Persuasions

Subtitle: A Dream of Reason Meeting Unbelief

Author: Douglas Wilson

Narrator: Gene Helsel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-02-18

Publisher: Canon Press

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

In this short but fun book, Douglas Wilson gives us several fictional dialogues in which worldviews collide with an honesty and clarity that we rarely see in the real world.

This book includes a wide array of positions (feminism, agnosticism, higher criticism, pantheism, Roman Catholicism), but all are given their hearing and put into conflict with the truths of Biblical Christianity.

Although it is a dream of debate conducted with more clarity than we usually meet in the real world, this short book should help believers to better understand unbelief and see why it is ultimately not reasonable at all.

Members Reviews:

One of the best books on apologetics for students.

I hope the author writes more books like this in the future. This is probably my favorite book on apologetics. I highly suggest it for a student who is just getting started and wants something that is easily digestible. Instead of dragging on and on like many other books on the subject, the arguments are quick and too the point. They are something that can actually be used in conversation with a non believer. I read this book 15 years ago when I was in high school and I had to hunt it down and buy another copy because it changed my life so much.

Spare, but very good

I was a little surprised at first by how lean this book is - there's one page of ... not explanation, really, but setup, and then a series of isolated vignettes. And that's it. No conclusion, footnotes, afterward, nothing.

The vignettes, though, are gold - gentle but powerful reasoning between "Evangelist" and various folks who are headed the wrong way on the road. "Evangelist", of course, is Wilson, doing what he does so well - jousting with opponents in the hope that they will lay down their weapons and join him at the Table.

I can best describe Wilson's style of argumentation as "insisting that folks take responsibility for what they are saying, with all the implications." As in real life, it ends with either 1. opponent thoughtfully walking away, considering new thoughts, or 2. continued disagreement, but with everything out in the open, or 3. spluttering indignation and stubborn persistence in the opponents, who are now bereft of their veneer of reason. Whatever the outcome, the vignettes are a great read, and great examples of evangelism by conversation.

Excellent Addition To Your Library

Great read and informative. Conversations are packed with great dialogue that inspires the mind. I highly recommend this book for those who enjoy apologetics.

Effective conversations with unbelief

The book has 3 main virtues: it's short, smart, and gentle. The result shows how Christian thought can surround and correct external challengers ... and also internal deviations.

The thirteen topics are: immorality, antinomianism (the belief faith is sufficent for salvation, freeing Chrisitans from moral law), feminism, agnosticism, empty scholarship, atheism, election, marriage, hypocrisy in the church, salvation and sanctification, pantheism (New Age, etc.), evolution, Roman Cathoicism.

If for some reason none of these topics interests you, you will still profit by reading the book. 500-page apologetics books filled with footnotes, scholarly analysis, and invaluable data are vital, but putting them to effective use can be tricky.

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Title: Every Heart Restored

Subtitle: A Wife's Guide to Healing in the Wake of a Husband's Sexual Sin

Author: Stephen Arterburn - Forward, Brenda Stoeker, Mike Yorkey, Fred Stoeker

Narrator: Lyle Blaker, Carla Mercer-Meyer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-21-17

Publisher: christianaudio.com

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Wholeness and Healing for Women Caught in the Crossfire.

As the wife of a man who is addicted to lust, pornography, or masturbation, you are not alone. Millions of men can't get through the day or the week without clicking on to their favorite Internet porn sites, thumbing through adult magazines, or watching sensual videos - and millions of wives suffer as a result.

Over the past decade, nearly 400,000 men have found inspiration and hope in Every Man's Battle, the best-selling men's guide to victory over sexual sin. Now, here at last is the book for every woman who has become a casualty in the fight for sexual purity. Every Heart Restored offers godly guidance and wisdom for a woman facing such personal betrayal.

Filled with stories from wives and husbands at every stage in the struggle for sexual purity, Every Heart Restored addresses the questions and real-life issues that matter to you most. Whether you are facing the startling new revelation of your husband's sin, dealing with a long-term problem, or cleaning out an old wound, Every Heart Restored will meet you where you are and guide you to healing greater than you imagine possible.

Members Reviews:

This book should be titled, an explanation of male sexuality

This book is completely mis-titled. I picked up this book thinking it was going to get me through the painful days after I discovered my husband's addiction to pornography and lead me to practical and biblical steps for healing my own heart as well as my relationship with my husband. It has done the exact opposite.

I am not one of these women who don't believe a man cannot speak into my circumstances and have something worth to say regarding my pain. Anyone who brings God's Word to me and offers me hope can do that regardless of their gender, so I am not criticizing this book because it was half written by a man. What I do want to bring across is that the book promises one thing and does anything but that.

I want to briefly share my story. Just two weeks ago I discovered my husband's horrible secret, that for his entire life he has struggled with the pull towards lust of looking at naked women. He did not share that deep struggle before we married and thought he could "control it". Things got much worse 6-8 years ago when the personal computer, then ipad, then iphone all entered our home. Even though we had safeguards on our computers for our kids' sake and I held all passwords he found other ways. The last 8 years or so have been a constant struggle for him. Being held captive for 2-3 months to graphic pornography (no longer just naked women), renouncing it thinking he could 'handle it' for 2-3 months and the cycle would continue until I discovered what was going on.

Of course the hurt and pain came in like a flood leaving me numb with anger, and raw from the pain of the constant lies and betrayal. However, God very quickly intervened and gave me the grace to forgive him and filled me with compassion as I began to understand the depth of bondage and despair he had been in for so many years.

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Title: Gratitude: Seeing as Gift

Author: Fr. Anthony Ciorra PhD

Narrator: Fr. Anthony Ciorra PhD

Format: Original Recording

Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-06-17

Publisher: Now You Know Media Inc.

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

"If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough." - Meister Eckhart

Flourish with the spirituality of gratitude.

This course explores the spiritual and theological underpinnings that are foundational for enhancing and developing the art and spirituality of gratitude. Under the guidance of renowned Christian spirituality expert Fr. Anthony Ciorra, you will explore how gratitude is at the heart of all Christian spirituality.

Gratitude offers a path that leads to deeper love and awareness of God, self, and the world. You will foster positive attitudes that will open your heart to love, forgiveness, and peace. These practices are best expressed in the context of community, and thus the art of gratitude proves to be the bridge between profound spirituality and authentic religious practice.

As this thoughtful and lively course so clearly demonstrates, gratitude is about remembering and noticing. More than anything, gratitude helps us understand and live out the realities of God's grace. Weaving together our rich spiritual and theological traditions with ideas from modern psychology, Fr. Ciorra invites you to bring the fullness of gratitude into your prayer and daily living.

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Title: The Gospel as Revealed to Me: Volume 2

Author: Maria Valtorta

Narrator: Father Peter Bowes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 21 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-05-17

Publisher: Ruach Center Inc

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

The Gospel as Revealed to Me (formerly "The Poem of the Man-God") is the title of the new edition of Maria Valtorta's main work. The new English edition is similar to the original Italian both for the title and for the subdivision in 10 volumes.

It narrates the birth and childhood of the Virgin Mary and her son, Jesus; the three years of Jesus' public life (forming the largest section); his passion, death, resurrection, and ascension; the beginnings of the church; and the assumption of Mary.

In lofty literary style, the work describes landscapes, environments, people, and events with the vividness of graphic depiction. It presents characters and situations with introspective insight and sets forth moments of joy or drama with the feeling of someone really taking part in them. It provides information on the characteristics of settings, customs, rites, and cultures with convincing detail.

By way of a gripping account of the Redeemer's earthly life, especially through discourse and dialogue, the work sheds light upon the whole doctrine of Christianity in keeping with Catholic orthodoxy.

Members Reviews:

Lovely

What did you love best about The Gospel as Revealed to Me: Volume 2?

The life and love of Jesus becomes so very real as you listen to this book.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Gospel as Revealed to Me: Volume 2?

The love Jesus has for all of us is an inspiration.

What about Father Peter Bowess performance did you like?

The reader has a calming and soothing voice that makes you want to keep coming back for more.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes

Deeply enriches the Gospel story

I love these writings on the life of Jesus, and it is a joy to have them so beautifully read and to be able to listen to them. I find myself drawn in and getting to know the familiar story and characters in greater depth. Highly recommended!

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Title: Unafraid

Subtitle: Moving Beyond Fear-Based Faith

Author: Benjamin L. Corey

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-07-17

Publisher: Harper Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

The popular Patheos blogger and a prominent figure within the Emerging Church Movement and Progressive Christianity explains how the "American Christianity" we are currently taught is actually a fear-saturated distortion of biblical faith.

Benjamin L. Corey thought he was suffering a crisis of faith, but it turned out to be a spiritual awakening.

Corey became aware that the constant fear of hell and judgment that defined his Christian faith was out of sync with the idea that God acts from love and promises to deliver us from fear. In the wake of this realization came newfound insights - from reading the Bible to reexamining American life and the church's role in the wider world. Corey learned that what he had been taught was a distorted version of Christianity that was not only untrue but caused real spiritual harm.

He also discovered that he wasn't alone. Many Christians are yearning to distinguish between the Christianity that has become a rigid American civil religion and the authentic Christian faith embodied in Jesus. As he recounts his own spiritual journey, Corey offers a powerful and inspiring message of hope for every Christian increasingly frustrated with the church today. Do not be discouraged, he assures them. You do not need to give up your faith; you can rediscover the reality of a vibrant Christianity that delivers us from fear and inspires and guides us all today.

Members Reviews:

Faith Shift Handbook

What made the experience of listening to Unafraid the most enjoyable?

Ben basically outlined my entire life's experience from growing up in a very active Christian home where our faith informed everything- to the questions that started to arise that caused me to go deeper.

What did you like best about this story?

This book gave great insight into the history of the evolution of Christianity in America and how the hijacked version I was raised with became. That was hugely helpful.

What about Patrick Lawlors performance did you like?

He actually reminds me of Ben himself. I've heard BJC in videos before and at first I thought it was him reading. It was very engaging.

Any additional comments?

My husband and I listened to this book on a road trip and had to keep pausing it to discuss how accurately it was describing our experience. We really feel like this would be a great handbook for someone newly shifting in their faith so that they can see that their experience is normal and that they are not alone.

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Title: Preaching God's Word: Audio Lectures

Subtitle: A Hands-On Approach to Preparing, Developing, and Delivering the Sermon

Author: J. Scott Duvall, J. Daniel Hays, Terry G. Carter

Narrator: J. Daniel Hays, Terry G. Carter, J. Scott Duvall

Format: Original Recording

Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-17-17

Publisher: Zondervan

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Good preaching begins with good exegesis. Preaching God's Word: Audio Lectures - a companion to the widely used textbook Preaching God's Word - provides 15 lessons, each corresponding to a chapter in the textbook. Professors Terry Carter, Scott Duvall, and Daniel Hays walk you through the steps of the "interpretive journey" from the biblical text to contemporary application.

Carter, Duvall, and Hays also show listeners how to understand their audience, develop powerful applications, use illustrations well, and deliver sermons effectively. The concluding lectures discuss unique preaching challenges presented by various biblical genres, providing interpretive keys, things to avoid, and numerous examples.

Preaching God's Word: Audio Lectures is designed to help preachers and homiletics students - whether they are participating in traditional, distance, or online learning courses - develop and deliver biblically based expository sermons relevant for the 21st century.

Members Reviews:

Great Book for Anyone.

I am currently using this book for my preaching class at my local Bible University. If you think of becoming a preacher, this book is for you. But not only preachers, anyone can own this book. If you want to know how your Pastor exegetes his or her passages, you can learn how to do it also. For yourself you can benefit on how to read with the right set of eyes into Scripture with the right context, which is very important. Context, context, and context is very important when interpreting God's Word. I recommend you do your own Study and not just depend on a Sunday's message.

Very applicable and an easy read

Should be read by every preacher to better understand what is most beneficial for their listeners

Four Stars

Great read and insanely helpful for leading a bible study.

Helpful lessons

Very helpful detailed steps to critically examine and conduct an accurate exegesis. For the beginner exegete, being able to write the text thesis for a passage, for example, followed by a text outline, and the sermon/teaching thesis and its outline principles for today is of great value for the individual, professional, and all that seek to know better what God has revealed.

Great resource

Excellent resource for the student or longtime pastor (I'm an new pastor). It's a simple, yet thorough book covering all grounds for preaching, sermon research, and approach to the audience. Great examples are included in this book for a sermon outline on each genre of the Bible. Should be paired with Grasping God's Word (another of the books in this series). I turely enjoy this book.

Derek

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Title: Mindfulness and Christian Spirituality

Subtitle: Making Space for God

Author: Tim Stead

Narrator: Neil Gardner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-17-17

Publisher: SPCK, Spokenworld Audio & Ladbroke Audio Ltd

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

May I be safe and protected. May I be at peace in mind and body. May I live with ease and kindness. We can all engage with such longings - and wish these good things for the people we love. Mindfulness practice is hugely popular these days! But what, Tim Stead asks, does it have to offer Christianity? How might it help us to transform the way we manage stress and open up more completely to the promised 'life in all its fullness'?

Key is the definition of mindfulness as being more fully aware of our own experience in the present moment in a nonjudgmental way. The author finds that 'distractions', so often the bane of those trying to pray, can be taken note of without our being caught up in or taken over by them. A nonjudgemental approach seems entirely consistent with talk of grace, and as Christians we know we can only ever experience God in the present moment.

Tim reflects: 'If I feel loved entirely without judgment, I will gradually dare to allow every aspect of myself to come into the light of God's gaze and so into relationship with the rest of myself - and this is how healing comes.' Tim Stead is an accredited mindfulness teacher and Anglican priest.

Critic Reviews:

"The book on mindfulness that many of us have been waiting for! Tim Stead writes with disarming honesty for anyone seeking a fruitful and truthful way to live." (John Pritchard, former Bishop of Oxford)

"A fascinating and insightful examination of the links between the Christian contemplative tradition and the stress-reducing mindfulness programme developed by Professor Mark Williams and others. I learned so much from reading this book and strongly recommend it." (Michael Mosley, award-winning BBC author, science journalist and presenter)

"The popularity of mindfulness in our time is a reminder that the ancient contemplative practices of attentiveness and stillness are needed more than ever. Tim Stead suggests that the practice of mindfulness brings gifts to Christian faith and living. It is more than just another therapy - it makes space for God." (David Runcorn, author of Spirituality Workbook)

Members Reviews:

Eye-opening

I'm grateful to Rev. Tim Stead for writing this book! ! I recently started learning mindfulness meditation but I was at a loss as to how to fit it in the context of my Christian spirituality. This book lovingly and seamlessly blends the two. Mindfulness works in the absence of any religious context but this book shows me how, if one chooses to do so, one can use mindfulness to nurture his/her relationship with and experience of God. I read this together with Mark Williams and Danny Penman's book Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World. Perfect complement!

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Title: Loren Cunningham: Into All the World

Subtitle: Christian Heroes: Then & Now

Author: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge

Narrator: Tim Gregory

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-11-17

Publisher: YWAM Publishing

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Ever since he was a young boy dreaming of writing "God Is Love" on the moon so that all the world's people could see it, Loren Cunningham has committed his life to reaching the whole world with the good news of Jesus Christ, ministering in every nation on earth. Through his unswerving belief that nothing is impossible for God, Loren's vision of waves of young people became the reality of Youth with a Mission, unleashing young Christians in missionary service when that was unheard of. Today, through the mission he began, multiplied thousands of believers - young and old - are working together to bring the gospel to the whole Earth.

This best-selling, missionary biography series - Christian Heroes: Then & Now - chronicles the exciting, challenging, and deeply touching true stories of ordinary men and women whose trust in God accomplished extraordinary exploits for His kingdom and glory.

Members Reviews:

I loved it!!!

I am determined to read every single book in this series, and so far, this one is one of my top favs!! Great for anyone 10 and up who either wants to read about amazing adventures, or someone interested in YWAM or missions work in general. If you're not sure, get the sample. I did, and it got me hooked!! :) Wonderful book!!

Four Stars

All the books in this series are wonderful biographies of Christian heroes written for younger readers.

Five Stars

Just what I expected from Loren Cunningham

Christ, THE CALL

Lets challenge the idea of "return on investment" and "ownership" versus a really filled and productive life. Only Jesus Christ is the source of life.

Excellent series

This entire series is well-written and inspiring. I enjoy reading them and plan to incorporate them into our homeschool beginning in the middle to late elementary grades.