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Title: The Mary We Forgot: What the Apostle to the Apostles Teaches the Church Today

Author: Jennifer Powell Mcnutt

Narrator: Nan Mcnamara

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Release date: November 12, 2024

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Mary Magdalene's life was transformed when she was healed by Christ and joined his ministry from Galilee to Jerusalem. The Gospels teach that she was also a witness at the cross and the first one sent by Christ to preach his resurrection. Yet her story is often confused, scandalized, and undervalued by the church. In The Mary We Forgot, award-winning church historian and theologian Jennifer Powell McNutt unpacks Scripture and history to reveal the real Mary Magdalene: the first apostle of the good news and a model of discipleship for both men and women today. McNutt also invites listeners along on her journey through southern France, tracing the path remembered by some church traditions as where Mary Magdalene spread the gospel. Christians will learn from the disciple known as the 'apostle to the apostles' how to embrace Jesus's calling to 'go and tell' with faith and courage. They'll also be encouraged by the reminder that God calls ordinary, imperfect, and unexpected people to share the good news of Jesus Christ. The hope of remembering Mary Magdalene is ultimately to better know the one to whom she pointed, the risen Christ.

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Title: Get Your Spirit Back: Break Free of Negative Self-Talk and Step Fully Into Your Calling

Author: Earl Mcclellan

Narrator: Earl Mcclellan

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 29 minutes

Release date: November 12, 2024

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

In this bold call to find your purpose, a sought-after speaker and devoted pastor inspires you to show up to your life with God-given confidence by moving beyond insecurity and negative self-talk. “In a world focused on the exterior, Earl McClellan reveals that real transformation always begins within.”—Rich Wilkerson, lead pastor of VOUS Church What if the main thing holding you back in life is . . . you? Pastor Earl McClellan knew he’d been given a gift for leadership, yet too often whenever the time came to speak up, he would shy away. He passed the spotlight to others until God challenged him to stop sidestepping his calling. Now a speaker and church founder, McClellan shares how he learned to break free from the prisons of insecurity, negativity, and confusion. In this manifesto of courage and purpose, McClellan draws fresh insights from the life of the unlikely biblical hero Gideon to help you do the same. Discover how to • identify when God is speaking and when you’re overthinking • replace insecurity with God-given confidence • follow God’s call with bold humility • engage God’s presence, power, and favor wherever you go If you’ve ever felt you had more to give—leadership, courage, kindness—but have struggled to fully unleash these qualities, Get Your Spirit Back is the catalyst you need. Liberate yourself from the mindset holding you back and stand in the confidence of who God made you to be.

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Title: Real Presence: What Does It Mean and Why Does It Matter? (Engaging Catholicism)

Author: Mcgrath Institute For Church Life, Timothy P. O'malley

Narrator: Jim Denison

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 30 minutes

Release date: November 5, 2024

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Winner of a first-place award for popular presentation of the faith and second-place in pastoral ministry, catechetical resource from the Catholic Media Association. Many Catholics don't believe that Jesus is really present in the Eucharist. Rather, they see the bread and wine of Holy Communion as mere symbols of Christ's body and blood. Is that disbelief just a misunderstanding or is it a blatant rejection of one of the central beliefs of the faith? In Real Presence, University of Notre Dame theologian Timothy P. O'Malley clears up the confusion and shows you how to learn to love God and neighbor through a deeper understanding of the doctrine of real presence. A 2019 study by the Pew Research Center found that almost seventy percent of Catholics don't believe that Jesus is really present in the Eucharist. O'Malley offers a concise introduction to Catholic teaching on real presence and transubstantiation through a biblical, theological, and spiritual account of these doctrines from the early Church to today. He also explores how real presence enables us to see the vulnerability of human life and the dignity of all flesh and blood.

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Title: Kingdom Kindness: A Movement to Bring Calm to the Culture

Author: Tony Evans

Narrator: William Andrew Quinn

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Release date: October 29, 2024

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Selfishness, pride, and hostility dominate the headlines, social media, and everyday interactions. But what if every Christian did one simple act of kindness each week? What if offering to carry groceries for someone who is struggling could spark a revolution? With rousing encouragement and biblical insight, Dr. Tony Evans shows how, when we let the kindness of God change us, we can change the world. Through real-life examples and practical teaching, he empowers each of us to ● replace hurtful speech with helpful speech ● choose honor over hate ● recognize everyday opportunities to spread God's love ● discover the courage to step out in kindness Kindness is catching. It's time to let God's love ignite a countercultural movement that overcomes evil with good.

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Title: Growing Women in Ministry: Seven Aspects of Leadership Development

Author: Anna R. Morgan

Narrator: Lisa Larsen

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Release date: October 29, 2024

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

While many aspects of leadership development are similar for women and men, women face different cultural expectations and have different experiences than their male counterparts. Anna Morgan's own experiences in pastoral ministry leadership launched her search for a holistic way to grow the skills, influence, and authority of women who are gifted and called as leaders. This book provides a positive, comprehensive, research-based model for developing women in church and ministry leadership. Morgan identifies seven aspects of leadership development that form a woman over her lifetime. Three work inwardly as a woman grows in leadership: spiritual calling, giftedness, and emotional intelligence. Four work externally to shape her authority and influence: home life supports, ministry leadership contexts, leadership relationships, and communication. Growing Women in Ministry is written in a clear, accessible style for both female ministry leaders and men seeking to promote female leaders. It includes policy suggestions, strategies, values for ideal growing conditions, and discussion questions, making it an ideal resource for ministry, practical theology, and leadership courses, church and parachurch leaders, and pastors.

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Title: Murder at the Christmas Emporium: The brand new festive whodunnit to gift this Christmas

Author: Andreina Cordani

Narrator: Katherine Press

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

Release date: October 24, 2024

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Christmas shopping can be murder. It's Christmas Eve at the Emporium, a bespoke gift shop hidden in the depths of London's winding streets, where a select few shoppers are browsing its handcrafted delights. But when they go to leave, they find the doors are locked and it isn't long before they realise this is no innocent mix-up. The shoppers have been trapped here by someone who knows their darkest secrets, who will stop at nothing until they have all been unwrapped - and there is a gruesome gift waiting in Santa's grotto . . . For those that survive the night, it will be a Christmas to remember.

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Title: Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart: What Art Teaches Us About the Wonder and Struggle of Being Alive

Author: Russ Ramsey

Narrator: Kaleo Griffith

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 12 minutes

Release date: October 22, 2024

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Beyond a mere introduction to great art, Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart is about loving to learn what art has to teach us about the wonder and struggle of being alive. Did you know that: - Vincent van Gogh's attempt to start an artist's colony with Paul Gauguin lasted only nine weeks, ending in his infamous 'ear episode'? - Pablo Picasso was a prime suspect in the disappearance of the Mona Lisa? - Artemisia Gentileschi was tortured with thumbscrews to verify her testimony at her own rapist's trial? - Norman Rockwell's critics said his work would never be accepted as 'high art'--and he agreed?   These stories--and many more--shaped the work these artists left behind. In their art are lessons common to the human experience about the wonder and struggle of being alive: dreams lost, perspectives changed, and humility derived through suffering.?? In Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart, Russ Ramsey digs into these artists' stories for readers who may be new to art, as well as for lifelong students of art history, to mine the transcendent beauty and hard lessons we can take from their masterpieces and their lives. Each story from some of the history's most celebrated artists applies the beauty of the gospel in a way that speaks to the suffering and hope we all face. Images, appendixes 2 and 3, and a selected bibliography can be found in the audiobook companion PDF download

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Title: Becoming a Future-Ready Church: 8 Shifts to Encourage and Empower the Next Generation of Leaders

Series: Part of Exponential Next

Author: Adelle M. Banks, Daniel Yang, Warren Bird

Narrator: Tim Morgan

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Release date: October 22, 2024

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Are Church Leaders Missing the Generational Handoff? There's Still Hope. - Are we building institutions that will meaningfully serve the next generation of believers and their leaders? - How does a church thrive in a culture where we have to earn credibility? - How do we create a sense of belonging to the body of Christ and a strong sense of identity for the next generation?   Becoming a Future-Ready Church is a blueprint to guide you through eight critical shifts to help lead your church into the future with wisdom and hope. It describes several major converging trends that will greatly impact the church in America over the next few decades: the Great Resignation of Boomer leaders from churches, the shrinking percentage of Christians in America, and the change in felt needs among rising generations shaped heavily by anxiety, skepticism, and fragmentation. Missiologist and pastor Daniel Yang, religion journalist Adelle Banks, and church researcher Warren Bird have come together in Becoming a Future-Ready Church to help church leaders evaluate whether their ministries are entrenched in strategies that worked well in the past but need to be adapted for the future. By helping us ask better questions about the issues and needs facing the church, they reveal practical ways in which the next generation of church leaders can gain a sturdier foothold as they navigate into the future. Figures and chapter exercises can be found in the audiobook companion PDF download.

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Title: Cup Overflowing: Wine’s Place in Faith, Feasting, and Fellowship

Author: Gisela H. Kreglinger

Narrator: Nan Mcnamara

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 22 minutes

Release date: October 22, 2024

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Wine is the most talked-about food in the Bible, and yet western Christianity has largely neglected this important biblical theme and fragrant gift of God.  Have you ever wondered what Jesus would drink? Was his family perhaps involved in growing vines and making wine? What would their family celebrations have been like? And what might this tell us about God and how he wants us to live today? Food and wine have become such hot topics in our culture, and yet there is so much confusion and ambivalence around it as well. We are so far removed from the world of the Bible and the agrarian life that it represents. It is hard to envision the farms and fruit orchards, the village wells and sheep herds, the olive groves and vineyards that Jesus would have walked by every day. Drawing on her upbringing in a long-standing family tradition of winemakers and her degrees in biblical studies and spiritual theology, Gisela Kreglinger introduces readers in a light-hearted way to the theme of wine in the Bible, throughout the history of the church, and in the church's feasting and fellowship today. She also addresses how many Christians are fearful or concerned about wine because of the challenges of alcohol abuse, how to nurture a culture of healing from such disorders, and how we are called to celebrate God's gift of wine to grow into a fuller understanding of the gospel as we await the return of the Bridegroom, Jesus Christ. In this book, Gisela shows Christians that wine is a gift from God that we are to receive with gratitude and enjoy in wholesome, communal, and redemptive ways. Features include:  - Instructions for holding a wine tasting as a spiritual practice.  - A biblical and theological reflection on the 'True Vine' of John 15. - A discussion guide for developing a healthy drinking culture.

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Title: Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion

Author: Allie Beth Stuckey

Narrator: Allie Beth Stuckey

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Release date: October 15, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.89 of Total 9

Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

A sharp Christian voice makes a bold argument: when politics are driven by empathy rather than truth, innocent people pay the price. We are told that empathy is the highest virtue—the key to being a good person. Is that true? Or has “empathy,” like so many other words of our day—“tolerance,” “justice,” “acceptance”—been hijacked by bad actors who exploit compassion for their own political ends?  In Toxic Empathy, Allie Beth Stuckey argues that empathy has become a tool of manipulation by left-wing activists who bully people into believing that they must adopt progressive positions to be loving. She explores the five most heated issues through which toxic empathy is deployed: abortion, gender, sexuality, immigration, and social justice. Progressives use catchy mantras to present their perspective as empathetic, like “abortion is healthcare,” “love is love,” or “no human being is illegal,” but in each case, they ignore the other side of the moral equation. For example, abortion is presented as compassionate for the woman, but what about the human life the procedure kills? This book isn’t about killing empathy; it’s about submitting our empathy to God’s definitions of love, goodness, and justice. Stuckey exposes the logical pitfalls and moral consequences of toxic empathy, equipping Christians with research-backed, Biblical truths to dismantle the progressive lies that have permeated our culture—and our church.