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Title: Jesus Wants to Save Christians

Subtitle: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile

Author: Rob Bell

Narrator: Rob Bell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-02-12

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Rob Bells highly-praised third book, Jesus Wants to Save Christians, is his most political yet. Published as part of the Rob Bell Classics re-launch, this is an inspiring call-to-arms for Christians to tackle poverty, inequality and oppression.

There is a church not too far from us that recently added a $25 million addition to their building, writes Rob Bell. Our local newspaper ran a front-page story not too long ago about a study revealing that one in five people in our city live in poverty. This is a book about those two numbers.

Jesus Wants to Save Christians is a book about faith and fear, wealth and war, poverty, power, safety, terror, Bibles, bombs, and homeland insecurity.

Critic Reviews:

"The author of Velvet Elvis and Sex God teams up with fellow pastor Golden to write a manifesto that packs as much sociopolitical zing as rhetorical punch. If Americans today miss the central message of the Bible, say the authors, the reason is that the United States is an empire like those described in Scripture that build powerful armies and seek to protect what they accumulate rather than promote justice and mercy. Chapter titles such as "Swollen-bellied black babies, soccer moms on Prozac, and the mark of the beast" will provoke many readers. Likely to get a bigger rise is the suggestion that when the Bible says enemies will one day worship together, that includes today's enemies, the Taliban and al-Qaeda. This dramatic book is politically charged but not party-bent, bearing a message evangelicals need: that Jesus didn't come just to save people for heaven someday but to transform his followers and the physical world now." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

I'd highly recommend this book to anyone

This was clear, concise and very thought provoking. I'd highly recommend this book to anyone. While it is written for and directed at Christians, I think it would help anyone trying to understand the/a genuinely Christian perspective of God, whether they be seekers, sceptics or affiliated with other faiths. After I read it I loaned it to my Pastor... note to self; get it back...

Fresh, Convicting, interesting Hermeneutics

Refreshing insight. Great correction for the Evangelical community. If you are questioning the wooden, mindless Evangelicalism, but are convinced your faith is true this would be a great book for you to explore.

One of the best Christian living books I've read

One of the best Christian living books I've read! I don't agree with Rob Bell's theology now, but in his first 3 book, his Nooma series, and a couple of his full length DVDs I think he does a wonderful job applying scripture to our daily lives and makes great points. This is an easy read and definitely worth the time invested.

Five Stars

Great Book

... polarizing figure as of late but this book was excellent. It challenged me in a lot of ways ...

I know Rob Bell has been a polarizing figure as of late but this book was excellent. It challenged me in a lot of ways and helped me to grow as a person. It is a unfiltered honest look at what it means to be a Christian and how we might want to re-think the way we approach Christianity.

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Title: How to Be a Prayer Partner

Subtitle: A Guide to Becoming a Healing Companion

Author: Carole Riley

Narrator: Carole Riley

Format: Original Recording

Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-17-12

Publisher: Franciscan Media

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

A "prayer companion" is a person who is present to another and for another in a disciplined relationship of Christian love. Sister of Divine Providence Carole Riley reviews guidelines and suggestions for the process of becoming a healing presence to another person on the journey of faith. She distinguishes between being a prayer companion and being a spiritual director. Central to being a prayer companion, according to Sister Carole, is to be a source of peace and presence of the healing Christ for the other person.

Members Reviews:

Benefit of a Prayer Partner

These CDs helped me to understand the positive aspects for accompanying someone with prayer, from the different stages of prayer life to need for someone to pray with in a time of crisis. The prayer partner can help me be more balanced in my mind, heart and spirit.

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Title: Don't Stop Laughing Now!

Subtitle: Stories to Tickle Your Funny Bone and Strengthen Your Faith

Author: Ann Spangler, Shari MacDonald

Narrator: Pam Ward

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-11-12

Publisher: Zondervan

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Don't Stop Laughing Now! contains the best of the best - stories, one-liners, and jokes from some of todays funniest Christian speakers and best-selling writers.

This new book, like its best-selling predecessors, is packed with the kind of smiles, smirks, chuckles, and giggles that thousands of readers have come to love and expect. It includes some of the funniest stories from todays Christian writers like Barbara Johnson, John Ortberg, Mark Buchanan, Patsy Clairmont, Becky Freeman, Chonda Pierce, and more.

Whether the topic is kids, marriage, pets, church, parenting, aging, or lifes most embarrassing moments, the writers will help you keep life in perspective by revealing their own foibles, follies, and failings. Realizing that laughter and faith can go hand in hand, they offer real-life anecdotes that will keep your world in balance even - and especially - when life gets tough.

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Titolo: Gesù di Nazaret

Sottotitolo: Dall'ingresso in Gerusalemme fino alla risurrezione

Autore: Joseph Ratzinger

Narratore: Ugo Pagliai

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 9 hrs and 56 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 04-19-12

Editore: Emons Edizioni

Valutazioni: 5 su 5 su 3 voti

Categoria: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Riepilogo Editore:

Questo volume della affascinante e sempre nuova vita di Gesù di Nazaret, parla del tempo che porta Gesù dallingresso a Gerusalemme - la domenica delle Palme - fino alla Risurrezione. Un tempo che è icona di ogni vita umana. Benedetto XVI scrive guardando alla Sacra Scrittura, ai grandi maestri della fede cristiana e alla teologia, e arricchisce il racconto con la Sua personale adesione di fede e di spiritualità.

©2011 Libreria Editrice Vaticana (P)2012 Emons/Libreria Editrice Vaticana

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Title: Changing Me, Change the World

Subtitle: Prayers from the Psalms, Book 1

Author: Lynnda Karen Ell

Narrator: Lynnda Karen Ell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 03-21-12

Publisher: Lynnda Ell

Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Many people find prayer to be a fearful mystery or a dry duty. Others think prayers are futile. Changing Me, Change the World models a way to connect the content of the psalms of the Bible with everyday life. It strengthens faith and instills confidence to pray more effectively.

Listen to Changing Me, Change the World to discover:

Members Reviews:

Just the book I've been looking for!

What an excellent book! This is just the book that I've been looking for, as I was looking for a modern day interpretation of the Psalms. Whenever I've tried to read the book of Psalms in the past, I've had a hard time getting through it. This day-by-day chapter approach to Psalms is just what I've been wanting. I love it! In my moments of despair as I call out to God in prayer, I can apply it to David when he put his trust in God, sought after Him, and praised Him. The author Lynnda Ell does a great job of opening up and applying the Biblical truths to today's realities through prayer. A great way for me to start and end my day is by reading this book! I look forward to reading other books by this author.

An amazing resource for prayer!

As a person who has loved the Psalms for years and has sought to grow in my practice of praying them, when I finally got a copy of this book I quickly knew that it was going to take its place at the top of my most used and recommended books not only on the Psalms but on the general category of prayer as well (and I have loads of books on both of these areas). This book's great contribution to the reader is found in how it shows what it actually "looks like" to really enter into the message of a psalm and then turn it into one's own private prayer. This truly is one of the richest books I've read in many years. Why? --- because we so often struggle as people who want to pray well. Now, however, with this book as an encouragement and guide, any person can meditate upon any one of the 41 Psalms that are printed in full in the book and then by reading prayerfully the author's very meaningful prayers that are drawn from both the wording and the theme of each Psalm, the life of personal prayer comes alive. I love commentaries on the Psalms, and I love other books on prayer -- but I have come to see that by using a resource such as this one by Lynnda Ell one can most deeply enter into a life of prayer according to the manner in which the gospels show Jesus Himself did -- as He so consistently gave us clues that He was and had been "praying the Psalms." Don't delay, buy this book and let it greatly enhance your life of prayer. It is one that can easily be used with great value on a daily basis in enhancing your prayer life.

Each of the 41 Psalms in "Book One" of the Psalter are covered in this first volume in the series, and they each are covered with contemporary wording while always being tied to the original text of Scripture. This is a jewel of a book, and I only hope now that the author will proceed and offer her prayers on the other Psalms as well, in future volumes in this series.

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Title: Words from Jesus: August

Subtitle: A Reading for Every Day of the Month

Author: Simon Peterson

Narrator: Simon Peterson

Format: Original Recording

Length: 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-07-12

Publisher: Andrews UK Limited

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Words from Jesus is a series of readings which contain words of love, comfort and advice from Jesus that can help you see through life's problems. These capsules of divine love and wisdom are like nothing else you've heard! This collection contains a reading for each day in August, and is a valuable addition to any Christian or Spiritual bookshelf.

Members Reviews:

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What disappointed you about Words from Jesus: August?

These very short worded devotional so or thoughts about scripture. I was looking for scripture and where they are found.

What could Simon Peterson have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Don't introduce each day with: Words from Jesus!

Would you be willing to try another one of Simon Petersons performances?

No!

What character would you cut from Words from Jesus: August?

Introduction to each new day.

Any additional comments?

Narrator sounds like Dracula!

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Title: Your Church Is Too Safe

Subtitle: Becoming a Church that Turns the World Upside Down

Author: Mark Buchanan

Narrator: Maurice England

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-21-12

Publisher: Zondervan

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

"These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also." That was the startled cry, circa AD 50, from a hastily assembled mob in Thessalonica. These men who have turned the world upside down: their description of Paul and Silas. Holy vandals on the loose, anointed marauders running amok, men out ransacking Roman cities with the gospel. Youd think they were heralding the arrival of Barbarian hordes, fierce Berserkers descending on poorly fortified villages, not two hungry men with no more than a fire in their bellies and a wildness in their eyes. These were just two ordinary men. But, as Paul says to the Corinthians, he was a man who preached "with a demonstration of the Spirit's power," a man whose weapons were not of the world but had "divine power to demolish strongholds". Two simple, ordinary men, walking in the power of God. A whole town in uproar because of them. Its been a while since weve seen the likes of this.

Your Church Is Too Safe is based on a simple idea: that God meant his church to be both good news and bad news, an aroma and a stench - a disruptive force to whoever or whatever opposes the Kingdom of God, and a healing and liberating power to those who seek it. That the church has not always lived this mandate is well-documented. That the church needs to recover this mandate is much touted. Your Church Is Too Safe is a plea, a celebration, and a manifesto. Its an attempt to call the church to be the church. It is a tribute to the many churches that seek to be this. And it is a roadmap to become this.

Above all, Your Church Is Too Safe is a biblical reflection and exhortation on why we should be this. Its main narrative is rooted in the story of how the early church, for all her failings and heresies and squabbles, managed to turn the world upside down. And its principal claim is that the modern church, for all her failings and heresies and squabbles, has every advantage they had, and maybe more, and faces no more challenges than they did, and maybe fewer.

Members Reviews:

Reviewing Your Church is too Safe

Where does Your Church Is Too Safe rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

The narrator puts me to sleep with his voice.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Your Church Is Too Safe?

The way that Mark Buchanan writes. So decriptive!

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

Change his voice

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

hiding from the way church is suppossed to be.

Any additional comments?

no

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Title: A Place at the Table

Subtitle: 40 Days of Solidarity with the Poor

Author: Chris Seay

Narrator: Bob Souer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-07-12

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

In a culture built on consumption - especially of food - it is easy to forget the poor that Jesus cared so much about. We get caught up in acquiring, buying, eating. Yet paradoxically, the more stuff we consume, the more our spirits wither and starve. A Place at the Table invites you on a journey of self-examination, discipline, and renewed focus on Jesus that will change your life forever. Author Chris Seay is giving you a challenge: eat and drink like the poor for 40 days and donate the money you save on groceries to a charity or project that serves the poor in concrete ways. But Chris doesn't expect you to go it alone. A Place at the Table includes a short chapter for each of those 40 days with Scripture, reflections, prayers, and encouragement. You'll even get tips for engaging your whole family in the process. To download free resources and connect with others on the journey, visit www.chrisseay.net.

Members Reviews:

A moving way to rediscover fasting and connect with the poor

The primary reason why we struggle so deeply to be transformed into the character of Christ is likely because so often, instead of living with humility and vulnerability, we are busy chasing power and prestige, according to Chris Seay in his book A Place at the Table: 40 Days of Solidarity with the Poor. The book invites the reader on a 40-day journey to rediscover what the Bible says about food, life, love and grace, and to connect with the poor.

After some introductory chapters on sharing, gratitude, fasting and feasting, the book provides daily readings with meditations for 40 "fast" days interspersed with 7 "feast" days. Each of the 40 fast days also includes a brief description of a person living in poverty, usually associated with a Compassion project or a Living Water International project. Many of the daily readings are from Exodus, giving the reader plenty of opportunity to consider the Israelites' reliance on God for their daily food.

The Bible version used for the readings is The Voice translation, a project of "a collection of creatives and scholars" with the aim of providing a translation which is both accurate in meaning and "beautiful in its telling". The translation is a fresh one, with some interesting insights, although I found that it took some time to get used to God being called The Eternal One, sometimes shortened to Eternal.

Many people will find this to be a very useful resource to use during Lent. I personally found many of the reflections quite moving, and the constant daily reminders of the situations of people living in poverty helped to put the contemplations about fasting into context.

Reading it for Lent with a sunday school class. ...

Reading it for Lent with a sunday school class. I am enjoying learning about people to pray for each day from around the globe -- a particular person in a particular situation each day. Most have to do with needing clean water. I am learning about being set free, and trusting instead of complaining about freedom.

Kindle book and paper book have different subtitles which is worrying. I haven't compared the day by day readings, but I think they match.

Small group study for church

We used this as the study guide for a six week small group at our church. It went well and this was a good resource.

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Titolo: Ogni cosa alla sua stagione

Autore: Enzo Bianchi

Narratore: Remo Girone

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 3 hrs and 17 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 01-19-12

Editore: Emons Edizioni

Valutazioni: 5 su 5 su 1 voti

Categoria: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Riepilogo Editore:

In una quieta meditazione sui luoghi della vita e dellanima che hanno lasciato un segno indelebile nel cuore, Enzo Bianchi ci conduce dalle sue colline del Monferrato alla Torino universitaria, fino alla più lontana Santorini dalla calda luce impareggiabile, alla sua cella di monaco dove apprende larte di abitare con se stesso in verità. Un viaggio nel tempo, nelle stagioni delluomo, accompagnato dalla domanda, semplice e profonda: che ne è dei miei giorni?

©2010 Einaudi (P)2011 Emons Italia

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Title: Creating a Tech Sabbath Habit

Subtitle: Unplug Your Mind, Restore Your Spirit, and Transform Your Technology Lifestyle

Author: Bryan Brooks

Narrator: Josh Kilbourne

Format: Abridged

Length: 1 hr and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-30-11

Publisher: Tate Publishing

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

The impact technology has on our lives today is incredible and offers amazing conveniences to our everyday lives. There is no doubt or debate about how technology can enhance life if it is used in the right way - in moderation and with clear and concise boundaries around it. But the more technology enters our lives without boundaries, allowing it to rule and take top priority, the more easily we can find ourselves virtually imprisoned by it and not able to truly enjoy its benefits. Instead, we become its slave as it leads us down a road of isolation, stealing our rest and taking the place of the things in life that matter most to us: our families, our friends, and our relationship with God. In Creating a Tech Sabbath Habit, author Bryan Brooks shares his personal technology lifestyle transformation in a remarkable way. Through exposing details of his personal testimony of trials, combined with divulging his God-given convictions about the risks of technology overload, Bryan helps guide you through implementing your own tech Sabbath habit plan.

Filled with commonsense approach and practical insight, Creating a Tech Sabbath Habit will help you learn the importance of unplugging your mind - following God's command of rest to restore your spirit - and will teach you how to lead a more balanced high-tech lifestyle without getting rid of the technology in it.