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Title: All It Takes Is a Goal: The 3-step Plan to Ditch Regret and Tap into Your Massive Potential

Author: Jon Acuff

Narrator: Jon Acuff

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

Release date: September 12, 2023

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.95 of Total 94

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 63

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

When New York Times bestselling author Jon Acuff got curious about tapping into his full potential, he launched a research study with Dr. Mike Peasley. They asked more than three thousand people if they felt they were living up to their full potential.Fifty percent of people reported that 50 percent of their full potential is untapped. That means half of us are walking around with half-lives. No wonder Twitter is so grumpy.Imagine if every Christmas you only opened up half your gifts. You could see the rest—a whole pile of them in the corner of the room—but you never got to open them.Would that make for a happy Christmas, a happy house, a happy job, a happy anything?It wouldn’t, but what if it didn’t have to be that way?What if you could have a fulfilling career?What if you could enjoy a thriving marriage and strong friendships?What if you could be in the greatest shape of your life?What if each day felt like a gift and each year progressively got better?What if you could use a single piece of paper to learn from your past, enjoy your present, and prepare your future? What if you could escape the Comfort Zone, avoid the Chaos Zone, and live inthe Potential Zone?That would be the best.And what if all it takes is a goal?

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Title: When the World Breaks: The Surprising Hope and Subversive Promises in the Teachings of Jesus

Author: Jason Adam Miller

Narrator: Jason Adam Miller

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 46 minutes

Release date: August 1, 2023

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

In this groundbreaking book, Pastor Jason Adam Miller re-examines the Beatitudes—eight paradoxes found in Jesus' Sermon on the Mount—and points to a whole new way to find hope in the midst of suffering. If the past few years have taught us anything, it’s that the world is broken. The world we thought we knew vanished, and so many of us are now struggling to make sense of a world that’s not what we thought it was.  This book is about what happens when the fundamental picture we had relied on – our sense of how everything holds together - falls apart. For some, this moment comes when a global pandemic upends our security. For others, it’s a partner leaving, or a terrible diagnosis, or the death of a loved one. Many of us have felt our worlds breaking when long-held beliefs about God or faith slipped through our hands. Whether the details are global or personal, the experience is the same: you discover that the framing reality you were living in has fractured. But here’s the good news: The world has been breaking for as long as we can remember. We've been here before, which means we can turn to ancient, perennial wisdom to help us sort through these urgent problems. In When the World Breaks, Jason Adam Miller explores the possibilities for hope hidden in the paradoxes Jesus spoke when he taught the eight blessings – often called the Beatitudes - recorded in the beginning of Matthew chapter 5. These strange blessings name our experiences of suffering and are built on a particular kind of hope. This book is a meditation on those teachings as a transformative way forward when we suffer.  Lyrically written, theologically rich, and supremely accessible, When the World Breaks reveals an unexpected way to look at these familiar verses, giving readers hope that God is with them in their suffering, and helping them become the kind of people who can put things back together.

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Title: The Girl Who Saw Heaven: A Fateful Tornado and a Journey of Faith

Author: Lisa Reburn

Narrator: Stephanie Einstein, Nancy Peterson

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 40 minutes

Release date: May 9, 2023

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

A remarkable true story of one child’s journey into the afterlife after surviving a super tornado. When Ari Hallmark was in kindergarten, her family was caught in a powerful tornado in their hometown of Arab, Alabama. On April 27, 2011, Ari and her parents, Shane and Jennifer Hallmark, were putting the finishing touches on their new home, which Shane had built from scratch. Shane’s last-second decision to drive to his parent’s house put the Hallmarks directly in the path of a devastating EF4 tornado. Moments after the Hallmarks arrived at the home, the mile-wide tornado ripped the house off its foundation and flung it in the air. When Ari regained consciousness, she began sharing the extraordinary story of what happened to her during the tornado: she met her guardian angel and followed her family to heaven. The full story of what Ari went through—the six months of reoccurring dreams that foretold the tragedy, and the unexpected challenges she faced from the legal system after the storm—delivers a powerful message to the world: you will see your late loved ones again. Ari Hallmark is now a high school senior determined to share her hopeful message with the world. The Girl Who Saw Heaven is a uniquely poignant addition to near-death experience and heavenly encounter classics. Ari’s story will leave you with a different perspective of death and more hopeful of what lies beyond.

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Title: Disobedient God: Trusting a God Who Goes Off-Script

Author: Albert Tate

Narrator: Albert Tate

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Release date: April 25, 2023

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

In this powerful guidebook, the lead pastor of Fellowship Church demonstrates how the moments that test our faith are the moments God uses to direct our hearts to the one thing we truly desire most: a relationship with Christ. When the people of Israel, those who had witnessed the most abundant and inexplicable acts of God, grew tired of waiting for Moses to come off the mountain, they made a calf of gold. It was easier for them to make a new god than to continue serving a God that didn’t conform to their schedule and expectations. Just like the Israelites in the desert, we are all fundamentally longing for God… but who and what are we actually reaching for and serving? Disobedient God addresses the things we do when we feel ignored, inconvenienced and frustrated by God. What things are we reaching for in our life? Are we reaching for porn when we long for intimacy? Reaching for success when we long for security? We would never say that we have replaced God, but our actions tell a different story. Whether we are trying to replace God, trying to run away or trying to perform for Him, we have no mindset to deal with a disobedient God. Disobedient God is a book for people dealing with this disappointment and interested in properly understanding and loving the God they’ve misunderstood.   This is not a step-by-step instruction manual for how to react when things are difficult; rather, it is a way of understanding God that leads people to discover the relationship with God that they were always meant for.

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Title: [Spanish] - Límites saludables, despedidas necesarias: Ama a los demás sin perder lo mejor de ti

Author: Lysa Terkeurst

Narrator: Jhoana Nichols

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 47 minutes

Release date: April 11, 2023

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Lysa TerKeurst, autora best seller del New York Times, ayuda a los lectores a detener la disfunción de las relaciones no saludables al mostrar formas bíblicas de establecer límites y, cuando sea necesario, decir adiós, sin perder lo mejor de lo que son. Has escuchado todos los consejos. Pero estás empezando a darte cuenta de que, si la otra persona no quiere cambiar lo que está roto en la relación, no puedes cambiarlo tú solo. ¿Y ahora qué? Lysa TerKeurst entiende este baile con la disfunción y quiere ser tu amiga perspicaz y compasiva que te enseñará que establecer un límite no es falta de amor, y que no es poco cristiano decir adiós. Te sentirás aliviado al saber que los límites no son solo una buena idea, son una idea de Dios. Límites saludables, despedidas necesarias te ayudará a: - Comprender los cinco factores que hay que tener en cuenta a la hora de poner límites saludables - Determinar la cantidad adecuada de acceso personal y emocional que alguien tiene hacia ti, en función de lo responsable que sea con ese acceso - Dejar de ser engañado y paralizado emocionalmente por pasajes bíblicos mal interpretados que perpetúan dinámicas poco saludables en las relaciones difíciles - Superar el frustrante ciclo de establecimiento de límites ineficaz con guiones realistas y estrategias prácticas que te ayuden a comunicar, mantener e implementar patrones más saludables - Estar equipado para decir adiós sin culpa cuando una relación ha pasado de ser difícil a destructiva y ya no es sostenible Este libro revelador lleno de sabiduría bíblica nació de las propias luchas personales de Lysa con los límites, una extensa investigación teológica y las experiencias terapéuticas que transformaron la forma en que definió y persiguió las relaciones saludables. Lysa ahora está más comprometida que nunca con amar bien a las personas sin perder lo mejor de sí misma. Ella quiere ayudarte a hacer lo mismo. Las ayudas a la reflexión se incluyen en la descarga del PDF que acompaña al audiolibro. Good Boundaries and Goodbyes New York Times bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst helps readers stop the dysfunction of unhealthy relationships by showing them biblical ways to set boundaries--and, when necessary, say goodbye--without losing the best of who they are. You've listened to all the advice. But you're beginning to realize that if the other person doesn't want to change what's broken in the relationship, you can't change it on your own. So now what? Lysa TerKeurst understands this dance with dysfunction and wants to be your insightful, compassionate friend who will teach you that it isn't unloving to set a boundary, and it isn't unchristian to say goodbye. You'll be relieved to learn that boundaries aren't just a good idea, they're a God idea.

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Title: Beautiful Union: How God's Vision for Sex Points Us to the Good, Unlocks the True, and (Sort of) Explains Everything

Author: Joshua Ryan Butler

Narrator: Joshua Ryan Butler

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 31 minutes

Release date: April 11, 2023

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

A powerful call for Christians to understand sex as a window into God's story of redemption, and a validating guide to living with authentic love in a changing culture—from the influential pastor and author of The Skeletons in God’s Closet. Beautiful isn’t likely the first word that comes to mind when we think about sex. Our reactions are as varied as our experiences and backgrounds. Perhaps the word brings up past baggage. Perhaps it holds yearning for a dream that has never come true. Maybe we would rather not talk about it. Maybe it’s all we want to talk about. Around us, our culture is divided by this topic. On one side, “progressive” voices seek to dismantle historic Christian teachings to fit current norms. On the other side, “conservative” voices can reinforce messages of shame, judgement, and repression. Beautiful Union offers a third way, one that is both true and beautiful. It gives us a provocative, positive look into the deepest Christian understanding of sex . . . and what sex reveals about God, our world, and even ourselves. Through biblical teaching and livable, joyful answers to our tough questions about sexuality, author and pastor Joshua Ryan Butler shows how sex illuminates the structure of creation, the nature of salvation, the abundance of God’s kingdom, and God’s heartbeat for the world. Discover afresh the beautiful invitation of our sexuality . . . as God intended it to be.

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Title: Please, Sorry, Thanks: The Three Words That Change Everything

Author: Mark Batterson

Narrator: Mark Batterson

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 36 minutes

Release date: April 4, 2023

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

ECPA BESTSELLER • Strengthen your spiritual, mental, and emotional health and reach your most audacious goals with three simple but power-packed words—from the New York Times bestselling author of Win the Day. “A practical framework to be the kind of thoughtful, helpful force for good you always wanted to be.”—Carey Nieuwhof, founder of the Art of Leadership Academy The best predictor of success in life, in love, and in leadership is your proficiency at please, sorry, and thanks. Those three words are the foundation of all healthy relationships and successful careers. Those three words are the only ceiling on achieving your dreams. Those three words will determine how happy you are. With his trademark blend of personal stories, scientific and historical references, and biblical insight, Pastor Mark Batterson shows how you can change your world with your words: • A timely please can help you unlock the rule of reciprocity for greater results, discover the power of “we is greater than me,” and honor others above yourself. • A sincere sorry can lead you to mend broken relationships, strengthen connections through being radically vulnerable, and better understand the degrees of forgiveness. • A heartfelt thanks paves the way toward a resilient mindset of gratitude and an expectancy to see God move on your behalf. Whether you’re launching out into a new phase of life or navigating long-established complexities, it's time to harness the power of those three transformative words and let them propel you wherever God leads you to go.

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Title: Christendom: The Triumph of a Religion, AD 300-1300

Author: Peter Heather

Narrator: Peter Heather

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 23 hours 48 minutes

Release date: April 4, 2023

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

'A fascinating story about a religion in a surprisingly precarious position' Dan Jones, Sunday Times 'Superb storytelling ... captivating and profound' Literary Review 'A page-turner' The Spectator *A major new reinterpretation of Christendom, by one of our foremost medieval historians* In the fourth century AD, a new faith exploded out of Palestine. Overwhelming the paganism of Rome, and converting the Emperor Constantine in the process, it resoundingly defeated a host of other rivals. Almost a thousand years later, all of Europe was controlled by Christian rulers, and the religion, ingrained within culture and society, exercised a monolithic hold over its population. But, as Peter Heather shows in this compelling new history, there was nothing inevitable about Christendom's rise to Europe-wide dominance. In exploring how the Christian religion became such a defining feature of the European landscape, and how a small sect of isolated and intensely committed congregations was transformed into a mass movement centrally directed from Rome, Peter Heather shows how Christendom constantly battled against both so-called 'heresies' and other forms of belief. From the crisis that followed the collapse of the Roman empire, which left the religion teetering on the edge of extinction, to the astonishing revolution of the eleventh century and beyond in which the Papacy emerged as the head of a vast international corporation, Heather traces Christendom's chameleon-like capacity for self-reinvention and astounding willingness to mobilize well-directed force. Christendom's achievement was not, or not only, to define official Christianity, but - from its scholars and its lawyers, to its provincial officials and missionaries in far-flung corners of the continent - to transform it into an institution that wielded effective religious authority across nearly all of the disparate peoples of medieval Europe. This is its extraordinary story. 'Sweeping and engaging history ... a non-triumphalist history of the triumph of Christianity, and all the more powerful for it' Financial Times

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Title: My Favourite Bible Stories

Author: Sarah Fletcher, Kelly-Jade Nicholls

Narrator: Theo Solomon

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Release date: March 30, 2023

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

My Favourite Bible Stories: For Children Around the World takes the child through the most exciting adventures found in the Bible. Each illustrated story reveals the character and nature of a loving and active Father God. My Favourite Bible Storiesis written in a child friendly and dynamic way to encourage and support children in developing their relationship with God through the bible. At the end of each story they will enjoy the Have a Think, Have a Go and Have a Prayer sections to encourage exploration and prayers that will deepen the connection to the story, its characters and key message. Bringing together two highly gifted creatives, with the beautifully vibrant and animated illustrations of Kelly-Jade Nicholls, the stories come to life in an engaging way that all children can relate to. She captures the authenticity of where these stories are told through the characters like no other children’s bible. The stories, written by Sarah Fletcher, bring the child’s imagination to life with a fun and easy to read style, told in a way that will spark their interest to find out more. Containing over 50 stories from both the Old and New Testament, this new children’s bible will help children from diverse backgrounds get a fun, unique and engaging look at the world and its characters from Biblical times. Parents, teachers, pastors, and children will love My Favourite Bible Stories in this new and exciting visual and narrative presentation of the bible for children. · Contains 23 Old Testament Stories. · Contains 33 New Testament Stories. · Has Have a Think, Have a Go and Have a Pray sections at the end of each story. · Written in an easy-to-read style that parents and children will enjoy. · Full colour illustrations in a style that is dynamic and engaging. · Reveals the character and nature of a loving Father God.

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Title: Present: The Gift of Being All In, Right Where You Are

Author: Courtney Ellis

Narrator: Nan Mcnamara

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 43 minutes

Release date: March 7, 2023

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

In a world marked by transience, envy, and rootlessness, committing to staying put is a radical, unusual act. Hungry for rootedness, Courtney Ellis and her family decided to truly commit to a place and a people God had given them for a season, to grow some deep roots and discover what it would mean to be “all in.” Through winsome storytelling, Courtney demonstrates that there is tremendous growth when we stop holding a community at arms’ length and open ourselves to the blessing of stability, the grace of limits, and the joy of presence. This book is divided into these three major sections, with chapters devoted to each of the gifts that come with our increased attention to being all in?fully present, right where we are. Join Courtney for a thoughtful, funny, and realistic exploration of stability, limit, and presence as means of grace. Journey deeper into the heart of God that calls us to cultivate community?being present to what God has placed before us?and discovering the gifts of the present. Delve into reasons listeners might experience transience, how to press in when called to that, and how to know when it’s time to move on. Explore the ways borders and boundaries in our lives are for our good. When we are able to really commit, beautiful things can happen. With humor and honesty, Courtney draws in listeners who are longing for that rootedness, trying to figure out how to make this place their own.