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Title: Was America Founded as a Christian Nation? Revised Edition

Author: John Fea

Narrator: Scott R. Pollak

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

Release date: February 23, 2021

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

John Fea offers a thoroughly researched, evenhanded primer on whether America was founded to be a Christian nation, as many evangelicals assert, or a secular state, as others contend. He approaches the title's question from a historical perspective, helping listeners see past the emotional rhetoric of today to the recorded facts of our past. This updated edition reports on the many issues that have arisen in recent years concerning religion's place in American society including the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage, contraception, and the Affordable Care Act, and state-level restrictions on abortion and demonstrates how they lead us to the question of whether the United States was or is a Christian nation. Fea relates the history of these and other developments, pointing to the underlying questions of national religious identity inherent in each.

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Title: Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now

Author: Walter Brueggemann

Narrator: Adam Verner

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 3 hours 36 minutes

Release date: February 23, 2021

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

In this new edition, popular author Walter Brueggemann writes that the Sabbath is not simply about keeping rules but rather about becoming a whole person and restoring a whole society. Brueggemann calls out our 24/7 society of consumption, a society in which we live to achieve, accomplish, perform, and possess. We want more, own more, use more, eat more, and drink more. Brueggemann shows listeners how keeping the Sabbath allows us to break this restless cycle and focus on what is truly important: God, other people, all life. Perfect for groups or self-reflection, Sabbath as Resistance offers a transformative vision of the wholeness God intends, giving world-weary Christians a glimpse of a more fulfilling and simpler life through Sabbath observance.

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Title: Can I Believe?: Christianity for the Hesitant

Author: John G. Stackhouse Jr.

Narrator: Tom Parks

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

Release date: February 23, 2021

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Maybe Christianity is actually true. Maybe it is what believers say it is. But at least two problems make the thoughtful person hesitate. First, there are so many other options. How could one possibly make one's way through them to anything like a rational and confident conclusion? Second, why do so many people choose to be Christian in the face of so many reasons not to be Christian? Yes, many people grow up in Christian homes and in societies, but many more do not. Yet Christianity has become the most popular religion in the world. Why? This book begins by taking on the initial challenge as it outlines a process: how to think about religion in a responsible way, rather than settling for such soft vagaries as 'faith' and 'feeling.' It then clears away a number of misunderstandings from the basic story of the Christian religion, misunderstandings that combine to domesticate this startling narrative and thus to repel reasonable people who might otherwise be intrigued. Grounded in scholarship but never ponderous, Can I Believe? refuses to dodge the hard questions as it welcomes the intelligent inquirer to give Christianity at least one good look.

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Title: Drowning in Screen Time: A Lifeline for Adults, Parents, Teachers, and Ministers Who Want to Reclaim Their Real Lives

Author: David Murrow

Narrator: Mark Owen

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 31 minutes

Release date: February 16, 2021

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Between Zoom meetings, online classes, social media, gaming, and binge-watching TV series, humans now spend most of their free time submerged in screen life—and that’s taking a toll on real life. The good news is there’s a way back. Bestselling author David Murrow provides a rescue plan for parents, adults, teachers, and ministers who want to help others (or themselves) achieve screen-life/real-life balance. Built around five simple parables, Drowning in Screen Time shows you what screens are doing to your family and relationships, why screen content is so addictive, and how to find freedom and confidence in real life. Full of positive, practical ideas, it will teach you how to keep your digital head above water.

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Title: In My Grandmother’s House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit

Author: Yolanda Pierce

Narrator: Yolanda Pierce

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Release date: February 16, 2021

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

What if the most steadfast faith you'll ever encounter comes from a Black grandmother? The church mothers who raised Yolanda Pierce, dean of Howard University School of Divinity, were busily focused on her survival. In a world hostile to Black women's bodies and spirits, they had to be. Born on a former cotton plantation and having fled the terrors of the South, Pierce's grandmother raised her in the faith inherited from those who were enslaved. Now, in this book, Pierce reckons with that tradition, building an everyday womanist theology rooted in liberating scriptures, experiences in the Black church, and truths from Black women's lives. Pierce tells stories that center the experiences of those living on the underside of history, teasing out the tensions of race, spirituality, trauma, freedom, resistance, and memory. A grandmother's theology carries wisdom strong enough for future generations. The Divine has been showing up at the kitchen tables of Black women for a long time. It's time to get to know that God.

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Title: Practicing Thankfulness: Cultivating a Grateful Heart in All Circumstances

Author: Sam Crabtree

Narrator: Joe Geoffrey

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Release date: February 9, 2021

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Practical Teaching on Practicing Thankfulness What Christians believe about God is visible in how they exhibit thankfulness for all he has done on their behalf. Pastor Sam Crabtree offers a practical resource to encourage believers to express glad-hearted thankfulness for God’s unending provision. This book provides insight into daily practices that exemplify thankfulness, such as speaking a word of thanks to a neighbor, serving others in a practical way, or thanking God for his many gifts. By living each day with gratitude in mind, Christians are doing more than saying a word of thanks or lending a helping hand―they are recognizing the absolute and total lordship of God, his sovereignty over all things, and his kindness in using his almighty power to work all things for good.

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Title: Unhindered Abundance: Restoring Our Souls in a Fragmented World

Author: Ken Baugh

Narrator: Ken Baugh

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Release date: February 9, 2021

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Have you ever felt stuck in your Christian life? Have you wondered if the abundant life Jesus promised is really available for you right here and right now? If you answered yes to either of these questions, then this book is for you. This book will help you identify the spiritual growth barriers that are keeping you stuck as well as show you the way to experience more of the abundant life: a life characterized by more love, joy, peace, and hope than you ever dreamed possible before. Ken Baugh draws us into the inner workings of the brain and the heart, which inform how we process negative and traumatic experiences, but which also can be diverted from health and wholeness by such negative experiences. How we process hard things intellectually and spiritually recalibrates us toward either health and wholeness or bitterness and defeatism. Ken helps us rewire our brains by simmering in the Scriptures that remind us whom we belong to and what God has promised us. The end result is a resilient, robust faith prepared to weather every storm and keep in step with Jesus.

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Title: Theological Ethics: The Moral Life of the Gospel in Contemporary Context

Author: W. Ross Hastings

Narrator: Tom Parks

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Release date: February 2, 2021

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Be Prepared to Think Theologically through Today's Most Pressing Ethical and Moral Issues In Theological Ethics theologian, pastor, and ethicist W. Ross Hastings gives pastors, ministry leaders, and students a guide designed to equip them to think deeply and theologically about the moral formation of persons in our communities, about ethical inquiry and action, and about the tone and content of our engagement in the public square. The book presents a biblical perspective and a gospel-centered framework for thinking about complex contemporary issues in ways are life-giving and that will lead readers into greater flourishing as human persons in community. This book is distinctive in presenting: - A framework for theological ethics that is robustly theological and Trinitarian. Ethics isolated from the gospel and theology becomes bad news, but when it is informed by and empowered by participation in the triune God of grace, it is part of the good news of the gospel. - An approach to theology and theological ethics that makes the Word of God the ultimate authority and it is therefore grounded in the biblical narrative and texts. - An understanding that theological ethics are inherently missional. The church as the image of the triune God makes it the home of ethics, but in light of its missional identity, it will reverberate outwards to engage the world in ways that are humble and not power-mongering, that are gospel-based and shalom-evoking. Theological Ethics is for those who lead churches or ministries (or someday will) and who urgently need deep theological grounding as they daily encounter ethical and moral issues where they need to provide a gracious, truthful, and gospel-directed response.

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Title: Being the Bad Guys: How to Live for Jesus in a World That Says You Shouldn't

Author: Stephen Mcalpine

Narrator: Michael B. Carnes

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Release date: February 1, 2021

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

How to live confidently for Jesus in a culture that sees Christians as the bad guys. The church used to be recognised as a force for good, but this is changing rapidly. Christians are now often seen as the bad guys, losing both respect and influence.  In our post-Christian culture, how do we offer the gospel to those around us who view it as not only wrong but possibly dangerous? And how do we ensure that the secular worldview does not entice us away with its constant barrage, online and elsewhere, of messages about self-determinism? Author Stephen McAlpine offers an analysis of how our culture ended up this way and explains key points of tension between biblical Christianity and secular culture. He encourages Christians not to be ashamed of the gospel as it is more liberating, fulfilling and joyful than anything the world has to offer. He also offers strategies for coping in this world, with its opposing values, and for reaching out to others wisely with the truth.

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Title: Fall in Love with God's Word: Practical Strategies for Busy Women

Author: Brittany Ann

Narrator: Brittany Ann

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Release date: February 1, 2021

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

For many Christian women, the constant demands of family, pursuing a career, and managing a household leave little time or energy for anything else. As a result, more than half of women struggle to read God’s Word as much as they’d like. As a busy working mom of three, Brittany Ann, the founder of Equipping Godly Women, understands this struggle all too well. In her latest book, Fall in Love with God’s Word: Practical Strategies for Busy Women, Brittany Ann helps women of faith overcome spiritual resistance, create and maintain a quiet time they’ll love, and change their lives forever.   Full of practical, encouraging advice and plenty of Scripture, this book will help women fall in love with God’s Word like never before.