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Title: Priests of History: Stewarding the Past in an Ahistoric Age

Author: Sarah Irving-Stonebraker

Narrator: Kellie Jones

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Release date: September 24, 2024

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

How can Christians engage meaningfully with history? In an age underpinned by the idea that life is about self-invention and fulfilment, contemporary Western culture holds that the past has little to teach us. We live in what this book terms the 'Ahistoric Age,' in which we are profoundly disconnected from history. In the attempt to appear relevant, the church often embraces this ahistoric worldview by jettisoning the historic ideas and practices of Christian formation. But this has unintended consequences, leaving Christians unmoored from history and losing the ability to grapple with its ethical complexities. In Priests of History, Sarah Irving-Stonebraker draws upon her expertise, and her experience as an atheist who has become a Christian, to examine what history is and why it matters. If Christians can learn how to be 'priests of history,' tending and keeping our past, history can help us strengthen and revive our spiritual and intellectual formation and equip us to communicate the gospel in a confused and rootless world.

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Title: Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity

Author: Diarmaid Macculloch

Narrator: Diarmaid Macculloch

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 25 hours 37 minutes

Release date: September 19, 2024

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin. A major new assessment of one of the most controversial topics in history Few matters produce more public interest and public anxiety than sex and religion. Much of the political contention and division in societies across the world centres on sexual topics, and one-third of the global population is Christian in background or outlook. The issue goes to the heart of present-day religion. The Bible observes that God made humanity ‘for a little while lower than the angels’. If humans are that close to angels, where lies the difference? Is it human sexuality and what we do with it? In a single lifetime, Christianity or historically Christian societies have witnessed one of the most extraordinary about-turns in attitudes to sex and gender in human history. There have followed revolutions in the place of women in society, a new place for same-sex love amid the spectrum of human emotions, and a public exploration of gender and trans identity. For many the new situation has brought exciting liberation – for others, fury and fear. This book seeks to calm fears and encourage understanding through telling a three-thousand-year-long tale of Christians encountering sex, gender and the family, with noises off from their sacred texts. The message of Lower Than The Angels is simple, necessary and timely: to pay attention to the sheer glorious complexity and contradictions in the history of Christianity. The reader can decide from the story told here whether there is a single Christian theology of sex, or many contending voices in a symphony that is not at all complete. Oxford’s Emeritus Professor of the History of the Church introduces an epic of ordinary and extraordinary Christians trying to make sense of themselves and of humanity’s deepest desires, fears and hopes. ©2024 Diarmaid MacCulloch (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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Title: Sideshow: Living with Loss and Moving Forward with Faith

Author: Rickey Smiley

Narrator: Rickey Smiley

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Release date: September 17, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

How do you live with the pain of watching someone you love suffer from addiction? How do you cope with the grief of losing them especially when your job is to make people laugh every day? Comedian Rickey Smiley has dealt with these immensely difficult questions for years—first with his father, then with his son. Both battled drug addictions. Both died from overdoses. Both left Rickey weary and wounded. Far from healed, Rickey has learned how to find moments of peace. He's practicing how to hold the good with the grief, the past gifts with the present heartache, the hope with the hurt. It's the 'sideshow' he's living. It's anything but a smooth path, but he's on it, and he's moving forward. And he invites you to come with him. Join a fellow hurting soul as he sits with his trauma, leans into therapy, and relies heavily on his faith and Scripture, which give him solace and strength. Rickey and his story will help you: - Feel seen and know you are not alone - Process your pain and manage weariness and grief - Invite God's strength into your weakness - Find a way forward and move toward peace     Our pain may take hold of us in ways that are crippling, out of nowhere, and impossible to control. But there is One who can hold us tighter and keep us grounded, who gives the gift of peace that goes beyond understanding and guides us through each day.

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Title: Revering God: How to Marvel at Your Maker

Author: Thaddeus J. Williams

Narrator: Mark Smeby

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Release date: September 10, 2024

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Discover profound insight into God's attributes and learn practical ways to live a God-centered life that bridges the gap between abstract theology and awe-inspiring devotion. The chief reason we exist is to glorify and enjoy God. But for many, God remains a vague cloud of cosmic kindness, a super-sized projection of ourselves into the sky, or an impossible-to-please killjoy. Who is God, really? Who is this being we should thank for our next breath? Written in the great tradition of classic discipleship works like A. W. Tozer's The Pursuit of God, J.I. Packer's Knowing God, and R.C. Sproul's The Holiness of God, this discipleship guide stands out as our generation's invitation to good theology that yields profound, reverent, God-centered living. Bestselling author of Confronting Injustice without Compromising Truth invites you to live a more theologically robust and biblical life as you learn how art, cinema, music, philosophy, psychology, apologetics, church history, and most importantly Scripture, can deepen your understanding and enjoyment of God. This book is perfect for those who: - Are looking to deepen their faith and understanding of theology. - Feel that their grasp of theology has weakened their pure enjoyment of God. - Want to rise to the call of selfless discipleship amid the moral chaos of our world. Throughout the book, you'll find stories from brilliant living theologians and leaders, including Joni Eareckson-Tada, Michael Horton, John Perkins, Fred Sanders, each sharing how a particular divine attribute has impacted their personal lives.

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Title: Learning to Be Loved: The Everyday Believer's Guide to a Rich Relationship with God

Author: David Bowden, Mart Green

Narrator: Mart Green, David Bowden

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Release date: September 10, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Read by the authors. Are you feeling spiritually stuck? Release that frustration and discover a more natural way to relate to God in this biblically grounded, transformative book about how our passionate and creative God offers us gateways--that are already in our lives--to draw us closer to him. What if intimacy with God doesn't begin with us knocking at God's door but with God knocking down ours? In Learning to Be Loved, author and Spoken Gospel CEO David Bowden and Hobby Lobby's Mart Green remind us that spiritual growth starts not with our giving but with our receiving. This unique and freeing invitation to respond to God's initiative explores: - Common misconceptions that can hold back our spiritual growth - Practical 'doors'--such as dreams, wounds, and generosity--that are already in your life as ways for you to organically connect with God according to how he has made you - A vision of the Christian life that isn't about doing the right things but learning how receiving God's love moves us toward the right things - Practices to help you partner with God in living your own spiritual story rather than always comparing yourself to other people   Combining David's careful study and poetic voice with Mart's decades of wisdom about the simplicity of a life lived toward God, Learning to Be Loved unites biblical rigor and personal experience to show that intimacy with God isn't based on our ability to connect with him--but on all the ways he is constantly connecting with us.

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Title: Come Home for Christmas: Jesus Is Calling You Back to the Greatest Story Ever Told

Author: Matthew West

Narrator: Matthew West

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 3 hours 32 minutes

Release date: September 10, 2024

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Read by Matthew West, including bonus audio reading of ’Twas the Night Before Christmas. Enter the Christmas season with the intention of returning your heart to God. Matthew West, in his trademark creative and engaging style, leads readers through the eyes of a child at Christmastime to come home to greater joy, hope, peace, and belonging found only in Jesus. Take time during Advent to immerse yourself in God's goodness and the true meaning of Christmas. In the midst of what can be the busiest and most stressful holiday season, each chapter of Come Home for Christmas points the reader to the kingdom realities that God invites each of us to participate in through the birth of Jesus. Matthew West's humor, Bible-teaching, and storytelling challenge us to embrace this season of Christmas as the homecoming that God intends for it to be. Through the pages of this winsome and inspiring book, you will: - Feel the wonder of Christmas as you did when you were a child - Move beyond the baby in the manger to the Savior of the world - Return your heart to the joy, peace, love, and hope found in Jesus - Restore neglected or broken relationships with family and friends - Come home to the life God intended you to experience throughout the year   This special book, which springs out of Matthew's love for Christmas, reminds us that the story of Christmas calls readers back to the heart (or the home) of what it means to be loved by God. Each chapter will include a specific Bible reading about the Christmas story, and the book will include small group discussion questions and an Advent challenge. Reflection questions and recipes can be found in the audiobook companion PDF download.

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Title: The Spirit of Justice: True Stories of Faith, Race, and Resistance

Author: Jemar Tisby

Narrator: Jemar Tisby

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Release date: September 3, 2024

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Read by the author. The Black History You Never Knew: Uncovering Unsung Heroes in the Struggle for Racial Justice. The Spirit of Justice reveals the stories of the people who fought against racism and agitated for justice—and what we can learn from their example, their suffering, their methods, and their hope. How is it that people still work for change after continuously seeing the worst of humanity and experiencing the most demoralizing setbacks? What keeps them going? It is that spirit of justice that rises up 'like a war horse,' as Myrlie Evers-Williams famously said. It is a sense in the hearts of people who hunger and thirst for righteousness. In this book, award-winning author Jemar Tisby will open your eyes to the 'pattern of endurance' in the centuries-long struggle for Black freedom in America. Through a historical survey of the nation from its founding to the present day, this book gives real-world examples of people who opposed racism, how they did it, what it cost, and what they gained for themselves and others. For those who were galvanized by Tisby's call to action in his acclaimed The Color of Compromise, this book will inspire you to see past the complicity of the church and gain the determination to join the fight for racial justice, no matter the cost. As Tisby writes, 'The Spirit of justice is always at work to inspire followers of Christ to undertake acts of liberation and bear witness to the good news of their savior.' The photos can be found in the audiobook companion PDF download.

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Title: Meet Me in the Middle: 8 Mother-Daughter Conversations about Life and Faith

Author: Sandra Stanley, Allie Stanley Cooney

Narrator: Allie Stanley Cooney, Sandra Stanley

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Release date: August 27, 2024

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Read by the authors. You can have an open and trusting relationship with your teenager. Mother-and-daughter team Sandra Stanley and Allie Stanley Cooney write in alternating chapters to you and your middle school/early high school daughter in this unique, interaction-prompting book that will help you grow in connection, communication, and faith. Some conversations between parent and child don't happen until a crisis forces them to occur. At that point, defenses go up, lines are drawn, feelings are hurt, and solutions seem out of reach. But what if those conversations happened before a crisis? This book helps make that happen. As leaders at one of the country's largest churches, Sandra Stanley and Allie Stanley Cooney not only have professional backgrounds working with young people, they have walked this path together. In Meet Me in the Middle, they draw on their experience to help you: - Use eight planned opportunities to have comfortable discussions with your daughter about the topics you care about most - Learn natural ways to communicate your faith - Hear firsthand what your daughter is most stressed about - Help your daughter navigate fear and anxiety - Approach the tricky subjects of friends, boys, and dating   Discussion questions, Scripture, activity ideas, and outing suggestions in Meet Me in the Middle help pave the way to a strong, trusting relationship. As you and your daughter step toward one another, you'll explore how you both can: - Grow in faith as you find your identity and self-worth in Christ - Avoid the comparison trap - Nurture healthy relationships - Keep communication open   Meet Me in the Middle guides you to a loving, trusting relationship with your tween or teen daughter as you grow closer, seek out God together, and enjoy each other along the way. Activities can be found in the audiobook companion PDF download.

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Title: Church Girl: A Gospel Vision to Encourage and Challenge Black Christian Women

Author: Sarita T. Lyons

Narrator: Sarita T. Lyons, Jackie Hill Perry

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

Release date: August 20, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Reignite your purpose in Christ, restore your dignity, heal your pain, transform your rest, and learn how to flourish in today’s secular world as a Black Christian woman—from Bible teacher, speaker, and psychotherapist Dr. Sarita Lyons. “Masterfully intertwines the narratives of Scripture with the lived experiences of Black women, addressing with great wisdom the challenges we face.”—Lisa Fields, CEO of Jude 3 Project and author of When Faith Disappoints Black women are the hidden figures in the church. Despite at times being rendered invisible, uninvited, and unprotected in a racist and sexist world, they are valued image-bearers and influential instruments in God’s redemptive plan. Church Girl invites you, as a Black woman, on a journey from the garden to the present day. Your unique story as a Black woman lies within the grand narrative of Scripture, and the message of the gospel is the light, lens, and love you need to help you see and live as God intends. Church Girl helps answer some of your most internal pressing questions: • How do I understand my identity in light of Scripture? • How should I think about my purpose? • How can I thrive despite the opposition from racism and sexism? • How are Black women hurt in the church and how can I heal? • Why am I always exhausted from working and where can I find real peace and rest? • How can I flourish in a secular world and live out my faith with conviction and integrity? With compassion and wisdom, Dr. Sarita Lyons invites Black women to tackle the unique issues they face in the church with prophetic boldness, priestly compassion, a church leader’s wisdom, a counselor's insight, and a sister's relatability and love.

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Title: What It Means to Be Protestant: The Case for an Always-Reforming Church

Author: Gavin Ortlund

Narrator: Mike Lenz

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Release date: August 20, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1

Genres: Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

A Powerful Defense of The Protestant Tradition. There's a movement among evangelicals of exploring the more sacramental, liturgical, and historically-conscious church traditions, including Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. This hunger for historical rootedness is welcome—but unfortunately, many assume that this need can only be met outside of Protestant contexts. In What it Means to Be Protestant, Gavin Ortlund draws from both his scholarly work in church history and his personal experience in ecumenical engagement to offer a much-needed defense of the Protestant tradition. Retrieving classical Protestant texts and arguments, he exposes how many of the contemporary objections leveled against Protestants are rooted in caricature. He shows how historic Protestantism offers the best pathway forward and to historical rootedness for Christians today. In his charitable style, Ortlund demonstrates that the 16th century Reformation represented a genuine renewal of the gospel. This does not entail that Protestantism is without faults. But because it is built upon the principle of semper reformanda (always reforming), Protestantism is capable of reforming itself according to Scripture as the ultimate authority. 'I find it hard to overstate the importance of this book for every pastor/minister, elder, and serious Bible student that I know. . .This book automatically becomes my new go-to resource explaining Protestantism. It is fantastic, and I thank God for it. . .' —Bobby Harrington, co-founder of RENEW.org and Discipleship.org, founding pastor Harpeth Christian Church