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Title: A Parent's Guide to Harry Potter

Author: Gina Burkhart

Narrator: Kate Reading

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-05-09

Publisher: christianaudio.com

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Indeed, the escapades of Harry Potter sparked significant conversation between Burkart and her kids. In this helpful, entertaining guide, Burkart shows how Harry Potter fits into the tradition of fairy tale writing and how this type of literature aids in building a moral framework. She highlights specific situations and emotions from Harry's world that children face in their own life, such as fear, anger, bullies, diversity and the choice of good over evil. Instead of magic words or easy answers, Burkart offers solid, practical advice for helping parents and children navigate Harry Potter's world - and our own - together.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

This was a Christmas gift and they loved it!

Connect with Your Children

When I began reading Harry Potter with my children, I was amazed at the discussions that emerged. I found my children relating to Harry and opening up about many issues they face every day. Our conversations began with the book but quickly leapt to much deeper discussions about fear, love, anger, bullying, prejudice, hate. Our Christian faith always entered as a model for decision making and acting. The christian parallel of love that runs through the entire Harry Potter series often ignites these Christian connections.

I wrote this book so that other parents would get a chance to experience these discussions. I wanted parents who are leary to see the potential of reading these books with their children. In A Parent's Guide to Harry Potter, I explain how Harry Potter fits into the fairy tale genre and how fairy tales often help children release their fears. Additionally, I pull out some of the real issues in Harry Potter and provide sample questions that could be used to begin discussions. Most importantly, I show parents that these books aren't about magic at all, rather they show that magic does not solve problems. It is love that saves snd protects Harry. It is love that continues to help him prevail in the battle of good and evil--not magic.

Excellent Resource for Parents

Finally! Here is an excellent resource parents can use to explore and ENJOY the wealth of important topics their children are engaging in Harry Potter. The questions in each chapter make it easy to go from reading together to discussing thoughts, feelings, aversion of evil and aspirations toward goodness. Easy to read, easy to use, solidly academic and carefully considered by a sincere Christian parent. This book can enrich families of faith and those for whom faith is not the central issue.

Connie Neal, author of many books found at www.amazon.com/author/connieneal

Great for all parents!

I picked up this book to try and figure out why there is a controversy surrounding Harry Potter. I found it very well written, to the point, and a major resource for parents who are looking for a guide to talk about all literature with their children. Yes, there is a Christian slant to the book, but if you are not Christian many of the discussion points about good v. evil, love, overcoming conflict, etc - are relevant to everyone's lives.

A great book for parents of new Harry Potter readers!

After recently reading my first Harry Potter book, I picked up A Parent's Guide To Harry Potter as a supplement to what I had read. I was impressed with the easy approach Ms. Burkart gives to the series.

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Title: Sin Boldly

Subtitle: A Field Guide for Grace

Author: Cathleen Falsani

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-22-08

Publisher: Zondervan

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Justice is getting what you deserve. Mercy is not getting what you deserve. And grace is getting what you absolutely don't deserve.

©2008 Cathleen Falsani (P)2008 Zondervan

Members Reviews:

Thought provoking

Although I don't completely agree with everything in this book, it is very thought provoking. Some people might be surprised by her mild profanity sprinkled through out, but I thought it was authentic and not gratuitous in anyway.

I would recommend it to anyone who doesn't mind being challenged to think outside their box. It definitely isn't for the faint of heart, extremely conservative or those who think they already know all the answers.

Recommended by a friend!

If you could sum up Sin Boldly in three words, what would they be?

Will listen again!

What did you like best about this story?

There's so much information, so many things I took from the book to apply to my own life that I'll keep this in my Kindle to listen to a couple times a year.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No

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Title: The Gutter

Subtitle: Where Life is Meant to be Lived

Author: Craig Gross

Narrator: Jason Harper

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-12-07

Publisher: Fireproof Ministries

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

The Gutter chronicles the author's journey to the gutter, telling the stories and sharing the insights he gained while spending time with the people who dwell there.

The Gutter serves as a manifesto for all different types of people in the Church: those who yearn to impact the culture around them, those who have reassessed their discovery of Christ and want to make their story known, and those who are seeking out new, fresh ways of exhibiting Christ's love to the poor in spirit.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Received.

Best Spirituality Book I've Read in 20 years.

EVERY PASTOR/MINISTER/YOUTH LEADER MUST READ THIS BOOK!! Gross clearly lays out the concepts of "love the sinner, hate the sin" that 98% of "Christians" seem to forget. He balances the fine line between compromising your faith and putting yourself on the level that most of the people we try to reach are on. He gives clear examples of what he's talking about, and encourages you to find your own niche. What I love most is how he also acknowledged that we, as humans, are prone to fall ourselves and that our humanity is not a liability, but a tool to be used. I highly, highly recommend this book to all people in ministry of any kind.

The Gutter

This book is very good, and full of many excellent ideas and quotes. I often read with a highlighter in hand, and my copy is full of yellow. However, the amount of pushing the author gives to the idea of "The Gutter" gets a little old, and I found myself thinking "Ok, I get the idea, you don't have to say it again."

I also found it difficult to pinpoint exactly what the author identified as "The Gutter" that he was talking about. In the beginning of the book he writes out a list of what the gutter is, and the explanations he gives all seem to be different from each other. Throughout the book, I was left asking "Which gutter is he talking about now? The physical place? The spiritual? The emotional?"

It is easier to be critical than to praise, so I will leave it at those few issues I have with the book. I would recommend it to others, but warn them to try not get too bored with the seemingly forced theme.

Amazing

What a great book. Craig Gross really puts it into perspective about what a true Christian is called to. The gutter can be anywhere and we were all there at one point in our lives.

Not only is the subject great, the book is written in an easy to read way. The reader is kept interested the whole way through, with stories and encouragement.

Great author, great book. Thumbs up. Now I'm off to the gutter. :)

Life Changing!

Growing up, I had different beliefs than those around me, but found those differences difficult to express. Thanks to Craig, my feelings found words that could describe them! The Gutter is one of, if not my absolute favorite, books. Thank you, Craig. I truly enjoy your works, as they are uplifting and centering (my life). God bless!

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Title: God's Harvard

Subtitle: A Christian College on a Mission to Save America

Author: Hanna Rosin

Narrator: Bernadette Dunne

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-04-07

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 21 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Hanna Rosin spent a year and a half following these students from campus to Congress, conservative think tanks, Hollywood, and other centers of influence. Her account captures a nerve center of the evangelical movement at a moment of maximum influence and also crisis, as it struggles to remake the modern world in its own image.

Critic Reviews:

"Making it clear that the American evangelical population is growing in political and cultural influence, Rosin provides an illuminating, accessible guide to the beliefs, aspirations and ongoing challenges of its next generation." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

thoughtless diary

With such a divisive issue as religious indoctrination at the university level at author Rosin's feet; she seemingly reduced her review to what appeared as anecdotal stories or even entries in her diary. What opinions she provided were "tongue in check" and frankly, not provocative.

More people should know about this movement

This book is very informative, which is good because hardly anyone knows the difference between the wealthy dominionists described in this book and the holy rollers on TV who get all the press. Finally a book that does get it. I wish it had explained more about the adults behind this movement and focused less on student life. I guess that's because I've read book after book about theocracy and most of them fall far short of unearthing this wealthy stealth dominionist movement. They all tend to focus on the wild-eyed holy rollers in a bunker somewhere. I would like to know even more about this movement with the real power. Another book that does get it right about these wealthy, powerful, behind-the-scenes dominioninsts is "The Family" by Jeff Sharlet. The rest of them seem to focus on holy rolling Pentecostals with no power, and miss how much real power these stealth, staid, quiet, dominionists have. I enjoyed the parts of this book that explained the difference between the Gothardites at Patrick Henry and the more affluent, savvy, dominionists who don't "look funny" to the outside world. I don't understand why the founder of Patrick Henry is against St. Augustine and what that fight was about. I don't understand Calvinism. I thought Patrick Henry was Calvinist but this book seems to explain that it is not. So many dominionists are Calvinist and I can't understand how Calvinism is tied to dominionism or Gothard's hierarchy of authority. Whom should I fear more, Calvinists, patriocentrists, or the savvy people behind Patrick Henry and the ones described in Sharlet's book? I wish someone would write "Calvinism for Dummies" and explain how and if Calvinism relates to this movement or if Calvinism is not to blame. The patriocentrists on the web have me scared to drive past a Presbyterian church. Anyway how do these people keep their kids from rebelling when they get older?

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Title: Dirty Little Secret

Author: Craig Gross

Narrator: Craig Gross

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-13-06

Publisher: Zondervan

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

By 2005, porn had reached epidemic proportions and affected almost everyone. This book is about Craig Gross, a young pastor helping those inside the world of porn, and the stories, insights, and secrets he's learning on his journey.

©2006 Craig Gross (P)2006 Zondervan

Members Reviews:

JESUS LOVES PORN STARS, TOO.

Addiction to pornography has exploded in epidemic proportions, infiltrating churches and holding our pastors, friends, and family members prisoner. But no one not even the Church is talking about this dangerous and destructive addiction.

DIRTY LITTLE SECRET follows Pastor Craig Gross as he breaks the silence and begins his ministry, XXXchurch.com, a website devoted to fighting pornography. As he meets people in the industry and those addicted to porn, Craig exposes the very real human face of pornography and the destructive physical, emotional, and spiritual toll it takes. DIRTY LITTLE SECRET plainly reveals the addictive lure of pornography, explores the pain and brokenness it causes, and challenges us as individuals and as the Church to talk about and openly fight pornography. Its thesis: Dont be tempted to keep this secret any longer, but roll up your sleeves and do something about it to help at least one person break free.

Craig Gross takes the time to tell his story and display the very human face of porn addicts and the stars they idolize. He does an excellent job of laying out the growing problems facing our culture without being overly dramatic, preachy, or needlessly graphic. The book effectively communicates an important message: The suffocating prison of pornography can only be battled by the hard, frustrating work of genuinely loving people.

Many will say porn is harmless I always knew it was not, but Craig Gross makes a most powerful anecdotal case for its poisonous grip on our entire culture. I suspect that many if not most Americans will at least admit that our society is one in which we are constantly bombarded with sex. Many will say porn stars have made their own choice, but Gross gets into the nuances of an aggressive industry that hunts unwitting victims. Most pastors wouldnt venture where Pastor Gross has, but he and his XXX Church embrace this devastation to keep grace and hope alive for the victims of the porn pandemic.

Having once had a major issue with pornography, I am sadly familiar with much of the subject matter of this book. Gross writes about the harm of the porn industry in a matter-of-fact way, which cuts through all the stereotypes of the business and its workers and shows the raw truth of how horrible the world on the inside can be. The big glitzy stars in this world exist in only the top ten percent, and age is their biggest enemy. The countless other actors usually will do anything to just pay the bills. Drugs are a way of life to help most of these people get through a day on the set; women in particular are often treated like cheap cuts of rotting meat

Don't get me wrong. Admittedly this book is very one-sided and focuses on the worst-case scenarios to emphasize the authors point. However, it is also directed at those who know, at least to some degree, that they have a problem with porn.

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Title: The Wisdom of Huston Smith

Subtitle: In Conversation with Michael Toms

Author: Huston Smith, Michael Toms

Narrator: Huston Smith, Michael Toms

Format: Original Recording

Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-03-04

Publisher: Hay House

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 24 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

The life of Huston Smith reads like an adventure novel. One of the foremost religious scholars in the world today, Smith has lived in a missionary household in China, monasteries in Japan, and a sweat lodge in North America. Smith has engaged many of the contemporary wisdom giants, including Thomas Merton and the Dalai Lama, and believes in the eternal mystery of life, cautioning against our "tendency to reduce the Divine to where it is easily manageable by our finite mind."

©2002 New Dimensions Foundation; (P)2004 Hay House, Inc.

Critic Reviews:

"Fascinating; it feels as if you're eavesdropping on a well-paced conversation that is at once friendly and enlightening." (AudioFile)

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Title: Meditations

Subtitle: On the Monk Who Dwells in Daily Life

Author: Thomas Moore

Narrator: Thomas Moore

Format: Abridged

Length: 1 hr and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-16-99

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Many of the disciplines of monastic life can be successfully applied to everyday life. Find out how prayer, meditation, chants, and more can be used to enrich our often mundane existence. Thomas Moore, the best-selling author of Care of the Soul, was a member of a monastic order for 13 years.

©1994 Thomas Moore; (P)1994 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

Members Reviews:

unusual meditations

Thomas lives up to his namesake. He is a depth psychologist and former monk who has a deep understanding of what soul is and how it must be developed in order to live a more complex and satisfying life. His other books go deeper into that development, but the flavor of a life lived as an expression of developed soul shines through this little book of his, experiences as both monk and former monk. I was touched.

Five Stars

Great book!

A Daily Read

I have my own copy and bought three more for Christmas gifts. Excellent, thoughtful, reading. I read a page a day; then, start the book over again for my daily meditative reading.

One Star

ho hum

The Spirit Of The Monk Lives Within Each Of Us

Meditations by Thomas Moore is a collection of 100 short anecdotes and thoughts regarding the symbol of the monastic life. Moore lived as a Catholic monk for twelve years and this book represents some of his thoughts and observations concerning the simultaneous comparing/contrasting of the monastic and mundane lifestyles.

There's something about this book that is warm and inspirational -- it calls each of us to recognize and embrace the monastic spirit which is to be cultivated in daily life. It just seems to make me feel more... whole.

One of the verses that has stuck with me over the years was this comment concerning the refectory: "I wonder if the silence that sometimes descends upon people at a restaurant is due to a passing monkish spirit and not to a failure of communication." Whether or not this may be literally true, it conveys a sense of the sacred in everything; anything may be sublimated and made meaningful once the awareness of such is born.

I recommend this book for anyone and everyone to reflect upon in order to further consecrate that sense of the temenos or sacred boundary within our lives.

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Title: In the Beginning: Understanding the Book of Genesis

Author: Prof. Daniel L. Smith-Christopher PhD

Narrator: Prof. Daniel L. Smith-Christopher PhD

Format: Original Recording

Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-23-17

Publisher: Now You Know Media Inc.

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

This is the Genesis course you've always wanted. Engaging, thought-provoking, and humorous, this delightful course promises fresh insights into the Bible's second most popular book.

Genesis contains some of the most familiar stories of the entire Old Testament, and it features some of the most unforgettable characters in all of history: Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham and Sarah, Jacob and his wives Rachel and Leah, and their 12 sons, including the famous Joseph.

However, Genesis also contains perplexing mysteries of the Bible.

Through this brilliantly taught series, you'll survey Genesis' contents and its historical context in biblical and ancient history. Look at the fascinating cycles of stories surrounding the central characters of Abraham and Sarah, Jacob and his wives Rachel and Leah, and Joseph while seeking answers to biblical mysteries.

You will consider a wide range of opinions about the various aspects of the stories of Genesis in order to deepen your appreciation and enjoyment of this fascinating book. If you have ever wanted to grasp a deeper understanding of Genesis, this unique new course is for you.

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Title: It Could Happen Tomorrow

Subtitle: Audio Study Series

Author: Gary Frazier

Narrator: Gary Frazier

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-18-09

Publisher: Casscom Media LLP

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

This Teaching Series will not only inform you, it will inspire you and challenge you to increased evangelistic consciousness, greater missionary concern and a desire to live a holy life in an unholy age. Dr. Frazier is a much sought-after speaker on the subject of Bible Prophecy.

©2009 Dr. Gary Frazier; (P)2009 Casscom Media

Members Reviews:

We're All Doomed

This is a series of lectures on eschatology. People who have a natural inclination toward subjects like The Rapture, the Books of Daniel, Ezekiel, and Revelation; Biblical prophecy, and The End Times will find this most interesting. Much of it is preaching to the choir. One should have a basic grasp of The Bible. I did not feel it was for someone new to the subject.

If you fall into the intermediate category necessary to understand what is going on, then this may be for you. I feel the author spoke in sweeping generalities and gave little example from Scripture to explain why he feels these events will occur. The lectures are: The Rapture, Fact or Fiction; The Russo-Islamic Attack of Israel, The Death of American and the Birth of a New World Order, The Appearance of the Anti-Christ: Is He Alive Today; The Glorious Appearing of Christ.

And, from what I have gleaned, he feels the answer is "yes". And that is about it. I would suggest if you are new to this subject that you check out the YouTube videos by Dr. Chuck Missler.

I should backtrack a little. This audio book is four hours long. One cannot go terribly deep in that time. Also, there is supposed to be a PowerPoint presentation to accompany this, which is not included. But I felt this was topical and without explanation for those who are new to the subject.

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Title: Faith in Real Life

Subtitle: Creating Community in the Park, Coffee Shop, and Living Room

Author: Mike Tatlock

Narrator: Kelly Ryan Dolan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-03-11

Publisher: Zondervan

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

An effective new voice in the contemporary church movement shares important lessons from his failures and successes in building a community that reaches out with maximum impact within an emerging culture. Over the past decade, Mike Tatlock has been on a journey to examine the life of Jesus with a view to developing a church that truly makes a difference. His hard-won lessons have shaped a ministry philosophy that is connecting people in community to engage the world around them - from the living room to the coffee shop and beyond. His clear strategy intentionally connects people and provokes them to be about something bigger than themselves. It generates momentum in a culture where people long to be part of a cause that is bigger than being a member of a church. And it creates a network of lives bonded together through authentic relationships.

Faith in Real Life is not a collection of theoretical how-tos but an inspiring flight of discovery designed to help church leaders and their members take the risk to live fully, effectively, and engagingly as the body of Christ in this world.

Members Reviews:

Not Traditional Advice, but Not Bad

This book is not a theology book or a ten-step process to a better church. It is not intended to be. It is the church journey of a man from traditional childhood church to leading a non-traditional church, yet in many ways a much more effective church than the traditional. I, too, am all too familiar with the typical traditional church. They seem to be either so full of doctrine that they have no love or life, or so full or trying to love and accept that they contain little truth. Some churches realize their deadness, and so try to humanly liven things up by adding a "praise band" or "worship team." Some add a contemporary service, dividing their own congregations in half unintentionally. Mike Tatlock has been through typical churchianity and was not content. He sought God and is attempting to follow, trying to stand upon the word of God while at the same time realizing that most people do not. Rather than having a poorly attended weeknight of soul-winning for the church, Tatlock rather desires a life of soul-living that never stops impacting the individual Christian, who in turn never stops impacting the rest of his environment. It is all too true that many of our churches welcome visitors, as long as they fit in. Pastor Tatlock has learned that none of us really fit in, and so he welcomes all.

faith in real life tells about three stages of community, from the outer to the inner. He refers to them as the park, the coffee shop, and the living room. I think it would be good to add one more in the outer level for those of us quite introverted, preferring to communicate by writing even over meeting in the park. Perhaps it could be called the chat room.

Having never attended Pastor Tatlock's church, it would not be fair for me to give my impression of the effectiveness of his strategy. I have read the book, though, and so can comment on that. He writes from his perspective of the trendy Portland area full of coffee shops. I am more familiar with the small towns where the Amish ride by frequently (the Amish are another good example of community). I love to read more than talk.