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The Gospel of Ruth
- Loving God Enough to Break the Rules
- By: Carolyn Custis James
- Narrated by: Ruth Bloomquist
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 46
The Gospel of Ruth vests every woman’s life with kingdom purposes and frees us to embrace wholeheartedly God’s calling. This story of two women who have lost everything contains a profound message: God created women not to live in the shadowy margins of men or of the past, but to emerge as courageous activists for his kingdom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Insight
- By Amazon Customer on 11-09-15
- The Gospel of Ruth
- Loving God Enough to Break the Rules
- By: Carolyn Custis James
- Narrated by: Ruth Bloomquist
Deep scholarship & practical application
Reviewed: 03-11-25
The Gospel of Ruth excavates the deep truths of this little power packed OT book. Carolyn Custis James helps us really grasp the relevance of Ruth in the history of Scripture and for us today. It’s a gift.
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Forty Days on Being an Eight
- By: Sandra Maria Van Opstal
- Narrated by: Raquel Beattie
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
"Fosforito! The explosion happened so quickly there was no stopping it. My mother called me 'tiny match' when she would see this fire exploding from me." This is how Latina pastor, activist, and worship leader Sandra Maria Van Opstal describes her experience as an Eight. There came a point in her life when she saw how her fiery explosions were undermining her leadership. A wise spiritual director helped her discover how the Enneagram could reveal more about both her gifts and her weaknesses.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Soothing and revealing
- By Jocelyn C. Olson on 07-13-24
- Forty Days on Being an Eight
- By: Sandra Maria Van Opstal
- Narrated by: Raquel Beattie
helpful for anyone
Reviewed: 02-22-23
While the title emphasizes the specifics of the enneagram eight, the author presents spiritual reflections that are helpful for anyone whether you follow the enneagram or not. Humility, reflection, rest and embracing who God made us to be are essential lessons for all.
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Gospel Fluency
- Speaking the Truths of Jesus into the Everyday Stuff of Life
- By: Jeff Vanderstelt
- Narrated by: Jeff Vanderstelt
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 473
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 410
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Story5 out of 5 stars 404
At the core of Christianity is belief in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. But how should the Gospel affect our lives after we believe? And how can we speak Gospel truths into everyday issues of life? In this book, experienced pastor and speaker Jeff Vanderstelt shows how all people - Christians and non-Christians alike - need to hear the Gospel on a regular basis.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Applicable, accurate, and challenging
- By David N Caster on 04-09-17
- Gospel Fluency
- Speaking the Truths of Jesus into the Everyday Stuff of Life
- By: Jeff Vanderstelt
- Narrated by: Jeff Vanderstelt
helpful Christocentric approach to faith
Reviewed: 12-06-22
Gospel fluency offers a very relatable word picture to describe spiritual formation both in worldview and practice.
Moving from unbelief to active faith in Jesus is like learning a new language. One must practice and grasp the basic principles and inner logic of the language, practice speaking it others and immerse one into the world of that language.
Vanderstelt offers vivid examples to help internalize the facts of the gospel message into a faith that shapes our outlook on everything else.
The project is largely a success though there are limitations to his approach might impact concerns that those in my urban, multiethnic and multicultural context might desire as it relates to ethical issues of injustice, history and other dynamics. But the same principles in use in the gospel fluent framework can be used to build bridges of understanding across those language barriers too.
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Confronting Christianity
- 12 Hard Questions for the World's Largest Religion
- By: Rebecca McLaughlin
- Narrated by: Rebecca McLaughlin
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 661
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 579
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Story5 out of 5 stars 571
Christianity is the most widespread global belief system and promises to remain so well into the future. But for many educated Westerners, biblical Christianity is a dangerous idea - challenging some of their deepest beliefs. Channeling state-of-the-art research, personal stories, and careful biblical study, Confronting Christianity explores 12 questions that keep many of us from considering faith in Christ.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Eloquent and Nuanced Fundamentalism
- By David S on 05-04-20
- Confronting Christianity
- 12 Hard Questions for the World's Largest Religion
- By: Rebecca McLaughlin
- Narrated by: Rebecca McLaughlin
Challenging, clear & compelling
Reviewed: 10-12-22
No wonder this was voted the Book of the Year by Christianity Today.
McLaughlin jumps into the deep end - taking Christianity to task on all the most difficult topics of the day and does so with thoughtfulness, research, and empathy.
This book addresses the greatest objections of the day and presents a compelling case that will leave the open minded reader with some great insights to chew on.
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He Saw That It Was Good
- Reimagining Your Creative Life to Repair a Broken World
- By: Sho Baraka, Chris Broussard
- Narrated by: Sho Baraka, Chris Broussard, Tedashii Anderson, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 126
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 108
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Story5 out of 5 stars 107
We are surrounded by toxic stories and bad cultural thinking. We’re held back by incomplete theology. But does it have to be like that? Is frustration the end of the story? In the face of confusion and injustice, we can lose sight of our true narrative - the one that started in a garden and wants to make our real lives better today. Activist and recording artist Sho Baraka wrestles deeply and honestly with these questions, gives you permission to do the same, and shows a hard-earned path to creative change. With Sho, you’ll engage with art, justice, and history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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wow, creative, historical and full of faith
- By Rasool Berry on 03-23-22
- He Saw That It Was Good
- Reimagining Your Creative Life to Repair a Broken World
- By: Sho Baraka, Chris Broussard
- Narrated by: Sho Baraka, Chris Broussard, Tedashii Anderson, Nasia Danielle
wow, creative, historical and full of faith
Reviewed: 03-23-22
This book is one part poetry, one party history, one part theology, one part lessons on creativity and all parts worth a listen!
I see why this book won an Audie award, it is the most creative and entertaining audio boom I’ve ever heard. Listened to the whole thing in one sitting!
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Emotionally Healthy Spirituality
- It's Impossible to Be Spiritually Mature, While Remaining Emotionally Immature
- By: Peter Scazzero
- Narrated by: Peter Scazzero
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,385
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,138
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,122
In this updated edition, Scazzero shares new stories and principles as he outlines his journey and the signs of emotionally unhealthy spirituality. Then he provides seven biblical, reality-tested steps to become emotionally mature.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great content, read it on paper instead
- By Forrest Aldridge on 02-28-17
- Emotionally Healthy Spirituality
- It's Impossible to Be Spiritually Mature, While Remaining Emotionally Immature
- By: Peter Scazzero
- Narrated by: Peter Scazzero
The Perfect Synthesis of Spiritual & Natural Insights
Reviewed: 04-01-21
This book answers the question that many of us have: Why are the spiritual or religious often unpleasant, unhealthy and even unjust people?
Scazerro reveals the answer by leaning into the best insights of the Christian tradition, includes Jewish commentary into the Hebrew Bible and leverages them alongside the best insights from the social sciences including Family System Theory & genograms. The result is a book that offers the solution to the emotionally UNhealthiness we see in every segment of society including (and perhaps especially) among Christian communities who often haven’t embraced all of those perspectives.
Intensely practical and thoughtful, the author shares personal stories of his own journey of failure and success to make the picture vivid for us. This is a textbook for how to embody a type of spirituality that doesn’t merely seek to sanctify our cultures emotional unhealthy, but truly breath a new life into our way of being mind, body, emotions and spirit.
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Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- By: Trevor Noah
- Narrated by: Trevor Noah
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 216,666
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 196,009
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Story5 out of 5 stars 195,041
In this award-winning Audible Studios production, Trevor Noah tells his wild coming-of-age tale during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa. It’s a story that begins with his mother throwing him from a moving van to save him from a potentially fatal dispute with gangsters, then follows the budding comedian’s path to self-discovery through episodes both poignant and comical.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book and perfect narration
- By MarilynArms on 12-15-16
- Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- By: Trevor Noah
- Narrated by: Trevor Noah
Funny, gritty, insightful.
Reviewed: 11-28-18
If there was ever a book to “listen” to it’s this one. I bought it to get more insight about South Africa and it was very revealing to hear Noah speak in a variety of languages and accents. There were a few laugh out loud moments, but overall the book reveals how a bi-racial South African like Noah has such an insight into the topics of American politics and race. The language does get salty at times, but primarily it reflects the gritty environments and harsh realities of poverty, racism and sexism that surrounded Noah’s childhood. Yet in the midst of all that pain, there’s an unmistakable note of hope. Highly recommended!
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