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The Cross and the Lynching Tree
- By: James H. Cone
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 542
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 445
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Story5 out of 5 stars 441
The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the African American community. In this powerful work, theologian James H. Cone explores these symbols and their interconnection in the history and souls of black folk.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great work to listen to on July 4th 2020
- By Jason Como on 07-04-20
- The Cross and the Lynching Tree
- By: James H. Cone
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
really smacks you in the face
Reviewed: 07-15-22
The theme of the book is very challenging to a white Christian like myself. I have often struggled to reconcile my own adherence to Christianity in the face of daily revelations of the church's complicity in, and often in support of, barbarism. I cannot count the times I've had Christ's words ring in my head, "These people worship with their lips, but their heart is far from me"
Equally, I have struggled with how the slaves, and later, the Jim Crow African Americans managed to maintain their faith to a religion that openly supported white supremacists, to a God that allowed white supremacy to continue.
The author addresses both of these questions admirably.
I also feel somewhat justified in my own belief that the gospel is only an opiate administered to the suffering to lessen their pain when it is preached without concrete works to end their suffering.
The narration was great as well.
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The Day Freedom Died
- The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court, and the Betrayal of Reconstruction
- By: Charles Lane
- Narrated by: Jim Bond
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 48
America after the Civil War was a land of shattered promises and entrenched hatreds. In the explosive South, danger took many forms: white extremists loyal to a defeated world terrorized former slaves, while in the halls of government, bitter and byzantine political warfare raged between Republicans and Democrats.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Story That Had to Be Told
- By pablo on 07-07-17
- The Day Freedom Died
- The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court, and the Betrayal of Reconstruction
- By: Charles Lane
- Narrated by: Jim Bond
Very detailed, fully developed, thoroughly researc
Reviewed: 04-07-21
Charles Lane does a super job of presenting this Massacre as not only a horrifying instance in American history but also as a groundbreaking legal precedent that has haunted our nation ever since. It was truly spooky to read the events and headlines of the reconstruction era and wake up daily reading the same in my morning paper. We've been here before. I wonder, are we going to kowtow to the supremacists again?
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Between Two Kingdoms
- A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
- By: Suleika Jaouad
- Narrated by: Suleika Jaouad
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4,118
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,674
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3,650
In the summer after graduating from college, Suleika Jaouad was preparing, as they say in commencement speeches, to enter “the real world”. She had fallen in love and moved to Paris to pursue her dream of becoming a war correspondent. The real world she found, however, would take her into a very different kind of conflict zone. It started with an itch - first on her feet, then up her legs, like a thousand invisible mosquito bites. Then a trip to the doctor and, a few weeks shy of her 23rd birthday, a diagnosis: leukemia, with a 35 percent chance of survival.
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2 out of 5 stars
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This was painful.
- By Meredith Nutrition on 07-31-22
- Between Two Kingdoms
- A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
- By: Suleika Jaouad
- Narrated by: Suleika Jaouad
Very enlightening book beautifully narrated
Reviewed: 03-12-21
I picked this book so that I might improve my ability to empathize and speak to cancer sufferers. Suleika Jaouad does a beautiful job of painting the mind of a cancer patient on the front end and back side of treatment and all the places between. Additionally, her narration drifts through the treatise like a cool summer breeze. I honestly believe I could listen to her discuss building codes and be mesmerized.
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Knowing God
- By: J. I. Packer
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,583
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,200
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,177
A lifelong pursuit of knowing God should embody the Christian's existence. According to eminent theologian J.I. Packer, however, Christians have become enchanted by modern skepticism and have joined the "gigantic conspiracy of misdirection" by failing to put first things first. Knowing God aims to redirect our attention to the simple, deep truth that to know God is to love His Word.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Do not pass up on this book!
- By BluCat15 on 03-20-16
- Knowing God
- By: J. I. Packer
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
Good book for someone new to the faith
Reviewed: 03-02-21
Most of what JI Packer discusses is a rehash of what has been said before. His explanation of why it was necessary for Christ to die on the cross was original and and made the whole book a worthwhile adventure.
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All of Grace
- By: Charles Spurgeon
- Narrated by: Ella Porter
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story5 out of 5 stars 16
"All of Grace" ("An Earnest Word with Those Who Are Seeking Salvation by the Lord Jesus Christ") by Charles H. Spurgeon aims to provide guidance for those who try to find the true meaning of life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a wonderful find!
- By C on 10-20-19
- All of Grace
- By: Charles Spurgeon
- Narrated by: Ella Porter
great narration and subject
Reviewed: 01-08-21
super book for those seeking an authentic conversion to a very real and living Christ.
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Gilead
- By: Marilynne Robinson
- Narrated by: Tim Jerome
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,113
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,335
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,330
In 1956, toward the end of Reverend John Ames's life, he begins a letter to his young son, an account of himself and his forebears. Ames is the son of an Iowan preacher and the grandson of a minister who, as a young man in Maine, saw a vision of Christ bound in chains and came west to Kansas to fight for abolition: He "preached men into the Civil War", then, at age 50, became a chaplain in the Union Army, losing his right eye in battle.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A book for dreaming over
- By Penelope Wisner on 04-18-05
- Gilead
- By: Marilynne Robinson
- Narrated by: Tim Jerome
paints a picture with words
Reviewed: 11-10-20
Marilyn Robinson is wonderful wordsmith, the landscapes and emotions truly come alive within the pages of this book. if her mission was to highlight the humanity of Calvinists I would say, mission accomplished.
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The Cost of Discipleship
- By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,352
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,968
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,947
What can the call to discipleship, the adherence to the word of Jesus, mean today to the businessman, the soldier, the laborer, or the aristocrat? What did Jesus mean to say to us? What is his will for us today? Drawing on the Sermon on the Mount, Dietrich Bonhoeffer answers these timeless questions by providing a seminal reading of the dichotomy between "cheap grace" and "costly grace."
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5 out of 5 stars
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Get this book
- By Jennifer L. Conover on 03-02-10
- The Cost of Discipleship
- By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
solid guide for the seeking
Reviewed: 10-16-20
well written and narrated, solid guide for the christian who seeks a closer relationship with Christ
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Wingspread: Albert B. Simpson, a Study in Spiritual Altitude
- By: A. W. Tozer
- Narrated by: Matthew Erwin
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
Wingspread is the biography of A.B. Simpson, written by A.W. Tozer. A pastor and missionary, Simpson's work became what is now the Christian and Missionary Alliance, a denomination characterized by its Christ-centered teaching and emphasis on missions. Simpson's influence saw a convergence of Calvinistic doctrine with the holiness movements of the late 19th century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting story
- By lps562 on 07-26-21
great biography told with Tozer's usual frankness
Reviewed: 09-13-20
Great book about an enlightened man of God, written by an equally enlightened man of God. Tozer's matter of fact style of writing and vivid description of an inspired life is a stinging rebuke of the counterfeit faith that dominates the
modern church.
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Fear and Trembling
- By: Søren Kierkegaard
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 350
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 291
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 289
From the perspective of an unbeliever, Fear and Trembling explores the paradox of faith, the nature of Christianity, and the complexity of human emotion. Kierkegaard examines the biblical story of Abraham, who was instructed to sacrifice his son Isaac, and forces us to consider Abraham's state of mind. What drove Abraham, and what made him carry out such an absurd and extreme request from God? Kierkegaard argues that Abraham's agreement to sacrifice Isaac, and his suspension of reason, elevated him to the highest level of faith.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book and Formidable Narration
- By MFC on 03-06-20
- Fear and Trembling
- By: Søren Kierkegaard
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
very thought provoking
Reviewed: 02-12-20
The concepts presented were to difficult to grasp through an audible book. I've got the print book on the way.
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The Power and the Glory
- By: Graham Greene
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 565
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 493
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 490
Graham Greene explores corruption and atonement in this penetrating novel set in 1930s Mexico during the era of Communist religious persecutions. As revolutionaries determine to stamp out the evils of the church through violence, the last Roman Catholic priest is on the lam, hunted by a police lieutenant. Despite his own sense of worthlessness—he is a heavy drinker and has fathered an illegitimate child—he is determined to continue to function as a priest until captured.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Lousy recording quality of bad narration
- By Vincent on 10-08-12
- The Power and the Glory
- By: Graham Greene
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
Grace and redemption defined in a lifetime
Reviewed: 06-13-19
the book started a little confusingly but quickly ensnared me in the life of a fallen priest. I would say more but I don't want to spoil the book for the next reader.
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