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Publisher's summary
Insights from Philip Yancey's personal pilgrimage away from and back to the church.
Why are there so many more professing Christians than churchgoing Christians? Is it because something is wrong with the church?
In his candid, thought-provoking manner, award-winning author Philip Yancey reveals the reasons behind his own journey back from skepticism to wholehearted participation in the church, and weighs the church's human failings against its compelling worth as the body of Christ. Yancey does not whitewash the church's faults, rather he sets them against the overwhelming balance of its strengths: Its heart for God, its care for the hurting, its outreach to the lost, and its value as family and community.
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The title describes the book
- By Richard K. on 12-09-10
By: James Martin SJ
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Finding Our Way Again
- The Return of the Ancient Practices
- By: Brian McLaren
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
Brian McLaren guides us on this quest for an explanation of these spiritual practices, many of which go all the way back to Abraham and the establishment of Israel. In the midst of contemporary Christianity, we discover the beauty of these ancient disciplines and the transformation through Christ that each can provide.
By: Brian McLaren
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To Love and Be Loved
- A Personal Portrait of Mother Teresa
- By: Jim Towey
- Narrated by: Jim Towey
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story5 out of 5 stars 29
To Love and Be Loved is a firsthand account of Mother Teresa’s last years, and the first book ever to detail her dealings with worldly matters. We see her gracefully navigate the opportunities and challenges of leadership, the perils of celebrity, and the humiliations and triumphs of aging. We also catch her indulging in chocolate ice cream, making jokes about mini-skirts, and telling the president of the United States he’s wrong. Above all, we see her extraordinary devotion to God and to the very poorest of His children.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best book I've read in a long time
- By John on 04-02-24
By: Jim Towey
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Treasure in Clay
- The Autobiography of Fulton J. Sheen
- By: Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen
- Narrated by: Greg Friedman O.F.M.
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 235
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 208
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Story5 out of 5 stars 208
This autobiography includes childhood and seminary reflections, as well as Sheen's views on media stardom, pastoral work, international travels, conversions, Vatican II, Mary, and more. Listeners can expect to hear many of this saintly and sage communicator's famous phrases and inspiring stories. Treasure in Clay illuminates why Bishop Sheen is now called "Servant of God", a step towards possible canonization in the Catholic Church.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must-Read for Modern Communicators
- By Walter on 10-24-11
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The 10-Second Rule
- Following Jesus Made Simple
- By: Clare De Graaf
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 47
In this powerful audiobook, you’ll discover a memorable, simple way to be attentive to the voice of God and courageously obedient to the promptings of the Spirit. You’ll find practical ideas for discerning God’s will, and you’ll hear stories of ordinary men and women - just like you - who are living by the Rule and how it has transformed their lives and the lives of those they reach out to. The 10-Second Rule is a call to rediscover the revolutionary power of simple obedience as Jesus taught it and the early church lived it, before religious Christianity tamed it!
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5 out of 5 stars
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worth the time to read
- By karla clark 1961 on 01-19-22
By: Clare De Graaf
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Jesus Feminist
- An Invitation to Revisit the Bible's View of Women
- By: Sarah Bessey
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 375
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 326
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 322
In Jesus Feminist, Bessey shares her spiritual journey, which ranges from growing up in a post–gender-debate home to learning about the worldwide struggles of women and the obstacles even a well-meaning church can pose. Through disarmingly intimate storytelling, she tells how she grew to understand the story of God and the vastness of his work through women.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Love the book; HATE the reader.
- By bsamps on 01-27-17
By: Sarah Bessey
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Dirty Glory
- Go Where Your Best Prayers Take You
- By: Pete Greig
- Narrated by: Pete Greig
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 132
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 118
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Story5 out of 5 stars 116
You were created to walk and talk with the living God. Prayer is the most natural, powerful, and universal expression of Christian faith. Why then is it sometimes so difficult? Continuing the adventures described in his best-selling memoir, Red Moon Rising, Pete Greig reveals the struggles, miracles, and hard-won insights gleaned from 15 years of 24-7 prayer, mission, and justice.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Without Any Doubt The BEST Audible Book for Any Person of Faith
- By Mark Herndon on 02-27-21
By: Pete Greig
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When God Doesn't Make Sense
- By: James C. Dobson
- Narrated by: Mike Trout
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Story5 out of 5 stars 79
Every person who lives long enough will eventually encounter circumstances that are difficult to explain theologically. From years of counselling experience, Dr. James Dobson offers assurance of God's constant care, even when human suffering is beyond our comprehension.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good book for difficult times
- By Judith J. on 12-05-17
By: James C. Dobson
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Upside-Down Spirituality
- The 9 Essential Failures of a Faithful Life
- By: Chad Bird
- Narrated by: Brandon Batchelar
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story5 out of 5 stars 29
In our age when the church can too often seem like a poor copy of the world, Chad Bird challenges us to reclaim the astounding originality of our ancient, backward faith. With compelling examples from the Bible and today, Bird paints an enticing picture of the counterintuitive, countercultural life that God wants for us. He helps listeners delight in all of the ways that Jesus turned the world upside down, allowing us to experience true freedom, not from our weaknesses but in the midst of them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great messages for today
- By Fred M on 07-24-22
By: Chad Bird
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Unveiling Grace
- The Story of How We Found Our Way Out of the Mormon Church
- By: Lynn K. Wilder
- Narrated by: Julie Lyles Carr
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 510
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 452
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 456
For 30 years, Lynn Wilder, once a tenured faculty member at Brigham Young University, and her family lived in, loved, and promoted the Mormon Church. Then, their son Micah, serving his Mormon mission in Florida, had a revelation: God knew him personally. God loved him. And the Mormon Church did not offer the true gospel. As Lynn tells her story of abandoning the deception of Mormonism to receive God's grace, she gives a rare look into Mormon culture, what it means to grow up Mormon, and why the contrasts between Mormonism and Christianity make all the difference in the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enlightening information
- By S. Herzog on 08-19-14
By: Lynn K. Wilder
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What Is God Really Like?
- By: Craig Groeschel - editor, Andy Stanley, Francis Chan, and others
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer, Don Leslie, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 149
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 123
Craig Groeschel (lifechurch.tv) and his church have hosted an international multichurch campaign called One Prayer, a month-long concerted focus on unifying the many different, diverse churches participating by praying together and serving their local communities. This compilation book features chapters by seventeen passionate church leaders, including Andy Stanley, Francis Chan, Jentezen Franklin, Perry Noble, Steven Furtick, and others.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Content Good/Narration Weak
- By William on 05-31-11
By: Craig Groeschel - editor, and others
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The Genius of One
- God's Answer for Our Fractured World
- By: Greg Holder
- Narrated by: Greg Holder
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 29
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Story5 out of 5 stars 29
The world is fractured. Tensions are high, patience is low, and goodwill is hard to come by. In The Genius of One, author and pastor Greg Holder reminds us of the high value Jesus and his early followers placed on community and offers guidance for how to see and relate to one another in emotionally and spiritually healthy ways so that we, the church, can fulfill Jesus' prayer for us and model a better way of loving one another in a fractured world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book, excellent narration!
- By Kelly Brazil on 02-16-24
By: Greg Holder
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Ragamuffin Gospel
- By: Brennan Manning
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,407
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,189
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,190
Many believers feel stunted in their Christian growth. We beat ourselves up over our failures and, in the process, pull away from God because we subconsciously believe He tallies our defects and hangs His head in disappointment. In this new edition - now with a foreword by Michael W. Smith, testimony by Rich Mullins and the author's own epilogue, "Ragamuffin Ten Years Later," Brennan Manning reminds us that nothing could be further from the truth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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JUST AS WE ARE, NOT AS WE 'SHOULD' BE
- By Kindle Customer...Tony Chiarilli on 08-30-12
By: Brennan Manning
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The Spirit Contemporary Life
- Unleashing the Miraculous in Your Everyday World
- By: Leon Fontaine
- Narrated by: Leon Fontaine
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 43
How would your world change if you regularly experienced the miraculous? And what if this happened everywhere you went - in a way that attracted people to Jesus? It wouldn't just make a difference in your world...it would make the world different.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Life Changing
- By Ruth-Anne Penner on 07-07-16
By: Leon Fontaine
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- David
- 07-10-17
Indeed, Why Bother with Church?
I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this book.
However, to be honest, I'd have preferred Philip Yancey reading it (not that Maurice England did a bad job reading it).
I'm looking forward to sharing the thoughts I learned here with a friend, Andy, who's struggling with this very question right now, 'Why Bother with Church at all?'
David Gatende, Nairobi, Kenya, 10th July 2017.
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