Audiobooks narrated by Mark Smeby

Revering God: How to Marvel at Your Maker

Prepare to be awestruck at the most reliable, enjoyable, victorious, loving, redemptive, and expressive being in existence...your Creator. This is an invitation to revere God. At the deepest level, the chief reason we are all here is to glorify and enjoy God. But for many people, God remains a vague, wispy, cloud of cosmic kindness, a super-sized projection of ourselves into the sky, or an impossible-to-please killjoy. But who is God, really? Who is this being we should thank for our next breath? Who has He revealed himself to be in His Word? Questions like these inspire some to deep dive into theology. They emerge with a sophisticated new vocabulary, a head full of syllogisms, and a God who seems more like an abstract x at the end of a logical equation than the living, moving, affectionate God of Scripture. In Revering God, bestselling author Thaddeus Williams invites you to meet the real, living God, offering profound insight into God's attributes and practical ways to live a God-centered life, bridging the gap between abstract theology and awe-inspired devotion. Revering God features: - Scripture that shows what God revealed about himself. - Stories from contemporary theologians on how divine attributes have impacted their lives. - Exercises and practical steps to live out God's attributes at home, in your community, and in the workplace. - Recommended resources for further study. Learn to encounter God and worship him in a way that draws you into a deeper state of awe, joy, and reverence for the One who made you.

Thaddeus J. Williams (Author), Mark Smeby (Narrator)

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The Joy Challenge: Discover the Ancient Secret to Experiencing Worry-Defeating, Circumstance-Defying

What if you could close the 'joy gap,' that distance between how you feel now and the way you wish you felt? In The Joy Challenge, pastor and bestselling author Randy Frazee shares the secret to experiencing real, lasting joy--and stepping into a life of contentment and purpose. If this sounds familiar, Frazee has good news for you. In The Joy Challenge, he shares the secret to experiencing genuine joyfulness, the kind of resilient happiness that doesn't evaporate in the face of challenges and setbacks. Bringing together research about the science of happiness with the apostle Paul's masterclass on joy in the book of Philippians, The Joy Challenge will help you - discover the vital link between increasing your joy and winning the battle against worry and anxiety; - develop patterns and mindsets of gratefulness and forgiveness that clear obstacles to happiness; and - access the kind of circumstance-defying contentment that opens the door to a truly fulfilled life--even when there's a gap between the life you have now and the life you hope for. As you encounter these easy-to-understand principles, thought patterns, and habits, you'll begin to experience more joy and happiness, transforming your relationships and your outlook for the better. It's time to discover the freedom of a deeply joyful life.

Randy Frazee (Author), Mark Smeby (Narrator)

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My Utmost for His Highest: Modern Classic Edition

The timeless wisdom of Oswald Chambers shines in this new Modern Classic Edition of the beloved 365-day devotional first published by his widow in 1924. With a thoughtful approach to the language and context of the original, the author's voice has been carefully preserved and the Bible texts updated to the New International Version. Full of powerful challenge to devote your all for God's highest glory, these readings open the way to deeper, stronger faith.

Oswald Chambers (Author), Mark Smeby (Narrator)

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How Great is Our God: Living a Worship-Led Life in a Me-Driven World

Recenter God in your life with How Great Is Our God: Living A Worship-Led Life In a Me-Driven World by Grammy Award-winning worship artist Chris Tomlin. In this intimate look at his songs, Tomlin shows how worship music is more than just music but a tool for putting God first. Living in a me-driven world means being the king of a small, earthbound kingdom. Chris Tomlin posits that when you choose to live a worship-led life instead, you will eventually gain welcome to God's eternal kingdom. After spending over two decades as one of the most successful worship musicians in the market, he's learned that he wasn't just called to sing but to lead others to God. He shows with his writing how God is all around us, encouraging us to reject the worldly notion of living for ourselves and instead decide to live for Him. Tomlin uses his experience as a worship artist to detail what it means to truly live a worship-led life, including: - Exploring how his songs emphasize a God-centered life, - Explaining how Christians can redefine worship in their everyday lives, - And breaking down Bible verses that celebrate God's greatness. How Great Is Our God calls readers to remember the true meaning of worship-singing God's praises both inside and outside of church. When you live a me-driven life, you choose to focus on yourself, but when you live a worship-led life, you choose to focus on God and others. Follow along with Chris Tomlin as he considers the importance of reshaping your world around God and laying yourself at His feet.

Chris Tomlin, J.D. Walt (Author), Mark Smeby (Narrator)

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The Entrepreneurial Brain: How to Ride the Waves of Entrepreneurship and Live to Tell About It

Finally, a user's guide for people with entrepreneurial brains and those they work and live with. When your biggest superpower is also your most critical weakness, it helps to have a manual on how to control it. Entrepreneurs are creative, bold thinkers and risk-takers capable of great accomplishments. At the same time, for every success story, there is a counter story of an epic collapse caused by a lack of a moral compass, values, or proper guidance. Jeff Hays knows the highs and the lows having ridden that rollercoaster many times in his life and career and provides a much-needed user's manual for entrepreneurs everywhere and the people in their work and personal lives. - Gain insights into the mindset entrepreneurs need to develop in order to survive. And when Hays says survive, he means it: Your money, your relationships, your sanity, and even your life are at stake if you don't come to understand why you are the way you are, and how to manage it. - Learn specific business tools to enjoy even more success than you've imagined. From real-world step by step instruction in how to raise money for your venture, to how to build a build an email list and market to that list, Hays shares hard won experience that isn't taught in any theoretical school. - Increase your perspective on the common pitfalls you need to avoid. Hays has learned the pitfalls the hard way, letting his entrepreneurial brain drive him off a cliff over and over again. Failure has been one of his greatest teachers, showing him how to work with his brain and how to work with others. - Access the wisdom and insights of mentors and other leaders. Throughout this groundbreaking book, Hays shares the transformational wisdom he learned from his own mentor along with insights and perspectives from a variety of industry leaders and influencers to help you experience all of the ups, and more, while protecting yourself against some of the downs.

Jeff Hays (Author), Mark Smeby (Narrator)

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Follow the Healer: Biblical and Theological Foundations for Healing Ministry

There is a simple, yet transformative, truth that fundamentally changes the way we think about and approach the ministry of praying for others to be healed. It's the simple truth that Jesus heals-- the healing ministry to which we are called is not primarily our ministry, but Christ's. What we are called to do is to participate in his ongoing healing ministry. And as his ministry continues today through his body, the Church, he invites us to join him. In Follow the Healer, Stephen Seamands draws upon four decades of teaching theology and active involvement in healing ministry to help us grasp the 'why-to' of healing that comes before the 'how-to.' He lays out the essential theological foundations for healing ministry in a way that is simple and accessible. This holistic, Wesleyan approach to healing will help traditional evangelicals more readily embrace healing ministry and lead Pentecostals and charismatics already engaged in this ministry move toward a more wholistic and discerning approach to healing. Accompanying figures are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.

Stephen Seamands (Author), Mark Smeby (Narrator)

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God's Story in 66 Verses: Understand the Entire Bible by Focusing on Just One Verse in Each Book

Grasp God's Word in sixty-six easy verses The Bible can seem like a big, intimidating book-mysterious, archaic, and often hard to understand. Written over a span of fifteen hundred years, and completed nearly two millennia ago, God's Word sometimes feels like a mishmash of stories and literary styles. How can twenty-first-century readers-like you-make sense of it all? Author Stan Guthrie's answer: begin by zooming in on one key verse for each of the Bible's sixty-six books. Seeking to bring clarity and simplicity to the study of God's Word, Guthrie has written a concise, easy-to-digest collection of wisdom anchored by one verse for each book, from Genesis to Revelation-a verse that summarizes or lays the foundation for that book, placing it in context with the rest of the Scriptures. Read this book, and you'll feel as if you've read the entire Bible-but you'll also yearn to continue exploring its depths and mining its riches on your own.

Stan Guthrie (Author), Mark Smeby (Narrator)

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Set Adrift: Deconstructing What You Believe Without Sinking Your Faith

How to analyze and reevaluate your Christian beliefs and experiences in the church while keeping the core of your faith intact. The number of Christians leaving the church today is significant. Many feel there is no place for them within the faith-they no longer feel at home in their church community or tradition. For various reasons, they are unsettled by the version of Christianity they've inherited. Stripping away the nonessential aspects of Christianity, Sean McDowell and John Marriott will help you navigate the jarring questions and cultural challenges that lead many to walk away from the faith. You'll come to recognize that there are other ways Christians throughout history have understood what faithfulness to Jesus looks like. Each chapter provides practical advice on how to disassemble, rethink, and reassemble beliefs that are truly Christian and culturally and personally relevant. You'll learn how you can continue to seek an authentic faith by: - Establishing Jesus and his teachings as the foundation. - Utilizing the creeds as boundary markers of what is essential. - Seeing the entire Bible as a truthful revelation from God. - Seeing Christianity as a historic and global tradition that encompasses diverse communities and viewpoints. The authors of this book can personally identify with the process of disillusionment that many young believers go through. They wrote Set Adrift as people who had to navigate their own way back through the fog of deconstruction. They wrote it to offer their own personal suggestions for what to do when you're not sure what to believe anymore. Reflection questions and resources are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.

John Marriott, Sean McDowell, Sean Mcdowell (Author), Mark Smeby, Steve Johnson (Narrator)

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Two-and-a-half centuries after his death, the complex life of composer Johann Sebastian Bach continues to fascinate. Bach's colorful life was anchored in his belief that 'music has been ordered by God's Spirit'?so much so that he began each composition by scrawling Jesu, juva (Jesus, help me) at the top of a blank page and concluded each with S.D.G. (short for Soli Deo Gloria, to God alone be the glory). Through the eyes of noted music and culture writer Rick Marschall, the intensely personal yet boldly public faith that earned Bach the nickname 'The Fifth Evangelist' takes on fresh meaning. From a survey of Bach's family and its deep Christian roots to a behind-the-scenes look at how he crafted his masterpieces, this book paints a picture of an astonishing figure and his relationship with his God. Marschall brings Bach's enduring music and influence to the postmodern world and to all who would draw inspiration from his relentless pursuit of divinely ordained creativity. Appendixes are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.

Rick Marschall (Author), Mark Smeby (Narrator)

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The Master's Mind: The Art of Reshaping Your Thoughts

God Wants to Help You Overcome Your Greatest Battle of All What we think and believe determines who we are. If that's so, then why are we so insecure, defensive, lonely, empty, fearful, depressed, self-absorbed, dysfunctional, angry and confused? We are a mess. But that's not what God has in mind for us. In fact, the Master has hope, strength, beauty, joy, love, creativity, freedom, power, peace, patience, goodness, laughter, organization, effectiveness and purpose for us. So, what went wrong? We lost our identity in our sin. We've become unanchored, tossed about on the sea of a million influences, none of which is our Master's heart or mind. Between the world, the flesh and the devil, we don't know what to think and therefore our lives are filled with hurt, pain and regret. Someone is running the show in our minds and it's not us, at least not the real us, nor the real owner. Jesus is not okay with this. He died to save us from our sins and set us free. He made a way for our souls to be rescued from our enemies. He bought the territory of our minds and planted His flag of holy ground. It's time for us to get angry enough to take back control of our minds, to master them and bring them back in alignment with the Master's will. It's time to return to The Master's Mind.

Lance Hahn (Author), Mark Smeby (Narrator)

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The Little Red Book of Wisdom: Updated and Expanded Edition

The search for wisdom invariably leads us back to the places we've overlooked. If you're seeking simplicity in a complicated world, Mark DeMoss' insights will illuminate your path to a wiser and more deliberate way of living. Exploring the notions of integrity, humility, and self-restraint, DeMoss demonstrates what is possible when we value listening and thinking over talking and doing. Now updated and expanded with two additional chapters, the bestselling The Little Red Book of Wisdom is an easy-to-read collection of inspirational nuggets of wisdom that will uplift and encourage you from the very first page. With more than 100,000 copies sold, this amazing little book offers 25 chapters of tried-and-true advice and tips to give you a new perspective that will enrich your life at home, in your relationships, and throughout your career. For example, you'll: - Learn why a postage stamp is worth much more than its face value, and what time of day wisdom flourishes. - Find out the wisest decision anyone can make, and the value of eating lunch alone. - Rethink the advantages of technology, and learn how to safeguard yourself against any shadow of deathbed regret. The Little Red Book of Wisdom makes a great gift for graduation, birthdays, and the holidays. Step out of the incessant business of your daily life, and spend a few moments learning timeless and foolproof truths that you can apply right away. Wisdom is not just for past generations; it calls to you today. You only need to respond.

Mark Demoss (Author), Mark Smeby (Narrator)

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The Jesus of Suburbia: Have We Tamed the Son of God to Fit Our Lifestyle?

Like the first-century Pharisees, we've reduced Christianity to a set of propositional beliefs. Truth is, we've gotten away from what it really means to be a Christian. In The Jesus of Suburbia, Mike Erre reveals that we've created a Jesus in our own image. In a fresh, startling manner, Erre helps us understand that the real Jesus is calling us to live, act, and think in ways that overturn the status quo. 'Expect no sugar-coated sweetness about 'felt needs' and in-church coffee bars from Erre, pastor of teaching at Rock Harbor Church in Costa Mesa, Calif. Expect instead compelling discussion of how the Christian church has lost sight of the revolutionary teaching and love of Jesus. 'Much of the message of American Christianity presents Jesus as the purveyor of the American Dream,' he says. American Christians, he claims, have reduced Jesus to a study of risk management; we want him to be 'predictable and safe.' Erre also uses the adjectives 'insecure, threatened, naive, simplistic, mean and shortsighted' to describe many of today's churches. He lambastes our love of theology instead of Jesus, our contentment with 'simply knowing about him instead of knowing him.' While this protest continues in the vein of other recent books that take a hard look at Jesus and the church (Jesus Mean and Wild; Out of Your Comfort Zone), it offers a fresh look at how the American church must begin 'demonstrating the message of Christ,' not merely explaining it. After all, says Erre, 'if you follow Jesus, you follow the most radical man who ever existed.''--Publishers Weekly

Mike Erre (Author), Mark Smeby (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Mark Smeby