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Becoming an Adult: Advice on Taking Control and Living A Happy and Meaningful Life

Becoming an Adult focuses on the growth, connecting, separating, and choices that every human being must go through. Dr. Henry Cloud highlights key issues that individuals face as they are tasked with navigating adulting. Some of the topics discussed are: - dependency, authority, and boundaries. - reevaluating beliefs, decision making, and discipline. - sexuality, fear of disapproval, and guilt. Dr. Cloud teaches us how to become a healthy, productive, and faithful adult in society. With clear, insightful, and easy-to-follow guidelines, Dr. Cloud is a relatable and trustworthy voice. After reading Becoming an Adult, readers will: - learn how to bond with others and strengthen their existing relationships. - be able to separate from others and identify a better sense of self. - grow emotionally and spiritually. - identify how to make their own path that aligns with their interests and beliefs.

Henry Cloud (Author), TBD, Tom Parks (Narrator)

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Their Finest Hour: 30 Biblical Figures Who Pleased God at Great Cost

A powerful collection of 30 Bible stories about people whose faith in God brought them their finest hour. In today's world, it's easy to fall prey to the approval addiction--seeking the praise of others instead of focusing on pleasing God. In Their Finest Hour, best-selling author R.T. Kendall highlights 30 Bible characters who put their trust in God despite their moments of self-effacing vulnerability. Through these stories, we can learn valuable lessons about faith and trusting God even when it isn't popular or easy to do so. You'll learn the importance of sticking to your convictions, letting God be in control, and trusting His plan for your life through stories of biblical figures, including: - Leah, who experienced delayed significance. - Rahab, who saw a better future with God's people. - Habakkuk, who was willing to wait on the Lord. Their Finest Hour is for ordinary Christians looking to deepen their faith, their understanding of the Bible, and their relationship with God. Relatable stories and personal anecdotes make this book an invaluable resource for pastors, teachers, small groups, and believers seeking inspiration and guidance in their spiritual journey. An enlightening and engaging exploration of moments when ordinary people achieved greatness in the eyes of God, Their Finest Hour will inspire you to seek the true honor that comes from God alone.

R.T. Kendall (Author), TBD, Tom Parks (Narrator)

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No Small Snakes: A Journey Into Spiritual Warfare

Are You Ready for Battle? As a Peace Corps volunteer in rural Nigeria, a much-younger Gordon Dalbey scoffed at an illiterate laborer's account of dark spirits that had invaded his house. The man looked the highly educated American squarely in the eye. 'There are no small snakes,' he declared. Even as the smallest poisonous snake can easily kill the largest and strongest man, to discount dark spiritual forces is not only arrogant, but dangerous. No Small Snakes relates Dalbey's upending journey from scoffer to spiritual warrior, from arrogance to bold humility. Both spiritual memoir and soldier's manual, this book will challenge you to face the spiritual battle at hand today and prepare you to win it - in your heart and in the world.

Gordon Dalbey (Author), Tom Parks (Narrator)

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When Demons Surface: True Stories of Spiritual Warfare and What the Bible Says about Confronting the

Are demons real? Do ghosts exist? Do some unresolved medical and mental health issues have a spiritual connection? In When Demons Surface, former senior military chaplain Steve Dabbs answers those questions and more. Exploring more than fifty true stories of supernatural encounters from pastoral and personal experiences as well as historical research, this book is scholarly yet simple, hair-raising and enlightening. When Demons Surface will fascinate those curious about supernatural experiences, equip pastors with a resource for those seeking answers, and enlighten advanced Bible readers with insights from Hebrew, Greek, and ancient literature. It will enable readers of all levels to identify supernatural encounters with angels and demons, exercise biblical authority over evil spirits, and help discern whether some unresolved mental or medical health issues are the result of spiritual warfare.

Steve Dabbs (Author), Tom Parks (Narrator)

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Why Hell?: Three Christian Views Critically Examined

Most people believe that hell is the final state of the condemned following the final judgment. At the same time, many people cannot comprehend why God created hell for the unsaved. Respected church fathers held a variety of views dating back to the early centuries of the church. This book explains views on why hell exists: unending suffering, the annihilation of the unrepentant, and the rehabilitation of the lost. Most Christians are unaware of the scriptural basis for each of these positions. Why Hell? is meant to educate the interested reader without advocating for any one point of view. The following are some of the book's features: - Biblical vocabulary of hell and positions held throughout early Christian history - Positive cases presented on three perspectives: traditionalist, conditionalist, and restorationist - Critiques of each view - Helpful charts at the back of the book that summarize and cross-examine the arguments for each view Steve Gregg provides food for thought for both trained theologians and serious Christian readers who want all the data and then consider for themselves the consequences of three Christian perspectives on hell.

Steve Gregg (Author), Tom Parks (Narrator)

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Redeeming Sex in Marriage: How the Gospel Rescues Sex, Transforms Marriage, and Reveals the Glory of

Scott Mehl (Author), Tom Parks (Narrator)

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Resilient and Redeemed: Lessons about Suicidality and Depression from the Psych Ward

You Are Not Alone God cares deeply about you and your mental health. Author and mental health advocate Chris Morris has battled depression and suicidality his entire adult life. Even coming to Christ didn't change this, which is something many fellow Christians don't seem to understand. He still had to face the grief of unrelenting illness, the shame of struggling, and the pain of poor guidance. In this compassionate and engaging book, Chris shares how he overcame these challenges and invites you to do the same-no matter your diagnosis. Weaving biblical truth and personal stories with thoughtful strategies and hard-earned wisdom, he helps you move past fear and shame to combat the specters of depression and suicidality. God is still there, even in the darkest of places. May this book be a step in the process of healing and help you find hope in your battle. Includes reflection questions and Scripture meditations.

Chris Morris (Author), Tom Parks (Narrator)

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Jesus, Contradicted: Why the Gospels Tell the Same Story Differently

The differences and discrepancies in the Gospels constitute the foremost objections to their reliability and the credibility of their message. Some have tried to resolve Gospels contradictions with strained harmonization efforts. Many others conclude that the Gospels are hopelessly contradictory and, therefore, historically unreliable accounts of Jesus. In Jesus, Contradicted, New Testament scholar Michael Licona shows how the genre of ancient biography, to which the Gospels belong, actually allows biographers to be flexible in how they report events, construct a narrative, and make an argument. Licona demonstrates that the intentional changes to the Jesus tradition by the Evangelists reveal that the differences in how the Gospels report events are not grounds for their rejection. Instead, they are a result of the Gospel writers employing standard literary conventions common in their time for writing ancient biography. Licona introduces readers to the genre of ancient biography through Plutarch, who wrote 48 of the 90 extent biographies written within 150 years of Jesus, giving numerous examples of compositional devices employed by Plutarch, and comparing them with instances in the Gospels where the Evangelists appear to use similar techniques. Licona also examines Theon's Progymnasmata, a first-century textbook that provides six techniques for paraphrasing one's sources when writing a narrative. In doing so, he helps readers understand why the Gospels report many events differently. Finally, Licona concludes by addressing the thorny question of whether the editorial moves commonplace in ancient biography are compatible with the doctrines of the divine inspiration and the inerrancy of Scripture. Rather than trying to resolve discrepancies by bending the Gospel narrative, which risks making them say things they aren't saying, Jesus, Contradicted situates the Gospels within their proper context and helps readers account for differences in the Gospels in a cohesive and historically cogent way.

Michael R. Licona (Author), Tom Parks (Narrator)

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Rising with Hope: A 30-Day Devotional for Overcoming Anxiety and Depression

Even when the darkness seems complete, the light of hope is closer than you think. Sharing the lessons he learned during his own battle with anxiety and depression, Mark Chironna empowers you to move from your dark depths into the shining heart of hope. Weaving the best of theology and Christ-centered psychology with practical help, Scripture, and encouragement, this thirty-day devotional will help you navigate the darkness with courage, cultivate hope-filled daily habits, pray with honesty and expectancy, implement life-giving spiritual practices, and look to the future with anticipation. It's easy to lose hope when the darkness never seems to lift or the mental and spiritual battles rage on with no end in sight. Yet you are never lost. You can-and will-rise with hope again.

Mark Chironna (Author), Tom Parks (Narrator)

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The Jobs To Be Done Playbook: Align Your Markets, Organization, and Strategy Around Customer Needs

'Jobs To Be Done is key to building successful products, and this book masterfully gives a step-by-step guide on how to put it into practice.' -Melissa Perri, author of Escaping the Build Trap These days, consumers have real power: they can research companies, compare ratings, and find alternatives with a simple tap. Focusing on customer needs isn't a nice-to-have, it's a strategic imperative. The Jobs To Be Done Playbook (JTBD) helps organizations turn market insight into action. This book shows you techniques to make offerings people want, as well as make people want your offering.

Jim Kalbach (Author), Tom Parks (Narrator)

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The Secret of Directional Investing: Making Money Amidst the Red-Blue Rumble

To know the trend, spot the trend, or shape the trend is to make money. The trend is your friend-investors know that. But the biggest money comes from the biggest events. The more delta, the more alpha. In that spirit, The Secret of Directional Investing offers a new way of thinking about investing, steeped in culture and history. Focusing on megatrends, this book points out ways to profit from an understanding of two kinds of trends: those that can be spotted, and those that can be shaped. There's money in both. The Romans weren't kidding when they said, Audentes Fortuna luvat-Fortune favors the bold. The Secret of Directional Investing is a bold look at investments and potential investments.

James P. Pinkerton (Author), Tom Parks (Narrator)

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The 100 Most Asked Questions about God and the Bible: Scripture's Answers on Sin, Salvation, Sexuali

In an era when people watch more TikTok videos than sermons and doom scroll more than read their Bibles, false teachings and questions about God and the Bible abound. For more than two decades, S. Michael Houdmann and GotQuestions.org have cut through the confusion, answering even the hardest of questions with clarity, grace, and love. GotQuestions.org receives more than 16 million visitors each month and is the most trusted biblically grounded resource online. This book answers 100 of the most frequently asked questions on the site in a compassionate, accessible, and straightforward manner, covering topics like salvation and how we're supposed to live; heaven and the afterlife; sex; difficult passages in the Bible; and the end times. People have big questions. And those answers have real-world consequences. Here is the biblical truth we all need to understand God's Word and apply it to our lives.

S. Michael Houdmann (Author), Tom Parks (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Tom Parks