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Why I Jumped: A Dramatic Story of Finding Hope beyond Depression

Why I Jumped: A Dramatic Story of Finding Hope beyond Depression

by Tina Zahn and Wanda Lee Dyson

On July 19, 2004, an amazing story, accompanied by incredible police camera video footage, broke across network and cable news programs. After a high-speed chase to the top of Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge in Green Bay, Wisconsin, a young woman stopped, stepped out of her car, walked to the edge of the bridge--and jumped. State trooper Les Boldt raced over, thru… Read more…

Peace Child: An Unforgettable Story of Primitive Jungle Treachery in the 20th Century
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Peace Child: An Unforgettable Story of Primitive Jungle Treachery in the 20th Century

by Don Richardson

Narrated by Richardson, Don

In 1962, Don and Carol Richardson risked their lives to share the gospel with the Sawi people of New Guinea. Here is their unforgettable story of living among these headhunters and cannibals who valued treachery through fattening victims with friendship before the slaughter. God gave Don and Carol the key to the Sawi hearts via a redemptive analogy from thei… Read more…

Prodigal Comes Home: My Story of Failure and God's Story of Redemption

Prodigal Comes Home: My Story of Failure and God's Story of Redemption

by Michael English

A painfully honest story of human weakness and God's unending forgiveness.Thirteen years ago, amidst scandal, sin, and shattered lives, Michael English fell from the pinnacle of the Christian music world. In 1994, newspapers around the world blared the headline, "Gospel Singer Named Artist of the Year Turns in His Awards After Confirming He Had an Affair… Read more…

Twelve Extraordinary Women: How God Shaped Women of the Bible, and What He Wants to Do with You
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Twelve Extraordinary Women: How God Shaped Women of the Bible, and What He Wants to Do with You

by John MacArthur

Narrated by MacArthur, John

Celebrated for their courage, vision, hospitality, and spiritual giftedness, it's no wonder women were so important to God's plan revealed in the Old and New Testaments. It wasn't their natural qualities that made these women extraordinary but the power of the one true God whom they worshiped and served. // In Twelve Extraordinary Women, you'… Read more…

Twelve Ordinary Men: How the Master Shaped His Disciples for Greatness, and What He Wants to Do with You
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Twelve Ordinary Men: How the Master Shaped His Disciples for Greatness, and What He Wants to Do with You

by John MacArthur

Narrated by MacArthur, John

Contrary to popular belief, we do not have to be perfect to do God's work. Look no further than the twelve disciples whose many weaknesses are forever preserved throughout the pages of the New Testament. Jesus chose ordinary men - fisherman, tax collectors, political zealots - and turned their weakness into strength, producing greatness from utter useles… Read more…

Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables

Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables

by Phil Vischer

Have you ever had a dream that excites and scares you? Bob the Tomato, or at least his creator and voice, has been there too.Be inspired by the whimsical world of VeggieTales like never before with Me, Myself, and Bob by Phil Vischer. This memoir is not just a tale; it’s a heartfelt adventure that unfolds the incredible journey of dreami… Read more…

Lords of the Earth
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Lords of the Earth

by Don Richardson

Narrated by Richardson, Don

From the author of Peace Child, Don Richardson, comes Lords of the Earth, an unforgettable story of missionary tenacity and zeal that sold over 100,000 copies in the hardcover edition. // Engulfed in the darkness of Irian Jaya’s Snow Mountains live the Yali–naked cannibals who call themselves “lords of the earth.” Yet in terror and bo… Read more…

Starting from Scratch: Memoirs of a Wandering Cook

Starting from Scratch: Memoirs of a Wandering Cook

by Patty Kirk

A captivating memoir from a cook who's traveled across the globe cooking, tasting, and enjoying good food. Patty Kirk has always loved food: eating it, cooking it, sharing it, talking about it. At six, she scrambled the last of the family's vacation provisions over the camp fire and concocted a delicacy-eggs with bacon and onions. Overnight she becam… Read more…

Keep Walking: One Man's Journey to Feed the World One Child at a Time
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Keep Walking: One Man's Journey to Feed the World One Child at a Time

by Chris Fabry and Larry Jones

Narrated by Jones, Larry

In 1979, Larry Jones was ministering in Haiti, where he was approached by a young boy who hadn’t eaten all day. The child asked for a nickel to buy a roll. Recalling the wheat surplus back home in Oklahoma, Jones soon started Feed The Children, initially a wheat-exporting outreach, that grew into one of the world’s largest and most respected char… Read more…

The Cross and the Switchblade
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The Cross and the Switchblade

by David Wilkerson and John Sherill

Narrated by Wilkerson, David

The astonishing true story of Wilkerson's outreach to New York teens trapped by drugs and gangs. Gang-fighters! Drug addicts. Teenage runaways and prostitutes! The toughest and most hopeless kids that New York's ghettos had to offer. Then a young preacher from the Pennsylvania hills arrived on their turf and began preaching a message of renewal, mira… Read more…

The Confessions of St. Augustine

The Confessions of St. Augustine

by St. Augustine and Rosalie De Rosset

"Augustine never thought of God without thinking of his sin, nor of his sin without thinking of Christ."St. Augustine grates hard against "the anatomy of evil" while dealing succinctly and honestly with his own proneness toward sin. From his infatuation with its initial beauty to the discounting of his previously wasted life, Augustine leaves little to th… Read more…

Finding Home: An Imperfect Path to Faith and Family
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Finding Home: An Imperfect Path to Faith and Family

by Jim Daly

Narrated by Daly, Jim

Since 2005, Daly has been president and CEO of Focus on the Family, the conservative Christian organization founded by child psychologist and Republican activist James Dobson. Daly's childhood family sorely needed focus: the last of five children born to aging alcoholics, young Jimmy experienced his father's abandonment, his stepfather's rages, h… Read more…


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