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Stranger No More: A Muslim Refugee’s Story of Harrowing Escape, Miraculous Rescue, and the Quiet Call of Jesus
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Stranger No More: A Muslim Refugee’s Story of Harrowing Escape, Miraculous Rescue, and the Quiet Call of Jesus

by Craig Borlase, Annahita Parsan and Lauren Woodward

Narrated by Lauren Woodward

There will be pain ahead, and trouble and problems that I won’t be able to fix on my own.But in them all, I know God will be there, calling me to look to him. Inviting me to take the next step toward his open arms.And I will say yes.And yes.And yes.Annahita Parsan was born into a Muslim family in Iran and grew up with the simple hope of one day finding… Read more…

Empathy for the Devil: Finding Ourselves in the Villains of the Bible
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Empathy for the Devil: Finding Ourselves in the Villains of the Bible

by Forasteros JR

Narrated by Forasteros, JR.

Do we have anything in common with the bad guys of the Bible? The sins of wrath, idolatry, and abuse of power are closer to us than we think. How do we guard against them? We learn not only by following moral exemplars we also need to look at the warnings of lives gone wrong. In this fictionalized narrative, JR. Forasteros reintroduces us to some of the… Read more…

William Bradford: Plymouth's Rock
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William Bradford: Plymouth's Rock

by Janet Benge and Geoff Benge

Narrated by Benge, Janet

William shivered and his teeth chattered. Out on the water it was bone-chillingly cold. He could no longer feel his toes, and the spray splashing over the side of the shallop left a glaze of ice on his jacket. If the cold kept up much longer, William feared that the weather might accomplish what the Indians had tried to do—kill them all. Growing up in … Read more…

Wiliam Penn: Liberty and Justice for All
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Wiliam Penn: Liberty and Justice for All

by Janet Benge and Geoff Benge

Narrated by Benge, Janet

With the favor William's father enjoyed in Britain's royal court, all William had to do was show himself to be a faithful royalist, and wealth and privilege would be his. Instead he chose to follow his conscience--to expulsion from university, disinheritance, imprisonment, and the threat of death. In a world where freedoms were subject to the whims o… Read more…

Samuel Zwemer: The Burden of Arabia
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Capital Gaines: Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff

Capital Gaines: Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff

by Chip Gaines

The most important step is the first one. Dive into Chip Gaines’ personal playbook and start learning how to succeed in business—and in life. A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publisher’s Weekly bestseller!The funny and talented Chip Gaines is well known as the star of HGTV’s Fixer Upper, as well as a renovation ex… Read more…

Martin Luther: A Spiritual Biography

Martin Luther: A Spiritual Biography

by Herman Selderhuis

Famous for setting in motion the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther is often lifted high as a hero or condemned as a rebel. But underneath it all, he was a man of flesh and blood, with a deep longing to live for God. This biography by respected Reformation scholar Herman Selderhuis captures Luther in his or… Read more…

Wilfred Grenfell: Fisher of Men
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Wilfred Grenfell: Fisher of Men

by Janet Benge and Geoff Benge

Narrated by Benge, Janet

The icy Arctic cold stabbed at Wilfred's fingers and toes. A howling wind was pushing the ice pan he was stranded on out to sea - and with it hope of rescue. His clothed, soaked when his dogsled fell through the ice, were now frozen. Lying near his sled dog for warmth, Wilfred fought off sleep, knowing he might never wake up.   Adventurous Wilf… Read more…

Thomas Edison: Inspiration and Hard Work
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Thomas Edison: Inspiration and Hard Work

by Janet Benge and Geoff Benge

Narrated by Benge, Janet

Questions. Questions. Questions. That was how Tom worked--always thinking, always asking questions, until he arrived at a deep understanding or insight that he could use to develop some new invention. As far back as he could remember, Tom had always been asking questions, even as a small boy back in Milan, Ohio. With only three months of formal education, Th… Read more…

Loren Cunningham: Into All the World
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Loren Cunningham: Into All the World

by Janet Benge and Geoff Benge

Narrated by Benge, Janet

Ever since he was a young boy dreaming of writing "God Is Love" on the moon so that all the world's people could see it, Loren Cunningham has committed his life to reaching the whole world with the Good News of Jesus Christ, ministering in every nation on earth.   Through his unswerving belief that nothing is impossible for God, Loren's vision o… Read more…

Elizabeth Fry: Angel of Newgate
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Elizabeth Fry: Angel of Newgate

by Janet Benge and Geoff Benge

Narrated by Benge, Janet

Betsy felt her heart lurch. Just over a mile from where she stood, women and children existed in conditions more deplorable than the slums she routinely visited. Why hadn't she investigated this before? Without a second thought, she said, "Something must be done immediately for those poor, suffering children. I will go to them tomorrow." Exposed to the h… Read more…

Isobel Kuhn: On the Roof of the World
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Isobel Kuhn: On the Roof of the World

by Janet Benge and Geoff Benge

Narrated by Benge, Janet

A fellow missionary had said, “When you get to China, all the scum of your nature will rise to the top.” It surely had, mused Belle. The food, the fleas, the filth, the exhausting mountain paths, and so many other transitions to missionary life had tested her. But Belle had stayed at her post, and she was so glad that she had.As a fourteen-year-o… Read more…


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