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1 and 2 Chronicles for Everyone (Audio DAISY Book)
By: John Goldingay
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Bible Commentary, Bible Study, Historical, Israel and Jerusalem, Old Testament
Read by: Robert Morris
Approximate time: 10 hours 8 minutes
Catalog number: 1743 (part of the Torch collection)
Combining personal anecdotes with a witty & lively style and drawing on his considerable theological knowledge, John Goldingay guides us in our understanding of the ancient world described in these little-read books. Extensive application is included.
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone (Audio DAISY Book)
By: John Goldingay
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Bible Characters, Bible Commentary, Bible Study, Historical, Old Testament
Read by: Ann Barraclough
Approximate time: 9 hours 22 minutes
Catalog number: 1748 (part of the Torch collection)
1 & 2 Samuel are among the most readable & relevant OT books. Using personal anecdote and a witty and lively style while drawing on his considerable theological knowledge, Goldingay takes us deep into these accounts of Samuel, Saul, and David.
24 Hours That Changed the World (Audio DAISY Book)
By: Nick Howard
Type: Fiction
Subject categories: Bible Characters, Historical, Jesus Christ, Lent and Easter, New Testament
Read by: Carolyn Bradbeer
Approximate time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Catalog number: 1707 (part of the Torch collection)
An hour by hour of the last 24 hours of Jesus' life-- his betrayal, arrest, trial and crucifixion - told through the eyes of disciples, servants, soldiers and others.
Abingdon Bible Handbook (Audio DAISY Book)
By: Edward P. Blair
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Bible Study, Historical
Read by: Richard Dunham
Approximate time: 23 hours 5 minutes
Catalog number: 1472 (part of the ABC collection)
A layman's guide to studying and understanding the Bible. It presents general information about the Bible and an introduction to each of the books of the Old and New Testament and the Apocrypha. It also includes chapters on Biblical history and the basic teachings of the Bible.
The Age of Knights and Friars (Audio DAISY Book)
Book 3 in series History of the Christian Church
By: Leigh Churchill
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Historical, The Church, The Saints
Read by: John Bentliff
Approximate time: 11 hours 55 minutes
Catalog number: 1421 (part of the Torch collection)
This Christian historian applies his story-teller's craft to the history of Christianity from AD 1000 to the eve of the Reformation.
Amazing Love (Audio DAISY Book)
By: Corrie Ten Boom
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Adventure, Biography and Autobiography, Christian Living, Historical, Miracles and the Supernatural, Suspense
Read by: Jill Wightwick
Approximate time: 3 hours 25 minutes
Catalog number: 830 (part of the Torch collection)
Amid the horrors of a concentration camp, Corrie cannot keep secret her love for God.
Amy Carmichael of Dohnavur (Audio DAISY Book)
By: Frank Houghton
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Evangelism, Historical, Missions and Missionaries
Read by: Joy Pouncy
Approximate time: 16 hours 17 minutes
Catalog number: 932 (part of the Torch collection)
A biography of Amy Carmichael, a missionary to India, and the home for children which she started.
Augustine: a Mother's Son (Audio DAISY Book)
By: Dolina MacCuish
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Historical, The Church, The Saints
Read by: Margaret Wallace
Approximate time: 3 hours 33 minutes
Catalog number: 1633 (part of the Torch collection)
AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO (354-430) -:described as the greatest of the Church Fathers. But without his mother's faithful witness, he may have remained a clever-tongued womanizer.
The Battle for the Book (Audio DAISY Book)
By: David Marshall
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Historical, New Testament, Old Testament
Read by: Frances Sherwood
Approximate time: 9 hours 35 minutes
Catalog number: 1115 (part of the Torch collection)
This book tells the story of who wrote the Bible and how the 66 books it contains were brought together. Find out how the battle for the Bible has been fought over the years and how manuscript and archaeological finds have proved the Bible right and its critics wrong. More than just a book, proven to be reliable and reliably given, the Bible is also God's Word for us today.
The Bible BC: What Can Archeology Prove? (Audio DAISY Book)
By: A. R. Millard
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Historical, Israel and Jerusalem
Read by: Harry Harrison
Approximate time: 1 hour 44 minutes
Catalog number: 847 (part of the Torch collection)
This book presents an introduction to archaeology and relates it to various aspects of the land of ancient Israel and the Bible. A question and theme throughout this book is what can archaeology prove?
The Birth of Europe: John Chrysostom to the Conversion of Russia (Audio DAISY Book)
By: Leigh Churchill
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Historical, Missions and Missionaries, The Church, The Saints
Read by: Robert Morris
Approximate time: 11 hours 4 minutes
Catalog number: 1719 (part of the Torch collection)
History of the Christian Church, book 2. The drama is high and the eternal prize even higher as God weaves His redemptive thread through people in the latter half of the first Christian millennium.
Bite-size Biographies (Audio DAISY Book)
By: Tim Chester
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Historical, The Church, The Saints
Read by: Sheila Dunning and Various Narrators
Approximate time: 7 hours 35 minutes
Catalog number: 1243 (part of the Torch collection)
This book contains A set of six bite-size biographies written by Tim Chester. Tim's writings contain the dynamic historical stories of key figures in church history. While many memorable people could have been included, however, the ones provided here are Aidan of Lindisfarne, John Wycliffe, Lady Jane Grey, Mary Jones, Thomas Cranmer, and William Tyndale.
Blood Brothers (Audio DAISY Book)
By: Elias Chacour and David Hazard
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Historical, Suffering and Persecution
Read by: Martha Arney
Approximate time: 7 hours 52 minutes
Catalog number: 263
Chacour blends his riveting life story with historical research to reveal a little-known side of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the birth of modern Israel. Touches on controversial questions.
The Blood of Martyrs, from Pentecost to the Age of Theodosius (AD 397) (Audio DAISY Book)
Book 1 in series History of the Christian Church
By: Leigh Churchill
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Historical, Suffering and Persecution, The Church, The Saints
Read by: Robin Russell
Approximate time: 14 hours 2 minutes
Catalog number: 1344 (part of the Torch collection)
As you travel through the first four centuries of the church with the saints (and sinners) who carried the gospel to all the world, be encouraged and strengthened.
The Book That Jesus Read (Audio DAISY Book)
By: Geoff Treasure
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Bible Characters, Historical, Old Testament
Read by: Dorothy Marshall
Approximate time: 5 hours 5 minutes
Catalog number: 1615 (part of the Torch collection)
THE OLD TESTAMENT: You know a few of the big names, a line or two of poetry, a number of the better-known stories. But beyond that...the Old Testament is literally a closed book. And yet there's much more to it than a giant and a multi-coloured coat.
Breaking Points (Audio DAISY Book)
By: Jack and Jo ann Hinckley and Elizabeth Sherrill
Type: Non-fiction
Subject category: Historical
Read by: Martha Arney
Approximate time: 13 hours 20 minutes
Catalog number: 1044
On March 30, 1981, Jack and Jo Ann Hinkley's 25-year old son, John, made an attempt on the life of President Ronald Reagan.
Bright Valley of Love (Audio DAISY Book)
By: Edna Hong
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Ethics and Morality, Historical, Suffering and Persecution
Read by: Martha Arney
Approximate time: 4 hours 12 minutes
Catalog number: 23
This is the story of Gunther, who was abandoned and abused by his family. He finds a place of love and safety among Christians. It is told from Gunther's perspective as he grapples with rejection and feelings of worthlessness. Pastor Fritz's love for him as well as all the others with disabilities is remarkable. The whole community embraces those society rejects. The events take place during Nazi Germany when the Nazis are killing all who don't measure up. Pastor Fritz protects them all.
Caleb's Lamb (Audio DAISY Book)
By: Helen Santos
Type: Fiction
For children
Subject categories: Historical, Marriage and Family, Old Testament
Read by: Joyce Mount
Approximate time: 2 hours 23 minutes
Catalog number: 1346 (part of the Torch collection)
Reading age 8-11 years. Caleb is a Hebrew shepherd boy living in Egypt at the time of the exodus. Through the Passover he learns of God's love and purpose for him.
Catholic Pentecostals Today (Audio DAISY Book)
By: Kevin Ranaghan and Dorothy Ranaghan
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Bible Study, Doctrine and Theology, Historical
Read by: Martha Arney
Approximate time: 8 hours 23 minutes
Catalog number: 419
In the 1960's members of the Roman Catholic Church experienced a renewal that brought more emphasis to the present work of the Holy Spirit in the life of each believer. We are provided with a history and testimonies of this movement as well as the theology of its adherents. We also learn the differences between Catholic pentecostals and the theologies of protestant pentecostal denominations.
Characters Around the Church: Witnesses to the Birth of the Jerusalem Church (Audio DAISY Book)
By: Tom Houston
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Bible Characters, Biography and Autobiography, Historical, New Testament, The Church
Read by: Margaret Allen
Approximate time: 6 hours 39 minutes
Catalog number: 1628 (part of the Torch collection)
This book looks at the birth of the first New Testament Church from the perspective of those who were there at the start - either helping or hindering the cause of the gospel.
Christ in Early Anabaptism (Audio DAISY Teaching)
By: Denny Kenaston
Type: Teaching
Subject categories: Christian Living, Commitment, Discipleship, Doctrine and Theology, Historical, Suffering and Persecution
Approximate time: 9 hours 17 minutes
Catalog number: 288
On a cold winter night in 1525, the Spirit of God descended upon a group of twelve brethren in Switzerland and sparked what has since been called the Anabaptist Movement. Looking back at the lives of the men and women in the early days of this revival, we see a passion, a power, a depth of Christian experience that far surpasses that of American Christianity today. What drove them? What set them apart? What was the source of their power; a power that through martyrdom defied even death itself? In this series, Brother Denny attempts to answer these questions and others, always coming back to our Lord Jesus, who was their very life.
Christmas Hearts: Images of Immanuel Through the Eyes of Those Who saw Him First (Audio DAISY Book)
By: Tim Roehl
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Christmas, Comfort, Historical, Jesus Christ
Read by: Martha Arney
Approximate time: 3 hours 52 minutes
Catalog number: 863
"Tim Roehl pictures for us the people of Christmas as real people, in real places, with the same fears and longings you and I have. A quiet young girl with an oh-so-common name--Mary... Wonder-filled angels who bring scarcely believable messages to people unknown on earth but famous in heaven. Three perceptive sky watchers on a long, seeking journey... They all met Jesus that first Christmas in amazing and unexpected ways. As you read their stories, you may see your own story, too...and say, "That's the Jesus I want to know."
A Cloud of Witnesses: Ten Great Christian Thinkers (Audio DAISY Book)
By: Alister E. McGrath
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Doctrine and Theology, Historical
Read by: Pat Clark
Approximate time: 5 hours 25 minutes
Catalog number: 900 (part of the Torch collection)
Noted Oxford theologian and teacher, Alister McGrath, provides the thought from the perspective of ten Christian thinkers, ranging from Augustine of Hippo to Martin Luther and C. S. Lewis, who set the world afire with their ideas. You can think through much Christian thought in good company! This book gives you a lookk at Christian thought down through the centuries.
The Covenant with the Jews (Audio DAISY Book)
By: Walter Riggans
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Historical, Israel and Jerusalem, Old Testament
Read by: Keith Bamford
Approximate time: 4 hours 1 minute
Catalog number: 1140 (part of the Torch collection)
The author motivates us to explore our heritage more deeply. "Evangelicals must learn to appreciate the insights of Judaism" suggests Walter Riggans.
The Crown and the Crucible (Audio DAISY Book)
Book 1 in series The Russians
By: Michael R Phillips and Judith Pella
Type: Fiction
Subject categories: Adventure, Historical
Read by: Marion Davies
Approximate time: 15 hours 4 minutes
Catalog number: 1509 (part of the Torch collection)
Against the formidable backdrop of pre-revolutionary Russia, the lives of 2 families are entwined. Peasant & princess face the prospect of their beloved Russia being torn apart by conflict.
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