Browsing Titles 51 to 75 of 97 in Subject Category Historical

The Logos Story (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Elaine Rhoton
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Adventure, Biography and Autobiography, Christian Growth, Christian Living, Historical
Read by: Dorothy Marshall
Approximate time: 6 hours 52 minutes
Catalog number: 727 (part of the Torch collection)
The story of Operation Mobilisation's first ship, taking teams of young Christian volunteers to ports all over the world with the Gospel.

The Man Before the Morning (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Cecil Maiden
Type: Fiction
Subject categories: Bible Characters, Christian Living, Historical
Read by: Wayne Pederson
Approximate time: 3 hours 41 minutes
Catalog number: 659
Man Before the Morning is a sweeping novel rich in biblical detail which brings this oft-neglected man of the Easter story into focus. The author combines the actual events as recorded in the gospels with an inspired imagination to create a character who will not easily be forgotten. Here is Joseph of Arimathea. a courageous human being, challenging the Sanhedrin, suffering attacks on his own life, trying to save Christ from crucifixion. Here too, is a tender love story that has everything to do with Easter - of Joseph and his critically ill wife, Drusilla. Joseph's destiny unfolds in a powerful narrative which will carry him into his rightful place of those early Christians who changed the world.

The Mantle (Audio DAISY Book)

By: William H. Stephens
Type: Fiction
Subject categories: Bible Characters, Historical
Read by: Wayne Pederson
Approximate time: 8 hours 56 minutes
Catalog number: 253
Thundering warnings to Ahab, defying Jezebel, putting Baal's impotent prophets to the sword, these are scenes from the life of the prophet Elijah. The prophet Elijah finds himself in one of Israel's darkest periods in which he is called to stand for and proclaim the words of Yahweh. We see in this man of God both fear and faith with his life culminating in ultimate triumph.

Murder on the Titanic (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Jim Walker
Type: Fiction
Subject categories: Historical, Suspense
Read by: Martha Arney
Approximate time: 16 hours 33 minutes
Catalog number: 433
This novel provides a plot with the story of the Titanic and the events surrounding the tragedy as a backdrop. Could the tragedy have been avoided? Do we trust too much in human accomplishment rather than trusting in God? "As long as Morgan Fairfield can stay alive, the world will know the truth behind Murder on the Titanic."

My Calvary Road, One Man's Pilgrimage (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Roy Hession
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Christian Growth, Christian Living, Historical, Sermons and Preaching, The Church
Read by: Russell Williams
Approximate time: 8 hours 3 minutes
Catalog number: 761 (part of the Torch collection)
An evangelist and Bible teacher, Roy recounts how revival came to his own personal life and ministry, telling how he has learnt through mistakes and been blessed through failure - a demonstration of the true grace of God.

Nine O'clock in the Morning (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Dennis Bennett
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Christian Growth, Evangelism, Historical
Read by: Martha Arney
Approximate time: 7 hours 35 minutes
Catalog number: 494
This book recounts the journey of the author and Episcopal priest who Learned about the baptism and ministry of the Holy Spirit. He witnessed the difference the work and ministry of the Holy Spirit made in the life of the local church and the individual Christians. This book is considered to be an historic writing in the charismatic movement of the 20th century.

The Orphans and the Raven (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Julia Francis
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Christian Disciplines, Christian Growth, Christian Living, Comfort, Commitment, Historical
Read by: Colleen Bedrosian
Approximate time: 1 hour 51 minutes
Catalog number: 639
This story is based on historical happenings which occurred in Communist Ronania.

Portraits of Christ in Genesis (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Martin Ralph DeHaan
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Christian Disciplines, Christian Growth, Christian Living, Historical, Jesus Christ
Read by: Volunteer Narrator
Approximate time: 6 hours 4 minutes
Catalog number: 660
Genesis unfolds the following: Christ, in creation -- Christ, the living Word -- Christ, and Adam's rib -- Christ, the second man -- Christ, the willing servant -- Christ, the evidence of the resurrection -- Christ, the protevangelium -- three requirements in sacrifice -- Cain, the type of Israel -- the God-planned ark -- safe in the ark -- complete atonement -- delivered in joy -- son of promise -- a miraculous birth -- in God's own time -- a three days journey -- the substitute -- the bridegroom cometh -- three shepherds -- four steps in redemption -- Joseph, the deliverer -- the perfect antitype.

Reliving the Passion: Meditations on the Suffering, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus as Recorded in the Gospel of Mark (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Walter Wangerin
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Bible Characters, Bible Commentary, Bible Study, Biography and Autobiography, Christian Disciplines, Christian Growth, Christian Living, Commitment, Devotional, Historical, Miracles and the Supernatural
Read by: Hazel Steiner
Approximate time: 3 hours 6 minutes
Catalog number: 618
As you read this book, you will take 40 Steps to The Journey of a Lifetime. No story has more significance than the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Passion is a story with which we are all familiar, a significant story, but one which may have lost much of its meaning through repetition. Now, by following the 40 meditations outlined in this book, we can truly experience the wonder and Glory of Christ's Passion. Beginning on Ash Wednesday, each day's devotion focuses on a passage from the Holy Scripture, enabling us to follow the wonderful story as given in the Gospel of Mark.

Repair My House (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Glen Williamson
Type: Fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Discipleship, Historical
Read by: Wayne Pederson
Approximate time: 4 hours 49 minutes
Catalog number: 261
This fictionalized biography of the youthful days of Francis of Assisi communicates the importance of Christian commitment as displayed in concern for fellow human beings. Being the founder of the Franciscan Order, the effect of the 12th century youth still makes its mark in our world today.

Return to the Hiding Place (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Hans Poley
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Christian Disciplines, Christian Growth, Christian Living, Comfort, Commitment, Historical, Suffering and Persecution
Read by: Martha Arney
Approximate time: 5 hours 55 minutes
Catalog number: 650
Unspeakable faith in the face of Nazi persecution didn't come easily for 18-year-old Dutch student Hans Poley. But after months in hiding at Corrie ten Boom's home, Poley found an inner peace and freedom that defied even the Nazi peril. Composed of his wartime journals and letters, the book also includes exclusive photos documenting Poley's life in hiding.

The Scent of Love (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Keith Miller
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Apologetics, Christian Growth, Evangelism, Historical
Read by: Martha Arney
Approximate time: 9 hours 55 minutes
Catalog number: 1200
An entirely new approach to the miss-understood field of Evangelism, based on what it was like during the time of Jesus, His disciples, and those who circulated to the people in that time and after.

Serving the Good and the Great (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Violet Liddle and Mary Batchelor
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Happiness, Historical
Read by: Ann Barraclough
Approximate time: 5 hours 1 minute
Catalog number: 1337 (part of the Torch collection)
In the 1930s and 40s Violet Liddle worked as a maid for the good and the great. Whether she was serving Winston Churchill or George Bernard Shaw, Violet was always able to see things from a Christian perspective.

Seven Great Prayer Warriors (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Colin Whittaker
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Historical, Prayer, The Saints
Read by: Tom Robertson
Approximate time: 9 hours 42 minutes
Catalog number: 1335 (part of the Torch collection)
Meet seven outstanding champions of prayer whose stories of patience and faithfulness have inspired generations of Christians. Included are Charles Finney, Hudson Taylor, and George Muller, among others.

Sigi and I: Journey to Christians Behind the Iron Curtain (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Gwen Schmidt
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Adventure, Apologetics, Christian Growth, Discipleship, Evangelism, Historical, Missions and Missionaries
Read by: Martha Arney
Approximate time: 1 hour 51 minutes
Catalog number: 1195
For three years Sister Gwen had prayed, "God send me to my suffering brothers and sisters behind the Iron Curtain" and had waited for His, "Go Ye.

Sounds from Heaven, the Revival on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland,1949-1952 (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Colin Peckham
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Historical, The Church
Read by: Robert Morris
Approximate time: 11 hours 41 minutes
Catalog number: 1345 (part of the Torch collection)
A blend of history, biography and reports as well as several testimonies of those blessed on the Isle of Lewis, off the west coast of Scotland, during the 1949-52 awakening. May this publication be used to provide a clearer understanding of revival.

A Special Place, the Story of the Garden Tomb Jerusalem (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Bill White
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Bible Study, Historical, Israel and Jerusalem, Jesus Christ, Study
Read by: Ann Barraclough
Approximate time: 3 hours 48 minutes
Catalog number: 787 (part of the Torch collection)
This is The Garden Tomb in Jerusalem and is the story of its discovery and claims to authenticity. Bill White's conclusion goes beyond the authenticity of sites to the reality of the Resurrection and the availability of the risen Christ now.

Splendor in the Ordinary (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Brian R. Coffey
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Bible Characters, Bible Commentary, Bible Study, Biography and Autobiography, Christian Disciplines, Christian Growth, Christian Living, Comfort, Commitment, Discipleship, Evangelism, Historical, Jesus Christ, Prophets and Prophecy, Suffering and Persecution, The Church
Read by: Grinnell Almy
Approximate time: 2 hours 49 minutes
Catalog number: 651
Matthew was an ordinary person, just like you and me, until Jesus came into his life. He was a crooked tax gatherer by his own admission, sometimes called Levi, later called an apostle, author of the Gospel that bears his name. The important lesson that Mathew learned from Jesus the King that he passes on to us is the extraordinary truth that this King builds his Kingdom using ordinary people like you and me. Here is a book to encourage you, to excite you to follow Matthew's example of turning away from the failures of the past to follow Jesus.

Strong at the Broken Places: a Personal Story (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Max Cleland
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Adventure, Biography and Autobiography, Historical, Suspense
Read by: Martha Arney
Approximate time: 4 hours 36 minutes
Catalog number: 551
Strong at the Broken Places is Max Cleland's personal story of what it takes to do the impossible. It is a story of an inner battle that would drain the last ounce of will from a very willful man. It is also a story of a key inner discovery--that after all human effort is spent another source of strength is available. Max Cleland has served his state and nation for over a quarter of a century and was re-elected without opposition to a third term as Georgia's Secretary of State on November 4, 1990. Max has received more votes than any other statewide elected official every time he has appeared on the Georgia ballot. In 1990 Max became the first Georgia-elected official to ever garner more than one million votes. A native of Georgia, Max served two terms in the Georgia State Senate before being appointed by President Jimmy Carter as Administrator of the Veteran's Administration. Max Cleland has received over one hundred awards for his public service.

Ten Boys Who Made a Difference (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Irene Howat
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Historical, Marriage and Family, The Saints
Read by: Joan White
Approximate time: 3 hours 5 minutes
Catalog number: 1330 (part of the Torch collection)
Reading age 8-11 years. Would you like to make a difference? These ten boys grew up to do just that. Included are Augustine, John Knox, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Hugh Latimer, Jan Hus, Ulrich Zwingli, William Tyndale, Thomas Chalmers, and Lord Shaftesbury.

Ten Boys Who Made History (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Irene Howat
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Historical, Marriage and Family, The Saints
Read by: Barbara Hall
Approximate time: 3 hours 8 minutes
Catalog number: 1339 (part of the Torch collection)
Reading age 8-11 years. Read how these boys made history. Included are Robert Murray McCheyne, Martyn Lloyd Jones, George Whitefield, Charles Spurgeon, Jonathan Edwards, Samuel Rutherford, D L Moody, Billy Sunday, A W Tozer , and John Owen.

Ten Girls Who Made History (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Irene Howat
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Historical, Marriage and Family, The Saints
Read by: Barbara Hall
Approximate time: 3 hours 8 minutes
Catalog number: 1340 (part of the Torch collection)
Reading age 8-11. Would you like to make history? These ten girls grew up and did just that! Included are Florence Nightingale, Henrietta Mears, Mary Jane Kinnaird, Elisabeth Elliot, Ida Scudder, Betty Green, Jeanette Li, Bessie Adams, Emma Dryer, and Lottie Moon.

That Lydian Woman (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Winthrop Neilson and Frances Fullerton Neilson
Type: Fiction
Subject categories: Bible Characters, Historical
Read by: Wayne Pederson
Approximate time: 4 hours 13 minutes
Catalog number: 230
She followed her heart and almost betrayed the truest love she ever knew. Lydia was beautiful, independent and prosperous. A Jewish convert, she was the first person in Macedonia to follow the teachings of the Apostle Paul. This fictional account of this biblical character calls her to choose between the paganism of her society and the living God.

The Uniqueness of Israel (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Lance Lambert
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Historical, Israel and Jerusalem, Jewish Christians
Read by: Vincent Taylor
Approximate time: 11 hours 59 minutes
Catalog number: 1388 (part of the Torch collection)
Israel's past is pivotal in understanding world history. But the real key to understanding Israel's place in world events is Israel's Messiah, the Saviour of the world.

William Tyndale: Bible Smuggler (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Louise Vernon
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Historical, The Church, The Saints
Read by: Joyce Mount
Approximate time: 3 hours 36 minutes
Catalog number: 1304 (part of the Torch collection)
Translating the Bible from Latin into English and finding a printer in the 16th century was a dangerous task. A daring story of hope, courage and escape.

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