How Great Is Our God: Classic Writings from History's Greatest Christian Thinkers in Contemporary Language
UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 28 mins)
By Ignatius, C. S. Lewis, John Calvin, and others
Narrated By Bill DeWees
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Daily readings drawn from every century and every tradition of the Christian faith. Christianity through the ages... Ignatius, C.S. Lewis, John Calvin, Augustine, Catherine of Siena, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, Polycarp, John Wesley, Karl Barth, and Billy Sunday. These names, and so many others, fill the pages of church history. Yet they remain strangers to most of us. How Great Is Our God will introduce you to Christianity’s most influential thinkers from every century and every tradition—modernized for today’s reader.
Alan says:
"Tedious"
The City of God
UNABRIDGED (47 hrs and 44 mins)
By Saint Augustine
Narrated By Bernard Mayes
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Written between A.D. 413 and 426, The City of God is one of the great cornerstones in the history of Christian thought, a book which is vital to the understanding of modern Western society. Augustine originally intended it to be an apology for Christianity against the accusation that the Church was responsible for the decline of the Roman Empire, which had occurred just three years earlier. Indeed, Augustine produced a great amount of evidence to prove that paganism was responsible for this event. However, by the time the work was finished, the book had taken on a larger theme.
John says:
"Great book! If you can get through it."
Pilgrim Theology: Core Doctrines for Christian Disciples
UNABRIDGED (20 hrs and 56 mins)
By Michael Horton
Narrated By Vicas Adam
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The 2011 award-winning publication The Christian Faith garnered wide praise as a thorough, well-informed treatment of the philosophical foundations of Christian theology, the classical elements of systematic theology, and exegesis of relevant biblical texts. Pilgrim Theology distills the distinctive benefits of this approach into a more accessible introduction designed for classroom and group study. In this book, Michael Horton guides readers through a preliminary exploration of Christian theology in "a Reformed key".
Steve says:
"Great content, but don't blink"
The Confessions of St. Augustine
UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 45 mins)
By Saint Augustine
Narrated By Simon Vance
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Saint Augustine's contributions to Christian theology are second to no other post-apostolic author in the whole sweep of church history. Yet along side his doctrinal treatises, Augustine tells a story of his life devoted to Christ as his only satisfaction. The Confessions is at once the autobiographical account of Augustine's life of Christian faith and at the same time a compelling theology of Christian spirituality for everyone.
Jim D says:
"Impressions on first listening to the book."
Saint Francis of Assisi
UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 50 mins)
By G.K. Chesterton
Narrated By Bernard Mayes
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This biography of St. Francis examines the life of a pure artist, a man whose whole life was a poem. Yet St. Francis also acknowledged the mystic responsibility to communicate his divine experience. Chesterton examines the existence of the pure and the mystic artist in one man. The result is an understanding of St. Francis in both body and soul, two essential aspects because the Saint saw religion as a kind of love afair; both spiritual and material.
JB says:
"Boring narrator"
The Modern Scholar: The Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas
UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 35 mins)
By Peter Kreeft
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An enthusiastic admirer of the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas, professor and philosopher Peter Kreeft details the rational thought and precise literary talent that established Aquinas as the foremost thinker of his time - and as the most important philosopher for the almost 200 years between Aristotle and Descartes.
criticaltom says:
"Just what an introduction to Aquinas should be."
Publisher's Summary
The four books of Saint Augustine are a compilation of exegetical theology to guide the reader and listener in the understanding and interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures, according to the analogy of the faith. The first three books were written A.D. 397 and the fourth was added A.D. 426.
The book can be very boring for those who are not doing theology or church history, for academic purpose, however, the book is still worth collecting and listening to.
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