Beautiful Nate
A Memoir of a Family's Love, a Life Lost, and Heaven's Promises
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Dennis Mansfield
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Dennis Mansfield
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Even when you follow all the rules, life can go very wrong.... Dennis Mansfield and his wife, Susan, planned for and expected every parent's dream, but instead lived every parent's nightmare. This haunting memoir tells the story of a father who diligently followed all the parenting rules that he learned from conservative Christian "experts" - yet life with his son Nate went terribly wrong when the young man died at 27 of drug-related causes. It wasn't that the principles Dennis followed were faulty; it was that the promised guarantee turned out to be void.
The author, a national leader in the pro-family movement of the 1990s, reveals what did and did not work while raising a child within the evangelical framework. But rather than losing his faith and abandoning the God he'd trusted, Dennis eventually found new joy and purpose - with a more compassionate and realistic view of the roles parents play and the rules they follow. As you listen to this sobering yet refreshing account, you will find direction for your own parenting style and encouragement after life's disappointments.
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Love the Foths
- By Jenni B on 07-22-17
By: Dick Foth, and others
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Man Alive
- Transforming a Man's Seven Primal Needs into a Powerful Spiritual Life
- By: Patrick Morley
- Narrated by: Gabriel Travesser
- Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49
"Over the last four decades, I've met one-on-one with thousands of men. Most of them know that Jesus promised "a rich and satisfying life" (John 10:10), but too many are confused about what that looks like. In fact, I'd estimate that 90 percent of Christian men lead lukewarm, stagnant, defeated lives—and they hate it. When men try to put into words what's holding them back, they invariably describe one or more of seven symptoms. But you can experience a powerful life transformed by Christ. I'll tell you how." (Patrick Morley)
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thank you Jesus
- By joel ten on 08-02-23
By: Patrick Morley
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Finding Your Way Back to God
- Five Awakenings to Your New Life
- By: Dave Ferguson, Jon Ferguson
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36
"God, if you're real, make yourself real to me." Each of us spends our lives on a journey toward God. Yet often our most deeply felt longings - for meaning, for love, for significance - end up leading us away from instead of toward our Creator and the people he made us to be. Finding Your Way Back to God shows you how to understand and listen to your longings in a whole new way.
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5 out of 5 stars
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First audible boom
- By Travis J. Curnutte on 05-26-16
By: Dave Ferguson, and others
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Broken on the Back Row
- A Journey Through Grace and Forgiveness
- By: Sandi Patty
- Narrated by: Sandi Patty
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 69
Sandi Patty, the most awarded female vocalist in contemporary Christian music, saw her stellar career go into a tailspin. Now she tells the story of her long road to restoration. From the agony of divorce nearly 10 years ago, Sandi has moved from center stage to the back row of the church balcony and back into the spotlight.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Touching
- By Nick Alexander on 07-19-05
By: Sandi Patty
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The Hurting Parent
- Help for Parents of Prodigal Sons and Daughters
- By: Margie M. Lewis, Gregg Lewis
- Narrated by: Rebecca Rogers, Hewitt James
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
The Hurting Parent takes a realistic approach to the problems young people face today - peer pressure, easy access to drugs and alcohol, and cultural influences that pull them from their family's faith. The Lewises acknowledge there are no simple formulas or simple answers. But the biblical insight, emotional understanding, and practical encouragement they offer will be life changing.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extremely helpful
- By Marty K. on 10-30-17
By: Margie M. Lewis, and others
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Bringing Up Girls
- Practical Advice and Encouragement for Those Shaping the Next Generation of Women
- By: James C. Dobson
- Narrated by: James C. Dobson
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 440
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 392
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 389
Based on extensive research, and handled with Dr. Dobson's trademark down-to-earth approach, Bringing Up Girls will equip parents like you to face the challenges of raising your daughters to become healthy, happy, and successful women who overcome challenges specific to girls and women today and who ultimately excel in life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Solid concepts, poor presentation
- By honuhunter on 12-06-18
By: James C. Dobson
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Why I Stayed
- The Choices I Made in My Darkest Hour
- By: Gayle Haggard, Angela Hunt - contributor
- Narrated by: Gayle Haggard
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 29
On November 2, 2006, Gayle Haggard's life changed forever when her husband, Ted Haggard, founder of the 14,000-member New Life Church in Colorado Springs and president of the National Association of Evangelicals, was publicly exposed in a scandal. In the days and months ahead, everything in Gayle's life was at stake—her beliefs, her marriage, and her relationship with the church community she had been a part of for more than 20 years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it!
- By Christi L. Ashton-Poloha on 07-15-18
By: Gayle Haggard, and others
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Forgiving Our Fathers and Mothers
- Finding Freedom from Hurt and Hate
- By: Jill Hubbard, Leslie Leyland Fields
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
"If our families are to flourish, we will need to learn and practice ways of forgiving those who have had the greatest impact upon us: our mothers and fathers." Through the authors' own compelling personal stories combined with a fresh look at the Scriptures, Forgiving Our Fathers and Mothers illustrates and instructs in the practice of authentic forgiveness, leading you away from hate and hurt toward healing, hope, and freedom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Powerful
- By Amazon Customer on 07-28-16
By: Jill Hubbard, and others
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What Your Childhood Memories Say About You
- By: Kevin Leman
- Narrated by: Chris Fabry
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 74
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 48
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Story4 out of 5 stars 47
What are your earliest childhood memories? Were you afraid of the dark? Can you remember a particularly embarrassing moment? Those memories - along with the words and emotions you use to describe them - hold the key to understanding the person you are today! Drawing on examples from his own life, the lives of celebrities, as well as case studies from his private practice, renowned psychologist Dr. Kevin Leman helps you apply these same techniques to uncover why you are the way you are.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Fun and thought provoking...
- By Gare on 07-06-09
By: Kevin Leman
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My Two Moms
- Lessons of Love, Strength, and What Makes a Family
- By: Zach Wahls, Bruce Littlefield
- Narrated by: Kris Koscheski
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 46
On January 31, 2011, Zach Wahls addressed the Iowa House Judiciary Committee in a public forum regarding civil unions. The 19-year-old son of a same-sex couple, Wahls proudly proclaimed, "The sexual orientation of my parents has had zero effect on the content of my character." Hours later, his speech was posted on YouTube, where it went viral, quickly receiving more than two million views. By the end of the week, everyone knew his name and wanted to hear more from the boy with two moms.
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5 out of 5 stars
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You will not regret listening to this.
- By V. Brown on 06-07-12
By: Zach Wahls, and others
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The Jesus I Know
- Honest Conversations and Diverse Opinions About Who He Is
- By: Kathie Lee Gifford
- Narrated by: Kathie Gifford
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 184
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 160
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 159
For decades, Kathie Lee has had deep conversations about her faith with anyone who is interested in talking about it. What she discovered early on is most people are very willing to talk about Jesus: atheists, agnostics, Scientologists, Jews, broken-hearted Catholics, confused Baptists, Pentecostals, Sikhs, Buddhists, and Hindus alike. While some of the people Kathie Lee has spoken with do not share her belief that Jesus is the Messiah - as prophesied for centuries by prophets in the Hebrew scriptures - they nonetheless have a universal fascination with him.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not Jesus
- By James on 12-03-21
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The Five Love Languages: Singles Edition
- By: Gary Chapman
- Narrated by: Chris Fabry
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,299
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,060
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,050
Different people with different personalities express love in different ways. In fact, there are five very specific languages of love: Words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, quality time, and physical touch. Dr. Gary Chapman’s original best seller was first crafted with married couples in mind, but the love languages have proven themselves to be universal. The message of this audiobook is now tailored to meet the unique and real desires of single adults.
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2 out of 5 stars
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String conservative Christian message
- By CMD on 03-24-20
By: Gary Chapman
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Forgiven
- The Amish School Shooting, a Mother's Love, and a Story of Remarkable Grace
- By: Terri Roberts, Jeanette Windle
- Narrated by: Pamela Klein
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 60
After a son does the unthinkable, how can a mother go on? On October 2, 2006, a gunman entered an Amish one-room schoolhouse, shooting 10 girls, killing five, then finally taking his own life. This is his mother's story. Not only did she lose her precious son through suicide, but she also lost her understanding of him as an honorable man. It was a trauma that no one should ever have to face.
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5 out of 5 stars
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If they can forgive you can too
- By Grandma B on 06-25-19
By: Terri Roberts, and others
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Messy Grace
- How a Pastor with Gay Parents Learned to Love Others Without Sacrificing Conviction
- By: Caleb Kaltenbach
- Narrated by: Caleb Kaltenbach
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 579
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 508
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Story5 out of 5 stars 507
Caleb Kalenbach is the Lead Pastor at Discovery Church in Simi Valley, CA. Raised in the LGBT community, he was exposed to how some Christians treated the LGBT community, and grew to hate Christians. In high school, he joined a Bible study to disprove the Bible, but ended up following Jesus instead. Later, his parents followed Jesus, too. This is the subject of his first book, Messy Grace - holding on to the truth of God's Word while being filled with grace.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Nice try, but Inconsistent
- By LP on 09-17-16
By: Caleb Kaltenbach
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Misfits Welcome
- Find Yourself in Jesus and Bring the World Along for the Ride
- By: Matthew Barnett
- Narrated by: Van Tracy
- Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 25
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story5 out of 5 stars 22
Being a misfit does not disqualify you from a dynamic life - it prepares you for it.Matthew Barnett knows a thing or two about misfits. As founder of the Dream Center in Los Angeles, a 24-hour church that ministers to 35,000 hurting people a week, Barnett has seen a little of everything. Gangsters, addicts, orphans, taggers, cutters, the sick, the suffering, the hopeless . . . all the misfits of the world come through the church's doors in search of hope.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gives hope to all who feel broken
- By Sarah on 07-30-21
By: Matthew Barnett
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Divine Alignment
- By: Squire Rushnell
- Narrated by: Squire Rushnell, Louise Duart
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 118
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 117
In his charmingly avuncular and wonderfully optimistic voice, SQuire shares moving stories from his own and others' lives to show the awesome strength inherent in what he calls God's positioning system, or GPS. Each of us, he assures listeners, can use our own personal GPS to grow more closely aligned with God to become vastly more effective, successful, and fulfilled in our relationships, our career, and everything we do.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I loved it. Very interesting.
- By SunShine on 01-24-17
By: Squire Rushnell
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- FAB FAM of 5
- 07-26-15
Must read for all parents!
This book is appropriate for all family's. Life is not easy and figuring out how to raise children with Christ centered in the home is hard. Fear must not lead, and it is not of Christ. I have done this for so long. This book was eye opening. Yes, we are not raising children, but adults. It is hard to face the very thing we fear the most happening, but god is with us. This is evident in the book. A must read!
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- YeaFab8
- 02-03-18
Excellent. Honest. Beautiful story.
Love the authors honesty about what they did good and bad as parents. He doesn’t sugar coat anything. Such an encouraging story to all people! Even if you aren’t a parent.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Curtis
- 03-17-13
Good story but lacked depth
Overall, I enjoyed this book and think the story is compelling and needs to be told. I enjoyed having the author read the book because he could put his own emotions into it. I really wish the author would have put more details into what it was like having a drug addicted son. What were the early signs? What did it do to the rest of the family? What exactly went on? I feel like this was glossed over and the book would have had much more impact if the cold hard facts were laid out for the reader. It was almost as if the author really wanted to tell the story but was embarassed by the details. I still would recommend the book because this is such an important topic and the story is good.
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- HeatherGerhardt
- 03-14-24
His love for his son
I love this guy I had the opportunity to meet him and he is amazing also has a great voice for audible
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