Zondervan Reflective Audio Study

Today's follower of Jesus exists at a moment when our desires, longings, and wants are being weaponized against us by cultural, spiritual, and relational forces. "Follow your heart" and "You do you" have become our moment's mantras. “The Gift of Thorns Audio Study” addresses the core human problem: What in the world do I do with my desire? “The Gift of Thorns Audio Study” dives deep into some of the hardest questions we wrestle with in the war for our wants: -What do God's desires and Satan's desires have to do with us? -Which desires did God place in our hearts at creation and why? -What can we do when we start losing our desire for God? -Why do some unwanted desires persist after we start following Christ? -Is it possible to want a good thing too much? -How can we discern which desires to crucify and which to nurture? This study provides examples of the theme of "thorns" that pops up over and over throughout the Bible. How will these thorns be, in the words of God, "for you" (Gen. 3:18)? A world where we do not get all that we want is the greatest gift ever. Join A. J. Swoboda in a personal exploration of the human problem, What do I do with my desire?

The Zondervan Reflective Audio Study series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Ethics beyond Rules Audio Study include high-quality live recordings in which the author teaches the content of the book, discusses important points, and introduces additional sources. The end result is an engaging audio study focused on learning. A reintroduction to ethics for the Christian church. How should Christians live? How should they approach today's difficult moral questions? In Ethics beyond Rules, Keith Stanglin answers those questions with: What does love require? Ethics beyond Rules Audio Study is a clear and accessible introduction for thoughtful Christians who want to lead moral lives. Stanglin's easy-to-understand Christian ethical system doesn't have a long list of rules to follow but instead bases moral decision-making on love. This series does not attempt to answer every ethical question and social issue present in today's culture but provides a model to use when reasoning through concrete issues, including: • Abortion • Sexual • Ethics consumerism • Technology • Politics Stanglin's love-based framework for moral decision-making engages Scripture and the historic Christian faith, giving Christians the tools to consider the ethical problems of today and the foundation to confront new issues in the years to come.

The “Zondervan Reflective Audio Study” series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, The Sexual Reformation Audio Study include high-quality live recordings in which the author teaches the content of the book, discusses important points, and introduces additional sources. The end result is an engaging audio study focused on learning. Since the Reformation, Protestants have confessed that the church is reformed and always reforming. But do we really believe this? Especially when it comes to sexuality? What if, in trying to be faithful to the beauty of God's design for man and woman, the church has instead latched onto a pagan concept of human nature and missed the theological meaning of our sexes? Through an exploration of the Song of Songs, Aimee Byrd examines what this often-ignored book can teach us about Christ, his church, man, and woman. The church is ripe for a sexual reformation, and recovering a good theological footing is imperative to it. Byrd invites you to enter into the Song's treasures as its lyrics reveal the point of it all-not a list of roles and hierarchy, but a love song. Session Titles and Runtimes: 1-Intro: Reformation Looks Forward (10 min) 2-Do We Really Need a Reformation? (18 min) 3-We Are Singing the Wrong Song (16 min) 4-Our Bodies Speak (17 min) 5-The Woman's Desire and the Desirous Woman (19 min) 6-Sexuality as Gift (21 min) 7-Sometimes the Last Man Standing Is a Woman (16 min) 8-Male and Female Voice (17 min) 9-Outro: Eschatological Imagination (19 min)

Did you know Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime, and that during the last three months of his life he completed an average of one painting every day? Did you know that Michelangelo's David is covered in a dusting of human skin? Did you know Caravaggio murdered several people while he was painting some of the most glorious paintings of Biblical scenes the world has ever known? “Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Audio Lectures” is an invitation to discover some of the world's most celebrated artists and works, while presenting the Gospel of Christ in a way that speaks to the struggles and longings common to the human experience. These lectures are part art history, part Biblical study, part philosophy, and part analysis of the human experience; but it's all story. These sessions traverse the chronological arc of art history in the West, from the Italian Renaissance on. Some artists are well known, others not as much. But together, the stories of their works raise important questions about humanity's hunger and capacity for glory, and all of them teach us to love and see beauty.

In “The Truth in True Crime Audio Study”, Wallace explores the clues lying behind our human nature as he uncovers fifteen truths gleaned from contemporary murder investigations and ancient Biblical wisdom. Each section describes a death investigation and offers principles to help readers thrive and flourish, along with clues about God and the Bible. For decades, cold-case homicide detective J. Warner Wallace investigated the causes behind deaths and murders, chasing one lead after another for months as he attempted to solve the case. Several of these cases remain open, unsolved mysteries.? Years later, Wallace investigated the most notable death in human history-the death of Jesus Christ-and it transformed him from an atheist into a follower of Jesus. Investigating death, surprisingly, taught him a great deal about life and the nature of people.

American Evangelicalism is ablaze. Doctrinal identity unites black and white evangelicals, but divisions along ethnic and cultural lines have long tarnished the movement's witness. With desegregation on the horizon, Martin Luther King Jr. said, "I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house." As with the country, if we hope to fully integrate the American Evangelical church, we must do so as firefighters. In A Burning House Audio Study, pastor Brandon Washington challenges American Evangelicalism to embrace its historical commitment to orthodoxy and orthopraxy. Only then can it become a holy witness to humanity and embody shalom-peace, justice, wholeness-in the world. These are the inevitable fruits of espousing and preaching a comprehensive gospel message. American Evangelicalism is ablaze. This is an inevitable result of divisions along ethnic and cultural lines, which have long tarnished the movement's witness. Deliberate and sacrificial integration is the sole solution, and Brandon Washington challenges the movement to realize what it has always been in Christ.

Christians experience significant gaps between what we believe about God and what we encounter from God. Sometimes our best efforts keep us stuck in the gap. In “The Expectation Gap Audio Study”, systems theorist Steve Cuss offers a unique window into how we can quiet the inner critic, wrangle chronic anxiety, and relax into God's presence. The “Zondervan Reflective Audio Study” series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, “The Expectation Gap Audio Study” include high-quality live recordings in which the author teaches the content of the book, discusses important points, and introduces additional sources. The end result is an engaging audio study focused on learning. Untangling our deepest beliefs about ourselves from our most precious beliefs about God? Christians experience significant gaps between what we believe about God and what we encounter from God. We believe God loves us, but we struggle to experience it. We believe God is with us, but we struggle to see it. We thought we'd be further along in our faith by now. Often our best efforts keep us stuck in those gaps.? In “The Expectation Gap Audio Study”, pastor and systems theorist Steve Cuss shows us how to notice stuck patterns that keep us trapped and how we can break free to engage God at a deeper and more fulfilling level. We will always have to mind the gaps, but we can learn to notice the recurring, predictable patterns that keep us stuck and spinning. Cuss offers tangible tools to quiet the inner critic, wrangle chronic anxiety, and relax into God's presence, engaging him in a deeper and more visceral way. Our regular experience of God can become more congruent with our belief about God.