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Sacred Sleep was created with this Biblical model of peace in mind, to form a unique bedtime experience that will help you get the rest you need while deepening your faith and drawing you closer to God. Combined with a scholarly introduction by Robert J. Bagley, this groundbreaking sleep aid contains some of the most well-loved verses in Scripture, carefully selected and presented in such a way as to let the water of the word and worship wash over you every time you experience them.

Witness Christmas was created with biblical models of peace in mind. It combines holy scripture with the soothing word-centered modern folk hymns of ordinary time to create a truly unique worship experience. We hope it draws you closer to God and brings you peace, both in this life and the next.

The books of Genesis, Jubilees, and Jasher contain largely the same narrative, with the Genesis account of the Bible ending roughly at Jubilees 46:8 and at Jasher 59:28. However, the latter two books also include several striking deviations from Genesis which are quite revealing from a biblical standpoint. We believe that hearing them in this type of synchronized format allows for much more clarity in terms of perceiving both subtle and overt differences in the three narratives.

Traditional marriage in this country is in decline. The average marriage is mediocre at best. While this sounds demoralizing, there's hope! I've shared, tested, and refined these principles with groups of 15-20 men at a time in a small group format for the past several years. Don't resign yourself to a lifetime of mediocrity. You have the God-given ability to transform your marriage and yourself.

Taken entirely from four Books of the Apocrypha, this audio contains the original King James Bible: Tobit (Book 3), Judith (Book 4), The Rest of Esther (Book 5), and The History of Susanna (Book 10). For contextual reasons, we have also included the biblical text of Esther (Chapters 1-10).

Read by best-selling narrator, Steve Cook, enjoy Sara: Book of Tobit in the Apocrypha. Sara is miserable because of numerous marital misfortunes, and she eventually prays to God that he would let her die. Her story is intertwined with that of Tobit, a righteous man who lived in Nineveh (a town many miles away) near the time of Jonah, the biblical Prophet. Tobit, for reasons of his own, also prays to God to allow him to die at the very same time Sara does.

Read for you by best-selling narrator, Steve Cook, Esther’s story is the basis for the Festival of Purim; a joyous commemoration of God's salvation of the Jewish people. Esther acted against the social and political norms of her day to win a victory against misplaced political power.

Read for you by best-selling narrator, Steve Cook, Susanna is found in the Apocrypha under the name, sometimes called, "The History of Susanna". She was very beautiful and feared the Lord, having been raised by righteous parents who instructed her in Mosaic law. After being wrongly accused of a crime, and sentenced to death, Susanna cries out to God, who hears her and sends a young Daniel to her rescue.

A furry, white puppy, a disaster in the park, and a surprise coin: for Jacob they all have something to do with that great big new word called consequences that Dad talked about, and Jacob doesn't think he is going to like it very much. Will the scoop of cold, sweet, delicious blue swirl ice cream finally help Jacob see that before he does a thing, it is always best to think about what might happen?

This is a story about a candy maker named Thomas. Who travels from his voluntary society of Libertania, to the statist country of Conformia to sell his candy. The story shows how a lover of liberty reacts to all the trials and tribulations of such a trip. In Libertania all the people are multicolored, all the colors of the rainbow. Yet in Conformia the people are either red or blue. During his adventure he helps teach these red and blue folks the wonderful ideals of liberty and you see how they learn and change.

The sound of a vehicle door opening was like opium to their dog Boo. Police car, garbage truck, animal control van, serial killer in a stolen pickup, it made no difference to Boo. She'd jump in with anyone. "Name's Corey Smith," the serial killer said, introducing himself with a smile aimed over Boo's back straight at Flannery Sommers.

Rainmakers…the top producers in the sales profession are a different breed. Or are they? Today's ambitious salespeople continually ask themselves - ‘How can I reach the highest levels as a professional salesperson? What does it take to be at the top? What does it take to consistently produce, to be seen by both customers and peers as trusted advisors who bring in BIG business year after year?

Research on sales performance confirms again and again that the primary indicator of a company's sales success lies in the strength of their sales managers. The best sales managers do much more than manage...they evolve into sales leaders who understand how to empower their salespeople and inspire their teams. These sales leaders' results speak for themselves. These are the men and women who know how to unite a sales team, how to help their people achieve and exceed their goals, how to motivate and encourage, how to get the strongest players on their team, and how to handle the many challenges they are faced with.

Will Rowdy learn to value his own abilities in time to save his friend and what's so great about being a raccoon anyway - Rowdy Raccoon is about to find out. Raccoons weren't meant to fly, but you can't convince Rowdy of that. When he meets Scissor, the incomparable Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher, Rowdy is left to wonder why raccoons weren't created to be special, too. The loveable critter enlists the help of his friend Tommy Turtle and hatches a dangerous plan to become more like the bird.

If we as Christians want to celebrate a specific event other than Halloween on October 31st, then Martin Luther’s nailing of his 95 Theses onto the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, in 1517 is as good an alternative event as any.

For centuries, people have memorized and spoken back God's Word to each other in long form with powerful, reckless results for the Kingdom. In fact, up until about 500 years ago, it was our primary means of meditation, since most of us were illiterate. What if we made a conscious effort to revive that experience? What if we reintroduced the radically ancient concept of Active Scripture Memorization back into our homes and churches? One of the keys to first century-style revival is more first century-style Bible study. Memo Devo 2.0 is designed to help you do that. 

Memorization through story and song was the only way folks like us had of studying and pondering God's word at all for almost half of our recorded existence before Moses ever began writing it all down. And for most folks, that tradition continued on millennia after that, before literacy became as common as it is now. But whether or not you believe any of that, one thing I do know is that I myself have experienced unprecedented power in my own walk with the Lord since beginning to treat long-passage Scripture memorization as devotion.

Psalm 119 is one of the best-known and most beloved passages of Holy Scripture. It is literally and figuratively at the center of our Bible, and is devoted entirely to the expression of love, praise, and devotion to God’s word. Yet when it comes to memorizing it, many of us today are intimidated by its size. Memo Devo 3.0 is designed to help address this. It’s part of Five Talents Audio’s ongoing mission to activate more of God’s Word in our daily lives by making Scripture memorization more accessible and feasible for us all.

Pa had gone to fight in the Civil War and the family has reasons to fear the worst. Now, Boone's grandpap is long overdue from his own fight. He had set out among the rugged boulders days ago to hunt the wolf that has been terrorizing the foothills of Colorado. The family desperately needs the reward money being offered to the man who kills the infamous "silver god". Boone's heart sinks when he finds Grandpap has been attacked by the wolf the old man had dubbed General E. Lee. Can Boone get his grandpap back to the cabin in time?

The Revised Geneva Translation (based on Shakespeare's favorite Bible translation) was borne of an actor’s need to memorize and speak Scripture out loud with specific meanings and inflections. It is a 21st century update of the very first widely-distributed version of the Holy Bible in English, The Geneva Bible.