great audio on forgiveness
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Forgiveness is so important in our lives.  This study audio book will help the a person to dive deeper into forgiveness
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Very entertaining.  Great deal about forgiveness.
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I chose this book because I wanted to learn what brings violated people to come to a state of forgiveness and what it looked like.  Forgiveness is fascinating to me. I am glad this is a true to life story, and absolutely learned more about forgiveness. It's Simple, God died innocently for ALL of my sins, who am I to carry a burden of a grudge all my life, it's like a ball and chain around your heart, while the offender goes on about his /hers merry business without a care. Forgiveness free you from that burden, period. Let God deal with your feelings and the offender's actions.  This book opened my eyes to the addicts real life, and I've judged too harshly as to their behavior. I'm sad and sorry about that and will remember to read this again should I get too critical again.
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A very good talk and meditation practice. I listened to this over and over again, and it helps me to release my judgement to those who harmed me and bring more peace to life.
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Our pastor used this as his theme song after a reflection on the Sacrament of Reconciliation for our Christ Renews His Parish weekend.  What a great complementary song it provided.  Now I am able to listen to it in my car, at home and on my iPod!
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Jean Valjean was imprisoned for 19 years after he was arrested for stealing bread to feed his family. Once he is released he lives a clean and honorable life, bur in the eyes of the law he is always a criminal. This riveting story tells of justice and injustice, love and hatred, and mercy and forgiveness.

I was completely unfamiliar with this story, but I was in for a very pleasant surprise! I thoroughly enjoyed this presentation. The dramatization was superb, and I loved the story. It was very sad as a whole, but it contains some wonderful lessons.
 I highly recommend this program. It is a great listening experience.

 I received this audio program for free from Tyndale in exchange for my honest review.
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FANTASTIC BOOK

LOVE THE OTHER BOOK FORGIVE FOR GOOD,  GREAT STUFF, VERY HELPFUL
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This audio drama is the sequel to Pilgrim's Progress Part One. It tells the story of Christian's wife Christiana and her children as they journey to Heaven. The narration, acting and sound are of the same excellent quality as in the dramatic Part One. If you enjoy audio drama for the ears with Christian themes as I do, I highly recommend this item.
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The audio book was very well done.  The reader is Simon Vance, whose reading sounds like what you would expect of an English speaking Augustine.  He sounds very humble, yet intellectual.  The translation is OK, but I would like to explore other more modern translations.

The book itself is divided into two major parts.  The first part is Augustine's autobiography, up until the time of his conversion to Christianity and his mother's death.

`Confessions' is a very descriptive title for this work.  He literally confesses everything, even things many of us would find too trifling to even remember.  He is a man that had a delicate conscience.  We learn of how he was raised in Christianity, converted to Manichaeism, lost faith in that and studied philosophy, and finally became a convert to Christianity after having some spiritual experiences and resolving some philosophical issues with it in his mind.  The style is not way different from modern autobiographies (other than the constant acknowledgement of his faults).  From a doctrinal point of view, he was very Catholic in his view that Baptism was a requirement for remission of sins and therefore salvation.

The second part is his musings on Christians doctrines, mainly related to the creation and the majesty of God.  Here, Augustine gives us an idea of God's relationship to man and the world.  He firmly believes that God created everything out of nothing (creation ex nihilo); though he wasn't as extreme as I had though from reading other people's views of Augustine's beliefs.  He did admit that the Bible says that God created things out of existing material, but made it clear that God created the existing material out of nothing.  This is kind of a two-step creation process.

He also dabbles in determinism, but once again was not as extreme as I thought.  It is not the extreme of Calvin, but you can see where Calvin was influenced by him.

All in all, this is a great book to read if you want to understand Augustine and early Christianity (and the later Christianity that was influenced by him).  The audio book was a good way to get through the book.
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I completed this study a little over four years ago and I continue to benefit from it today. The study is biblically based and theologically sound. The study provides a process for giving and receiving forgiveness in a format that can be done individually or in a group setting. (Clear group/facilitator instructions make leading this study stress free.) On a personal note, I struggled with the justice side of forgiveness, as if forgiving would indicate that I was saying that my feelings were invalid. On the contrary, this study helped me understand quite the opposite. Forgiveness leads to freedom from feelings of victimization or hurt of all sorts. I highly recommend this study to everyone - whether or not you think you need to forgive or find forgiveness. I think you will be surprised to discover that we all offend or hold on to offenses in one way or another. This study offers opportunities for both personal and spiritual maturity as you are able to forgive circumstances of the past and learn to how deal with present and future situations of forgiveness.
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An excellent book for anyone dealing with the issue of forgiveness, but helpful to all, since we as humans, always have to deal with the subject. Easy to read and digest, perfect for reading a few pages at a time, ponder and meditate and find practical applications to daily life.
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Excellent book on forgiveness. It really helped me in a difficult time struggling with forgiveness of self and others. I highly recommend it. It's very illustration and story based which I feel helps you get into the practical experience of the subject matter.
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This is a very good audio bible word for word narration.  When I listen to the message, I feel so blessed as if God is speaking to me.
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This DVD is an excellent documentary about its title, THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS.  There are interviews and comments from such notable  intellectuals as Elie Wiesel and Thich Nhat Hanh. It is a moving story, as well, about the effects of forgiveness on both the person offering forgiveness as well as the person receiving it.  Unforgiveness poisons individuals, groups, and even countries against one another. It is such an apt topic for our times, for all times. In the future, I hope that  Amazon will offer more documentaries of this caliber that relate to spiritual issues. After watching it several times, I ordered two copies because I knew that I would be continually lending one out to a friend.
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If you think you understand the Trinity (or if you are just interested) you should read listen to this audiobook (or read the book). Rohr does an awesome job being not only theological, but practical. If you have left Christianity for any reason, listen to this CD. I think you will appreciate his down to earth demeanor and sincere love for God. The reader does a great job, making it easy to listen to.
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This is a great book! I use it with my clients who struggle with forgiveness. This is not a work of fluff, but biblical principals.
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I thought for me. This is the best book I have ever read on forgiveness. In the 80's I spent  5 days listening to Paul J Meyer speak on goal setting. His tape on goal setting is the best also.