The Book of Scripture vs. Culture
By Pastor Raymond Vietmeier
Narrated by Scott Ellis
Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
Summary: This audiobook, inspired by God, has two parts:
Part One: The author was to tell how God chooses certain people to follow a plan or a set of paths laid out for him/her. Part one tells how God trains them, guides them, and even protects them from harm. The only person whom the author knows all such details about is himself. Therefore, he uses his own life experiences from a little boy to an old man who then is told by God that he is to be a minister and do God's work. There are several assignments given to the author. To do this the author tells his own story in the third person.
Part Two: God wants all people to know how our culture is going down the wrong paths. The paths we are taking are diametrically opposed to what God has instructed us to do in the Holy Bible. The Scriptures, which are God's own inspired words, tell us how to live our lives and how to live in a way that pleases him. The audiobook compares actual scriptures to the paths our culture is taking. We are turning our backs on God and going down paths that are in the favor of Satan, the evil one.
Slip-Resistant Socks
By Bryce R. Hostetler
Narrated by Scott Ellis
Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
Summary: In Slip-Resistant Socks, Bryce Hostetler lays bare his experience with bipolar disorder. His onset occurs suddenly in his sophomore year of college, sparking unending cycles of fervent mania and crippling depression. It leads to the loss of multiple romantic relationships and friendships, makes school and work a constant struggle, and causes him to wrestle with his religion for its stigmatization of mental illnesses.
Bryce questions the countless medications and therapies that are thrown at him, and he is candid about his suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts. In this deeply personal, intimate account, he is truthful about the highs and lows of the disorder. What emerges is a raw and inspiring chronicle of the inside world of a young man who is struggling with a debilitating mental health condition while harboring the hope for a better tomorrow.
More than a memoir, Slip-Resistant Socks contains a poignant message about the mental health stigma in modern America. It is an important listen, not only for those grappling with bipolar disorder, but also for those seeking to gain a greater understanding of a commonly misunderstood condition.
Civil War Experiences of a German Emigrant
By First Lt. Joseph Ruff
Narrated by Scott Ellis
Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
Summary: In this stirring memoir, Joseph Ruff recounts his experiences during the first year of his four years of service in the Union Army, Company D of the 12th Michigan Regiment. It was, as he describes, “[B]y far the most severe year of our service...a year of battles, severe marches, constant duties, privations, illness, and death.”
Beginning as a green new recruit with no fanfare, no uniform, and only the bare necessities, Joseph became a seasoned soldier, at times living by his wits and off the land. Joseph recounts, in harrowing detail, his confrontations with the enemy and numerous narrow escapes. There was more than one occasion when Joseph felt that divine providence had not only saved him personally, but had guided the war, as well.
One of the most important battles of the war, the Battle of Shiloh took place on April 6 of that first year. Joseph writes his harrowing account of the experience, beginning with a skirmish on the night of April 5, when he and 200 soldiers undertook a scouting expedition, little knowing that a force of 42,000 Confederate men was lying in wait prepared to attack next day.
Fortunately, Joseph and his squad saw an outlying sentry, saving them from blundering into the entire enemy camp. Even so, they barely escaped through a barrage of bullets and returned to camp, carrying their wounded. Thus, they were able to deliver a warning to the Union camp, so timely it is thought to have affected the course of the war. Had the Union Army been caught unawares and defeated at Shiloh, it could have handed the Confederacy a victory.
Boss Tweed: The Corrupt Pol Who Conceived the Soul of Modern new York
By Kenneth D. Ackerman
Narrated by Scott Ellis
Length: 15 hrs and 56 mins
Summary: William Magear Tweed, America's most corrupt politician ever, ruled New York City in the 1860s and 1870s. He rigged the votes, bribed the legislature, and stole on a massive scale. But even in prison, even after escaping, being recaptured, and confessing it all, people still loved and admired him. Tweed's is a stunning tale of pride, fall, and redemption.
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I felt like I was standing on the sidelines viewing all this history… Scott Ellis does a great job narrating.
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Mystery Babylon: When Jerusalem Embraces the Antichrist: An Exposition of Revelation 18 and 19
By Chris White
Narrated by Scott Ellis
Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
Summary: “And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.” (Revelation 17:18) Which city is this that reigns over all the kings of the earth? Rome? New York? Mecca? There are over 90 characteristics given in the book of Revelation about the city of Mystery Babylon, and none of these three cities meets all of the criteria. But there is one city that does…or should I say will. Too often people look for the city of Mystery Babylon in history, or in their present day, as opposed to what the scriptures say we will see in the future. The Bible tells us exactly which city will be the capital city of the Antichrist in the last days, it tells us the city that will promote the Antichrist's worship to the rest of the world, and the city in which the Antichrist will institute the greatest persecution of all time. That city is Jerusalem. The city of Mystery Babylon will be Jerusalem when it embraces the Antichrist as if he was their long awaited Messiah. The reason that she is referred to as a “harlot” is the same reason she was referred to as a harlot hundreds of times in scripture, because she is committing spiritual adultery. “How is the faithful city become an harlot!" (Isaiah 1:21a) Consider just a few similarities between Mystery Babylon and Jerusalem:
1. Mystery Babylon is said to kill the prophets in Revelation 18:24. Yet the only city that has ever been recorded as killing the prophets is Jerusalem: “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets....” (Matthew 23:37)
2. The Bible says that Mystery Babylon will be held accountable for all the righteous blood shed on the earth.
Yet Jesus said the exact same thing about Jerusalem: “That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth....” (Mat 23:35a) This is just scratching the surface. In the last days the Antichrist will seek to convince the Jews that their Messiah has finally come, he will seek to make them, and the rest of the world think that the kingdom age has begun. This is the only view of Mystery Babylon that can withstand a meticulous verse-by-verse examination. *Find out about the "seven hills" and why the bible refers to them as "kings" in almost every bible translation.
*Find out why every item brought to Mystery Babylon are used for temple construction, daily sacrifice, and a vast, worldwide pilgrimage system.