061 | Do Audiobooks = Real Books? (Part 2—Advantages)

Hey Fellow Dads,

Last time we looked at some disadvantages of audiobooks as compared to printed books. Today’s episode will discuss six advantages of audiobooks, along with a list of some of my favorite audiobooks—I hope you enjoy many of them!

—Nathan

Books

📚 🎧  The Hiding Place, by Corrie Ten Boom

📚  💻  Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Mark, by J.C. Ryle, available to read online here in its original text:

https://archive.org/details/expository-thoughts-on-the-gospel-of-mark-j-c-ryle-scan/page/6/mode/2up?view=theater

📚  Jotham’s Journey, by Arnold Ytreeide

📚 🎧 💻  This Country of Ours, by H.E. Marshall (narrated by Kara Shallenburg)

America’s Heroes and History series, by Brian Kilmeade

• 📚  George Washington’s Secret Six
• 📚  Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates
• 📚  Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans
• 📚  Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers
• 📚  The President and the Freedom Fighter
• 📚  Teddy and Booker T.

📚  🎧 The Holy Bible, King James Version, narrated by Alexander Scourby

📚 🎧  Tyndale: The Man Who Gave God an English Voice, by David Teems, narrated by Simon Vance

📚  🎧 The Lamb, by John Cross, narrated by John Cross

Quotes

“In darkness God's truth shines most clear.”

“Love is larger than the walls which shut it in.”

“Perhaps only when human effort had done its best and failed, would God's power alone be free to work.”

“No pit is so deep that God is not deeper still.”

—Corrie Ten Boom, in The Hiding Place

“Let believers cling to this doctrine with jealous watchfulness. With it, they stand upon a rock. Without it, they have nothing solid beneath their feet. Our hearts are weak. Our sins are many. We need a Redeemer who is able to save to the uttermost, and deliver from the wrath to come. We have such a Redeemer in Jesus Christ. He is ‘the mighty God.’ “ (Isaiah ix. 6.)

“A great congregation no doubt is a pleasing sight. But the thought should often come across our minds, ‘How many of these people will reach heaven at last?’

“It is not enough to hear and admire popular preachers. It is no proof of our conversion that we always worship in a place where there is a crowd. Let us take care that we hear the voice of Christ Himself, and follow Him.

—J.C. Ryle, in Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Mark

“I’ve got a long list of books I really want to read, but I simply don’t have the time. Most of my reading is taken up with books that I need to read—my Bible first, that’s my soul food.” —Nathan

Advantages of Listening to Audiobooks

1. You can listen to audiobooks when you are doing activities that don't allow reading.
2. Listening to an audiobook is like listening to someone read a book to you.
3. Listening to an audiobook can allow you to consume books you wouldn't normally have the time to read.
4. Listening to audiobooks can help you discover books worth reading to your family.
5. Listening to an audiobook can help you to read better yourself.
6. Listening to audiobooks read by skilled narrators can help your children grow in several areas, not the least of which is reading itself.

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