Audiobook7 hours
Stories We Tell: How TV and Movies Long for and Echo the Truth
Written by Mike Cosper, Collin Hansen and Timothy J Keller
Narrated by Lloyd James
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
()
About this audiobook
The average American watches 5 hours of TV every day. Collectively, we spend roughly $30 billion on movies each year.Simply put, we're entertainment junkies. But can we learn something from our insatiable addiction to stories? Mike Cosper thinks so.From horror flicks to rom-coms, the tales we tell and the myths we weave inevitably echo the narrative underlying all of history: the story of humanity's tragic sin and God's triumphant salvation. This entertaining book connects the dots between the stories we tell and the one great Story-helping us better understand the longings of the human heart and thoughtfully engage with the movies and TV shows that capture our imaginations.
Author
Mike Cosper
Mike Cosper is the executive director of Harbor Media, a non-profit media company serving Christians in a post-Christian world. He served for sixteen years as a pastor at Sojourn Community Church in Louisville, Kentucky, and is the author of Recapturing the Wonder, The Stories We Tell, and Rhythms of Grace. He lives with his family in Louisville, Kentucky.
More audiobooks from Mike Cosper
Faith Among the Faithless: Learning from Esther How to Live in a World Gone Mad Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Recapturing the Wonder: Transcendent Faith in a Disenchanted World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to Stories We Tell
Related audiobooks
Telling a Better Story: How to Talk About God in a Skeptical Age Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What Are Christians For?: Life Together at the End of the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Why Does God Care Who I Sleep With? Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Disruptive Witness: Speaking Truth in a Distracted Age Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Teach Us to Want: Longing, Ambition and the Life of Faith Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Upside-Down Spirituality: The 9 Essential Failures of a Faithful Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5PreachersNSneakers: Authenticity in an Age of For-Profit Faith and (Wannabe) Celebrities Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Reluctant Witness: Discovering the Delight of Spiritual Conversations Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Don't Follow Your Heart: Boldly Breaking the Ten Commandments of Self-Worship Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Uncomfortable: The Awkward and Essential Challenge of Christian Community Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Befriend: Create Belonging in an Age of Judgment, Isolation, and Fear Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Onward: Engaging the Culture without Losing the Gospel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Beautiful Community: Unity, Diversity, and the Church at Its Best Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Evangelism as Exiles: Life on mission as strangers in our own land Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Why bother with church? Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Analog Christian: Cultivating Contentment, Resilience, and Wisdom in the Digital Age Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The End of the Christian Life: How Embracing Our Mortality Frees Us to Truly Live Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Gentle Answer: Our 'Secret Weapon' in an Age of Us Against Them Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Finding the Right Hills to Die On: The Case for Theological Triage Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Loneliness Epidemic: Why So Many of Us Feel Alone - and How Leaders Can Respond Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLove Me Anyway: How God's Perfect Love Fills Our Deepest Longing Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Jesus, Justice, and Gender Roles: A Case for Gender Roles in Ministry Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Talking about Race: Gospel Hope for Hard Conversations Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This Is Our Time: Everyday Myths in Light of the Gospel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Storm-Tossed Family: How the Cross Reshapes the Home Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Movies Are Prayers: How Films Voice Our Deepest Longings Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5God of All Things: Rediscovering the Sacred in an Everyday World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Serve: Loving Your Church with Your Heart, Time and Gifts Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Christianity For You
A Grief Observed Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mere Christianity Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Great Divorce Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Boundaries: When To Say Yes, How to Say No Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 5 Love Languages Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Winning the War in Your Mind: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Holy Bible in Audio - King James Version: The Complete Old & New Testament Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Four Loves Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cost of Discipleship Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Boundaries in Marriage: Understanding the Choices That Make or Break Loving Relationships Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5More Than a Carpenter Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Little Book of Letting Go Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Weight of Glory Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for Stories We Tell
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
4 ratings0 reviews