{"product_id":"the-great-good-thing-a-secular-jew-comes-to-faith-in-christ-audiobook-unabridged","title":"The Great Good Thing: A Secular Jew Comes to Faith in Christ - Audiobook (Unabridged)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNo one was more surprised than Andrew Klavan when, at the age of fifty, he found himself about to be baptized. \u003cem\u003eThe Great Good Thing\u003c\/em\u003e tells the soul-searching story of a man born into an age of disbelief who had to abandon everything he thought he knew in order to find his way to the truth.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBest known for his hard-boiled, white-knuckle thrillers and for the movies made from them--among them \u003cem\u003eTrue Crime\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDon’t Say a Word--\u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author and Edgar Award-winner Klavan was born in a suburban Jewish enclave outside New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe left the faith of his childhood behind to live most of his life as an agnostic until he found himself mulling over the hard questions that so many other believers have asked:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow can I be certain in my faith?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat's the truth, and how can I know it's the truth?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow can you think, live, and make choices and judgments day by day if you don't know for sure?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Great Good Thing\u003c\/em\u003e, Klavan shares that his troubled childhood caused him to live inside the stories in his head and grow up to become an alienated young writer whose disconnection and rage devolved into depression and suicidal breakdown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn those years, Klavan fought to ignore the insistent call of God, a call glimpsed in a childhood Christmas at the home of a beloved babysitter, in a transcendent moment at his daughter's birth, and in a snippet of a baseball game broadcast that moved him from the brink of suicide. But more than anything, the call of God existed in stories--the stories Klavan loved to read and the stories he loved to write.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoin Klavan as he discovers the meaning of belief, the importance of asking tough questions, and the power of sharing your story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrew Klavan","offers":[{"title":"Digital Audio - Unabridged Edition","offer_id":45922547794056,"sku":"9780718084479","price":18.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/faithgateway.com\/products\/the-great-good-thing-a-secular-jew-comes-to-faith-in-christ-audiobook-unabridged","provider":"FaithGateway","version":"1.0","type":"link"}