The Hidden Smile of God: The Fruit of Affliction in the Lives of John Bunyan, William Cowper, and David Brainerd: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Swans Are Not Silent series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hidden Smile of God: The Fruit of Affliction in the Lives of John Bunyan, William Cowper, and David Brainerd runs 3.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Bob Souer (about 2.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 3.9 hours of listening.
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| 30 min / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
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What our data says
- At 3.9 hours, it is shorter than 69% of the 13,085 Christianity audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Swans Are Not Silent Series
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 3.6 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 15.6 hours in all.
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Bob Souer narrates 313 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,340 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Christianity shelf
1,047 Christianity audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Hidden Smile of God: The Fruit of Affliction in the Lives of John Bunyan, William Cowper, and David Brainerd is book 2 of John Piper's Swans Are Not Silent series: a 3.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Bob Souer, released May 28, 2019, on the Christianity shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Bob Souer
- Released
- May 28, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Christianity
- Series
- The Swans Are Not Silent Series #2
- ISBN
- 9781982664459
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How long is The Hidden Smile of God: The Fruit of Affliction in the Lives of John Bunyan, William Cowper, and David Brainerd as an audiobook?
The Hidden Smile of God: The Fruit of Affliction in the Lives of John Bunyan, William Cowper, and David Brainerd runs 3.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.6 hours.
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Who narrates The Hidden Smile of God: The Fruit of Affliction in the Lives of John Bunyan, William Cowper, and David Brainerd?
The Hidden Smile of God: The Fruit of Affliction in the Lives of John Bunyan, William Cowper, and David Brainerd is narrated by Bob Souer.