Western Bible

Biblical scholars Brandon O'Brien and Randy Richards shed light on the ways that Western readers often misunderstand the cultural dynamics of the Bible. They identify nine key areas where modern Westerners have significantly different assumptions about what might be going on in a text. Drawing on their own cross-cultural experience in global mission, O'Brien and Richards show how better self-awareness and understanding of cultural differences in language, time, and social mores allow us to see the Bible in fresh and unexpected ways.

Howdy! It’s time to saddle up for a ride through some of the most rough and tumble portions of scripture; the book of Judges. Judges is a critical bridge in the Biblical narrative, taking us from the early pioneers as they ride into the land to the wars with natives. Throughout Judges, God raised up a series of bold sheriffs who would deliver an old west style of justice. Judges, The Wild West Of The Bible, is an energetic guided tour to one of the most exciting books of the Bible. Come ride with me as we meet some real heroes in history, and some of the cruelest villains ever to walk the...

After a tragic loss, nurse Winifred "Winnie" Lawson flees West with a five-year-old girl, desperate to hide her from the child's ruthless father—a dangerous gang leader who will stop at nothing to find them. Posing as a widow with a young son, she prays the distance will keep them safe. The only available shelter though belongs to a mysterious rancher who makes her heart race despite his cold demeanor… Levi Burke wants nothing but solitude. After losing his wife and infant in a devastating accident, he's buried himself in grief and silence on his isolated ranch. When a brave young widow...

Trapped by her father's harsh expectations, Emmeline Spratt is devastated when he offers her hand in marriage to a rancher as part of a land deal. Yet, as she begins to see the quiet strength in her new husband, she can’t help but hope that he might be the love she never saw coming. Patrick McLeod, a young war veteran caring for his sick sister and younger brother, is doing his best to create a stable future. But his unexpected bride isn’t what he imagined—her strength and kindness slowly soften the walls around his heart. Now, for the first time in years, he wonders if love might ...

Eliza Whitmore has spent her life under her father's control — he decides where she goes, who she sees, and what she's worth. When she answers a letter from a Kansas rancher seeking a bride, she sees her chance at freedom. But escape means burying her past — and that secret grows harder to keep as the handsome rancher captures her heart… Nathaniel Clay wants a practical wife—a mother for his daughter, nothing more. But Eliza is far from what he expected. Her grit, her courage, her way with his stubborn child—she's changing everything, including the walls he built after losing his ...

Elinor O’Callaghan moves with her family from Ireland to Wyoming, hoping a new life on a small ranch will bring stability after years of hardship. Famine and loss have shaped her carefully guarded heart, but when she meets the brooding rancher her father works for, she feels a pull she cannot ignore. Could she risk her heart on someone she barely knows? Caleb Hawthorne has spent years rebuilding his ranch and protecting his family from the scars of a fire that changed his life forever. Pressured by his family and the expectations of the town to settle down, he never expected a woman to ...

After losing her husband, Rose Carlen struggles to keep her ranch and her heart intact. One quiet night, a baby appears on her doorstep, reviving a buried hope, and leading a soldier straight into her life. Major Jonah Grayson rides west searching for his missing sister and the infant daughter he swore to protect. Instead, he encounters a beautiful widow protecting a newborn wrapped in a blanket that cannot be ignored. When Rose and Jonah cross paths, they must track the truth across the frontier before the past catches up to them. Could the baby between them reunite a broken family or ...

Odessa Galloway thought losing her husband was the hardest trial she would face. Determined to survive on her own, she runs a bakery and protects her daughter while untangling the dangerous debts left by her late husband. But when a stranger with secrets as deep as her own enters her life, she discovers that love can be just as perilous as betrayal. Sawyer Drayton is a widowed rancher haunted by the threat of his murderous brother. Hiding under a false name to keep his son safe, he trusts no one. Yet, the moment he meets a woman who challenges his carefully guarded world, he realizes some ...

At first glance, Annabelle Graves has everything — a grand home, wealth, and beauty. In truth, she lives like a caged bird under the rule of her powerful father, bound to a future she never chose. When a stranger arrives in town, she seizes her first real chance at freedom and agrees to a daring deception that could cost her everything. Gabriel Hart rides in determined to find his missing sister and instead finds a beautiful woman who needs rescuing just as desperately. As his search leads straight to Annabelle’s doorstep, he realizes her father’s control hides many secrets… giving ...

Read by the author Matthew West What's your impossible? Your "I need a miracle"? As Christians, we need to embrace more often the central truth of our faith—that prayer actually changes the world, that our conversations with God have eternal impact. In this hope-filled and spiritually...

When Clara McGraw's father casts her aside after the birth of a long-awaited son, she learns how quickly love turns to leverage. Promised to a man she despises and shattered by tragedy, she makes a desperate choice—stealing her baby brother and fleeing into the unknown. But she never expected survival to depend on a rugged wagon master who sees through her lies… Caleb Hart is a man shaped by failure and loss. A widower burdened by regret and estranged from a daughter who blames him for not saving her mother, he leads a wagon train through the unforgiving Arkansas frontier. When a fierce...

Cordelia Fletcher awakens in a stranger’s home with no memory of who she is or how she came to be lying alone on the prairie. What she does know is that the quiet strength of the widowed rancher who rescued her stirs something deep within her, something that feels both dangerous and safe all at once. Micah Redmond has lived three years in the shadow of grief, his heart buried alongside the wife he lost. Devoted only to his daughter and his ranch, he never imagined fate would place a mysterious young woman in his care, one whose presence unsettles his resolve to remain alone forever. As ...

After an illness sweeps through town, Anne is left caring for her best friend’s son and trying to shield him from Calvin, his uncle, who wants to steal his inheritance.. She forges new names for herself and Jamie and joins the Oregon Trail in search of a lawyer out west who might be able to help the boy. But safety lies a thousand perilous miles away—and the tracker is already on their trail, stirring a flutter she can’t afford to feel. Patrick only needs enough coin to pay for his sister’s wedding, so hunting a kidnapper sounds simple. Riding undercover with the wagon train, he ...

Midwife Eleanor Ashford answers a summons to Grey Ranch, expecting a difficult birth, not the face of her dearest childhood friend lying pale upon the pillows. When the newborn boy arrives, carrying a secret that could destroy him, she cannot help but flee with the child, stumbling into the Montana wilderness and straight into the path of a brooding yet fiercely protective rancher. Marcus Thornwood has lived in a self-imposed exile since the war left his body burned and his soul burdened with guilt. He wants no complications, no attachments, yet the woman who collapses on his land and does ...

After the loss of her mother, Adeline Finch is bound by a promise to protect her younger sister. When their aunt sends them west toward an unwanted marriage, Adeline follows her sister across the frontier. The suitor, though, turns dangerous, and escape becomes their only hope, forcing Adeline to flee into the unknown, trusting a stranger’s wagon and a future she never planned for… Luke Rawlins learned long ago that love only leads to loss. On the road to deliver his sister to her new husband, duty feels safer than feelings, and distance keeps his heart intact. When he encounters two ...

The complete cowboy collection at the ranch in Quinn Valley will sweep you away with heartwarming, uplifting stories of love, faith, and forgiveness - all with a sexy-and-sweet cowboy at the center of the romance & family saga! Contracted Cowboy: A fake ad brings a cowboy to Georgia's door just in time for all the Quinn family holiday parties, so she hires Logan to be her boyfriend. Nothing can go wrong with this plan...except she might lose her heart to her newly contracted cowboy. Secret Sweetheart: She's a domestic goddess. He works on her father's ranch. They could have forever...if ...

Ever since her mother’s death and her father’s decline, Emma Mitchell’s family ranch has been slipping through her fingers. With her younger sister depending on her, Emma shoulders every burden alone—until the last person she ever expected rides back into town: her childhood best friend, her first love, the one who left her behind… Jake Callahan never meant to return in disgrace. Sent away by his sheriff father, he now returns as a deputy to protect the town from an outlaw threat. He’s never wanted anything more than his father’s approval… except Emma. He longs to guard her ...

Jessie Dunn has always been an outsider—too outspoken, too different, too marked by a heritage no one in Morris Ridge cares to understand. When corruption in the mines turns deadly and her world collapses, she's forced to flee with nothing but unanswered questions about who she really is. She never expected a hardened widower to be the one standing between her and death… Jameson Riley buried his heart with his family and swore he'd never love again. Years underground have left him hollow, and he wants nothing but silence and solitude. But when danger closes in on a woman with fire in ...

With her father's sudden death, Ginny Bennett inherits more than a ranch—she inherits a perilous cattle drive no one believes she can lead. With the odds stacked against her and very few willing to follow a woman’s command, she turns to the last man she ever wanted to see again: the brooding bounty hunter she once idolized... and now can’t stand. Ronan McCallister has spent the last few years chasing outlaws and outrunning the shadows of a violent past. But when the man who once saved his life is gone, Ronan returns—not for redemption, but to repay a debt by guarding his daughter ...

When Clara Thornton inherits her father’s ranch, she also inherits an impossible choice: marry, or lose everything. Desperate to protect her home from her ruthless brother, Clara tells a daring lie claiming she is already engaged. With the clock ticking, she places an advertisement for a groom, trusting her life to a stranger’s promise… Jack Hargrove answers for reasons he cannot reveal. A hardened rancher raising his orphaned niece after his sister’s murder, he is haunted by the words she whispered with her dying breath. Marrying Clara may be his only chance to uncover the truth, ...