Bible West

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.

“You’re too close, Mr. Walker.” “Then tell me to go, Grace. Mean it this time.” “The closer we get to Oregon, the more dangerous this becomes.” Grace Hawthorne joins a wagon train with one desperate goal: reach the West before the painful memories she left behind her catch up. To protect her little daughter, Emily, she tells everyone that the child is her sister hiding the truth locked behind a carefully practiced smile. Ethan Walker is a man who notices too much. Rough, guarded with secrets of his own. Abandoned by his father and forced onto the trail with the broken family ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Isla Merrick, after her father's unexpected death, is determined to keep his relay station. But when a railroad contract threatens her inheritance, she's forced to marry within six months. Desperate, she places an ad for a husband—never imagining the stranger who answers will bring more secrets than solutions. Gale Remington, a former cavalry scout, came to Carson Pass seeking answers, not a wife. His brother vanished three months ago, and the trail leads him to the very station Isla runs. Marrying her puts him exactly where he needs to be, but the closer they grow, the more his deception...

When her father dies weeks before the annual cattle drive, Adelaide Prescott inherits the ranch and all its troubles. Cowhands quit, refusing to work for a woman, and her trail boss is injured, leaving her short-staffed and desperate. Her only option is the one man she hoped never to see again… Cole Hargrove escaped a dark past and found a new life working for Addie's father. He was drawn to her from the start—but believing she was beyond his reach, he buried his feelings under distance and dislike. Now he's back, and riding beside her is stirring everything he tried to forget… ...

May wakes on the banks of a river with no memory of who she is or how she was swept there, rescued by a brooding wagon leader guiding his company west to Oregon. As illness, hunger, and suspicion threaten the journey, she forges fragile friendships and helps on the trail in ways no one expected. But she never imagined she could fall for the very man who saved her… Lucas, a widowed wagon master hardened by loss, leads the train west with discipline and distance, determined to protect both his people and the secrets of his cargo. When danger closes in, and an amnesiac stranger ignites ...

12 proven strategies to help you memorize the Bible faster and easier! Go beyond the simple "repeat over and over" method of memorizing Bible verses and learn the techniques backed by science and used by memory athletes all over the world.

Emily Jones spends her days cooking delicious meals at her father’s ranch, yet her gastronomic masterpieces remain unshared experiences, as her reclusive existence is governed by the unyielding grip of her father's rules. Straining against the confines of her father's restrictions, Emily dreams of a life beyond the ranch's boundaries. The night she finally abandons her father’s ranch and controlling thumb in the hopes of starting an independent life comes, along with the enigmatic Lucas… Will her decision to escape with the stranger she unexpectedly trusts, lead her to a new path in ...

"Why do you push me away every time I get close?" "Because the closer you get, the more I realize I’d burn this whole mountain down just to keep you in it." Adelaide Whitford is a woman of high society fleeing a nightmare. After her obsessive, dangerous fiancé threatens her safety, she escapes St. Louis to become a mail-order bride in the rugged Montana Territory. She seeks anonymity and freedom, yet when she steps into her new home, she is met with the chaos of two grieving children and a lumberjack who is far too handsome for a man as cold as he is. Rhett Callahan doesn’t believe in ...

When a telegram brings news of her estranged brother's death, Emily Pritchard leaves Chicago behind to claim the Wyoming ranch he left her. Hoping to understand the life Daniel built without her, she arrives to find a struggling homestead, a grieving orphan boy, and Joseph, the quiet horse trainer who stood by her brother until the very end. A man of Crow heritage, Joseph Yellowtail has spent years building a life in Little Hope after a childhood marked by loss. Now, with his closest friend gone, he's left caring for the orphan boy Daniel took in and helping keep the ranch afloat. Joseph ...

"We agreed on boundaries” she reminded him. “We did,” Travis agreed while looking into her eyes. "But boundaries are a lot harder to keep when I remember that you're actually my wife, Anna." A ranch she’ll do anything to protect. A broken man with nothing left to lose. And a marriage of convenience that might just catch fire on the lawless Texas frontier. Headstrong Anna Montgomery will do anything to save her prosperous ranch from her envious cousin, Edwin. But her father’s will leaves her a desperate ultimatum: marry within thirty days, or lose her legacy forever. Refusing to ...

Caroline Benton never imagined leaving New York for the wide, windswept plains of Texas. Answering a mail-order ad feels like stepping into the unknown but nothing prepares her for the quiet sorrow waiting inside the Williams home. Determined to belong, she offers what she has always held onto: faith, courage, and a tender heart to a family still living in the shadow of loss. Arthur Williams has built his life on control as it’s the only thing that keeps his grief at bay. Haunted by the loss of his wife and the tragedy that claimed his brother, he is solely devoted to the care of his twin...

“Your children sent for a bride.” Jacob rubbed his jaw. “They should’ve asked the groom first.” Olivia thought she knew what she was agreeing to when she answered a mail-order bride advertisement. But when she arrives in Wyoming, she realizes the man waiting at the ranch never sent for a wife at all… his children did. “You didn’t write those letters,” she says. “No,” his voice is steady. “But you’re here now.” Widowed rancher Jacob Hale never planned to remarry. His life is his children, the ranch, and the promise he made to the woman he lost. But when a stranded...

Fall for a cowboy - or FOUR! - today in this inspirational western romance collection! Journey to Montana for second chance romance, boss-nanny romance, forbidden romance, and friends-to-lovers romance among an awesome ranch setting in four full-length novels from USA Today bestseller and Top 20 Kindle Unlimited All-Star author Liz Isaacson. You'll get FOUR full-length novels, each featuring a sexy-and-sweet cowboy, feel-good romance, and inspirational stories full of heart in this Horseshoe Home Ranch Romance collection. The Redesigned Ranch: The ranch foreman, the fiery new designer he ...

When a dying woman washes ashore beneath her remote Oregon lighthouse, clutching a baby and a packet of documents, Elara Selkirk is pulled far beyond the lonely headland she has always called home. Determined to uncover the truth behind the child, she leaves the only world she knows, only to find a railroad detective standing in her way and stirring feelings she cannot deny. Jasper Rede arrives at the lighthouse believing he is searching for a kidnapped heir stolen from a powerful magnate. But Elara’s fierce protection of the child and the secrets hidden in the oilskin packet begin to ...

When Clara Whitfield receives the devastating news of her estranged brother's death in the Wyoming Territory, she leaves her quiet life in Chicago to claim the homestead he left behind. But the land holds more than memories: among them, a silent six-year-old boy and a guarded neighbor whose presence unsettles her more than she cares to admit. Elijah Stone never trusted the sister of the man he once called brother. Certain she’s come only to take what isn’t hers, he’s unprepared for Clara’s fierce determination to work the land, and for the tenderness she shows the child he’s taken...

Thalia Weston has lived alone on a ridge in the Wyoming Territory for five years, scarred and blamed for a tragedy she couldn’t prevent. A healer by trade, she survives on her skills and the land, keeping to herself. When a newborn is left at her cabin door and a stranger appears, wounded from a fall, Thalia is forced to break the one rule that’s kept her safe: attachment leads to loss. Rancher Josh Croft is searching for his missing sister, who vanished in town, determined to protect his family. After a near-fatal fall, he wakes in Thalia’s cabin, drawn to her haunting song and the ...

After years of hardship, Kate Taylor has sworn off love. Running the Hollow Creek Inn alongside her aunt, she finds solace in the quietude of small-town life, until a wounded stranger is brought to her doorstep in the middle of a blizzard. Faced with the possibility of true love, will Kate be able to protect her peace of mind? Ashton Cullen is a bounty hunter looking for justice and the man who left him for dead. He never planned to stay in Hollow Creek, but the more time he spends in Montana town, the more difficult he finds it to leave. People are kind, and Kate is too beautiful to ignore...