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.

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...

We know that 400 years ago, African-Americans were loaded onto boats as slaves. They were then dropped off in the Caribbean, North America, and South America. For those who have not researched their heritage on ancestry websites, they have no idea what part of Africa they are from. They have no clue as to the tribe their ancestors belonged to, nor the language they spoke. While every other race can say that their relatives are from Germany, or Ireland, or wherever, African-Americans do not have that privilege. It’s no surprise that over time they would eventually lose their identity. Some...

Susannah Murphy never expected a stranger’s kindness to change the course of her life. Fresh off the train in Emerald Spring, she’s flustered when a tall, brooding rancher quietly steps in to pay for her supplies. She brushes it off—until she learns he’s Jasper Reed, the reclusive heir to the ranch her father now works for. And without ever speaking to her again… he’s just asked for her hand in marriage. Jasper Reed has spent years hiding from the world—and from himself. Scarred by a past he won’t discuss and weary of his father’s pressures, he’s resisted every attempt ...

Pulled unconscious from the sea, Evelyn Carter wakes on the shore with no memory of her past, clutching only a mysterious pendant and the face of the sheriff who saved her. As fragments of danger surface and her heart draws her to him against all reason, she must decide whether to trust the man offering her protection, even as her growing feelings place them both in danger. Sheriff Holden McAllister’s peaceful routine shatters when a mysterious woman is washed ashore in the town he protects. As he helps her recover and uncovers the secrets of her arrival, he feels a pull he cannot resist ...

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 ...

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, ...

Whether you're an avid student of the Bible or a skeptic of its relevance, The Book That Made Your World will transform your perception of its influence on virtually every facet of Western civilization. Vishal Mangalwadi reveals the personal motivation that fueled his own study of the Bible. Learn how the Bible transformed the social, political, and religious institutions that have sustained Western culture for the past millennium, and discover how secular corruption endangers the stability and longevity of Western civilization.

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...

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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...

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 ...

There was an uneasy tension as the slave owners sought to maintain control and keep the slaves working calmly and the abolitionists began to question the moral cost of slavery. As they prepared to compile a special Bible for slaves in the West Indies, the missionaries agreed to uplift the Africans without teaching them anything that could incite rebellion. The Slave Bible is one of the most powerful examples ever witnessed of manipulation using a controlled narrative.

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 ...

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...

Determined to escape an arranged marriage, Molly Tremaine answers a mail-order bride advertisement and leaves everything familiar behind. Her journey leads her to a quiet town where a man she has only known through letters waits, and she cannot help but wonder if trusting a stranger might finally give her a chance at the love she has always longed for. Once a sheriff, Clayton Stroud is still haunted by the night his best friend was killed and has avoided the dangers of the outside world ever since. His careful routine is thrown into chaos the moment a newborn baby is left on his doorstep. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Haunted by her husband’s treachery and the town’s harsh judgment, Emma Dawson struggles to provide for her two-year-old son, keeping her head down while whispers follow her everywhere. But when thefts strike her household, the sheriff she has carefully kept at a distance is drawn into her life, stirring feelings she never expected… Sheriff Caleb Westbrook enforces the law with iron resolve, never expecting his duty to entangle him so deeply with one woman. Tasked with investigating the thefts linked to Emma’s household, he finds his long-held disdain clashing with an undeniable ...

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