Regret Cooper never set out to be an outlaw.At seventeen, broke, scared, and caught holding horses for the brutal Butcher Baker gang, Regret figures his young life is about to end at the end of a rope.Then Texas Ranger Buck Mitchum steps in.Instead of prison, Regret is given a badge, a horse, and one hard chance to prove what kind of man he means to become. Riding beside Buck, he learns that being a Ranger takes more than a fast gun. It takes courage, loyalty, judgm...

The Wild West was a dirty, dangerous and full of misadventures. Often the law was too far to help or here just was not any, men and women have no choice but to dig deep and get it done themselves. The author has provided 10 stories on how men and women upheld the code of in times of great danger. The code in most cases was acted upon fast and harsh, as cattle rustlers and bad men found out. Keith has also included a bonus story on the-fighting uphill battle at writing on stone, a huge nati...

This collection of essays explores masculinity in an unsystematic way. We’ve found that the various ways we’ve approached masculinity tend to fall into some broad and practical categories in our writing. To be a man means to be free to be what God has already declared we are in Christ—His saved and redeemed men. A man is free; we are free from sin, death, and the power of the devil. Being free, a man is then honored to work for his neighbor’s good, knowing that his closest neighbors are th...

This collection of essays explores masculinity in an unsystematic way. We’ve found that the various ways we’ve approached masculinity tend to fall into some broad and practical categories in our writing. To be a man means to be free to be what God has already declared we are in Christ—His saved and redeemed men. A man is free; we are free from sin, death, and the power of the devil. Being free, a man is then honored to work for his neighbor’s good, knowing that his closest neighbors are th...

Most scholars consider Melanchthon to be a Reformation enigma. He, the developer of the Reformation doctrine of forensic justification, is contrarily condemned as a synergist. Known well as the Protestant preceptor of Germany, he was Martin Luther's lifelong friend, colleague, teacher of Greek, and fellow reformer. Upon arriving at Wittenberg, Melanchthon was a theologian neither by trade nor by training. He was a classically trained expert in classical languages, neo-Latin poet, textbook ...

The Christian family isn't a brand. It's a calling.In Being Family, Dr. Scott Keith offers a compelling vision of what it means to live out the Christian faith through the daily realities of family life. Drawing from Scripture, the Lutheran tradition, and pastoral experience, Keith reminds readers that the home is not a detour from discipleship—it's the very place where God shows up.With warmth, clarity, and candor, Keith explores the vocations of ...

It might sound strange to say that being a student is a vocation in and of itself, but it is. It is much more than a path to a profession or financial wellbeing. As it is with all true vocations, this opportunity is a holy and honorable calling placed upon individuals by God. It is another avenue whereby we can enjoy God's gifts, and serve God and our neighbor. Join Dr. Ashmon and Dr. Keith as they explore the joys and duties of this special role.

A massive object appears overnight at the edge of a rural woodlot, and the Army moves quickly to secure the site. Brigadier General Straut takes command with the confidence of a decorated officer who has spent his career making fast decisions under pressure. The thing is silent, sealed, and unlike anything anyone has seen before. When strange sounds begin coming from inside, tension spreads through the field crews working around it. Something is alive in there.As hours pass with no...

Since 1980, Haddon Robinson has influenced generations of students and preachers through his widely used classic text, Biblical Preaching, in which he shows preachers how to communicate the Bible's big ideas with precision. But does Robinson's "big idea" approach to expository preaching still work in today's diverse cultures and fast-paced world?The Big Idea of Biblical Preaching, now in paperback, presents a strong defense of the ongoing relevance of this approach to expository pre...

It is hard to discuss the current film industry without acknowledging the impact of comic book adaptations, especially considering the blockbuster success of recent superhero movies. Yet transmedial adaptations are part of an evolution that can be traced to the turn of the last century, when comic strips such as “Little Nemo in Slumberland” and “Felix the Cat” were animated for the silver screen. Representing diverse academic fields, including technoculture, film studies, theater, feminist...

A biography telling the life of Hellen Keller, a blind and deaf women who became an author and advocate for the blind. Written in graphic-novel format.

Goodfellas meets the Irish mob in The Devil to Pay, the incredible true story of one man’s unconventional upbringing in the criminal gangs of Boston and his eventual road to redemption.Growing up in South Boston, Sean Scott Hicks was running jobs for the Irish mob before his voice changed. Mistreated by his drug-addled mother, Hicks found sanctuary with his adoptive family of felonious uncles—known to law enforcement officials as the Winter Hill G...