Biblical
A Light on the Hill
1399 BC. The Hebrews have been settling into the Promised Land ever since the walls of Jericho fell seven years…
Tabor: The First Christian
When the star appears in Bethlehem to announce Jesus’s miraculous birth, Tabor is just a baby. His parents befriend Joseph…
Judah’s Wife
For Leah, her father is outwardly a very godly man. In the home, he is abusive, and Leah has learned…
The Soldier Who Killed a King
It’s Holy Week of AD 30 in Jerusalem. Roman centurion Marcus Longinus, on remote duty along with his wife and…
The Transmigrant
Uneducated but passionate with love for God, the young Jesus yearns to be a teacher, a Rabbi, to touch others…
A Passionate Hope: Hannah’s Story
Book 4 of Smith’s Daughters of the Promised Land series centers around Hannah (First Samuel, Old Testament). In 1141 BCE,…
Isaiah’s Daughter
In 732 BCE, five-year-old Ishma witnessed her family being murdered by Israel’s soldiers. After the prophet Oded’s words free her…
Wings of the Wind
1407 BC. To avenge the deaths of her brothers and father, Alanah disguises herself as a man and joins Canaan’s…
Alabaster
Alabaster is the retelling of the biblical story of Mariam (Mary), sister to Marta (Martha) and Eleazar (Lazarus). She is…
The Kingdom
Emmanuel Carrere is the classic apologist in this nonfiction account of his own personal spirituality and that of the apostles…
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