We removed third-party advertising because we want this website and all of its free Christian resources to be truly free—free from distractions, misleading advertisements, and scam pop-ups; free to read, free to share, and free for everyone to enjoy. Our prayer is that these Bible lessons, English lessons, and Roaring Rapids Ranch stories will encourage you in your walk with Jesus Christ.
Our newest International Sunday School Lessons (Uniform Lesson Series) will also link you to a story that illustrates the lesson. You can use these stories to illustrate, introduce, begin, or close a Bible lesson. Whether you teach Sunday School, lead a home Bible study, pastor a church, teach English as a Second Language, or simply enjoy family-friendly Christian stories, you'll find free resources here. Your Bible students may also enjoy free audio Bible stories and lessons narrated by Cole Braddock. Most stories are only five or six minutes long, so students can listen while they read along.
All Bible lessons, Bible commentaries, English lessons, audio readings, and family-friendly cowboy stories are free for personal, church, classroom, and ministry use.
You can also use our free International Bible Lessons to teach English using only the free Sunday School Lesson, or use the story with our easy-to-use free ESL, EFL, TEFL, and TESL lesson plans for students (self-taught) and free ESL, EFL, TEFL, and TESL lessons for teachers. The Ranch School English Lessons can be used for mid-week ministry and outreach to help English learners of all ages. Students can listen while they read along with Cole, who can help them with their English pronunciation.
Each family-friendly cowboy story can stand on its own at the Roaring Rapids Ranch. Some also illustrate the spiritual growth of cowboys like Eli and Hank, with the help of Old Man Caldwell, Mary, and Jake (with his Give Away Bibles). Readers can listen while they read. Read or play these stories to your class using your smartphone.
Our simple stories are written to entertain, encourage, and help readers think Biblically about living with love, courage, kindness, generosity, honesty, forgiveness, friendship, and faith in our world as Jesus and His disciples lived in theirs.
Edith Schaeffer (writer), Floyd Hosmer (artist), L.G. Parkhurst, Jr. (compiler and editor).
Louis Gifford (L.G.) Parkhurst, Jr. received the
BA, MA, and MLIS degrees from the
University of Oklahoma and the MDiv degree from Princeton Theological Seminary.
He wrote the weekly Bible Lesson column for
The Oklahoman
newspaper for 35 years,
which motivated him to begin the
International Bible Lessons Commentary
series.
He is the founder and publisher of Agion Press.