Doug Kroeker has spent most of his adult life teaching the Bible. His new book, A Walkthrough of the Bible, released by Writers of the West on July 4, 2026, is the result of a teacher finally explaining the whole thing at once instead of one passage at a time. The 222-page book runs from Genesis to Revelation across eight chapters, treating the sixty-six books not as isolated islands but as parts of a unified story.
Kroeker opens with structure: how the library holds together, who wrote it (more than forty authors across roughly fifteen centuries), and why the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament arrange the same material differently. He then moves through the great eras of biblical history: Creation, the Patriarchs, the Exodus, the Conquest, the Kingdom, the Exile, and the return. He explains why the prophets said what they said and to whom, shows how the four Gospels complement each other, and unpacks Paul's letters as pastoral responses to real churches. Doctrine—sin, salvation, and the church's mission—is handled as one continuous arc.
The book addresses a common gap. Many people who grew up around church know a favorite psalm or parable but few could explain how Ruth connects to David, or why Revelation ends in a garden the way Genesis started. Kroeker wrote for that gap, whether the reader has never opened a Bible or has been reading one for forty years.
"I wrote this book because I came to realize that understanding the Bible is not always as easy as those of us who grew up in the church might assume," Kroeker said. "Bible stories have been part of our lives for as long as we can remember. We learned about Noah and the ark, Abraham and Isaac, David and Goliath and so on when we were children. Over the years, those stories became familiar to us, and that familiarity gave us a foundation but not everyone has that foundation. Not everyone has grown up in church. They were never taught the stories that we take for granted. When they hear a reference to the Exodus or Promised Land, they may have little idea where those events belong in the Bible or why they even matter. I wanted to write something that would help those who are new to the Bible and as an overview to those who are familiar with it."
Early praise highlights the book's approach. Sarah Davis, Lead Editor, said, "Doug Kroeker takes a library of sixty-six books, forty-some authors, and fifteen centuries and does something few writers attempt and fewer pull off: he shows it's actually one story, with one grammar underneath it. A Walkthrough of the Bible moves from Eden to Patmos without losing the reader in genealogies or getting lost in doctrine for its own sake. Anyone who's tried to read the Bible cover to cover and stalled out by Leviticus will find, here, a map worth following to the end."
Chad Malvo, Production Manager at Writers of the West, added, "What separates this from the usual 'Bible in a nutshell' title is its refusal to flatten the material. Kroeker treats doctrine as living structure rather than a dry appendix, and he's honest about the hard questions along the way instead of smoothing them over. The result reads less like a reference book and more like a companion for the long haul."
The book is available in Kindle, Paperback, and Hardcover formats. For more information, visit Amazon. Writers of the West, founded in 2004 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a hybrid publishing company that has helped more than 2,500 authors bring their books to market. For more on the publisher, visit writersofthewest.net.
This book matters because it addresses a widespread issue: many people, even those familiar with the Bible, lack a cohesive understanding of its overall narrative. By presenting the Bible as one story, Kroeker aims to make it more accessible to newcomers and provide a fresh perspective for longtime readers. In a time when biblical literacy is declining, resources like this could help bridge the gap and foster a deeper engagement with the text.
