BIBLE + BATTLEFIELD

As a special operations army commander, Jeff Tiegs anchored his life in the battlefield—and the Bible. He joined the 1st Ranger Battalion at age eighteen and retired as a Delta Force lieutenant colonel. Often separated from his wife and kids, Tiegs lost friends in combat but never stopped pursuing his enemies wherever they tried to hide.

What has kept him going, what guides him still, are stories — of David, the slingshot sniper who downed a giant, of a pregnant virgin bride, a rogue prophet, a betrayed liberator. To Tiegs, these ancient tales echo within every human story. He has followed them through holy lands and combat zones where he collected a few stories of his own.

In Where Have All the Heroes Gone?, Tiegs retells familiar Bible stories through the lens of a trained warrior. He weaves personal experiences and military exploits among the threads, inviting readers to take their own pilgrimage through the front lines of faith.

 Jeff Tiegs served more than twenty-five years as a counterterrorism and counterinsurgency expert in US Army Special Operations. From young ranger private to Delta Force lieutenant colonel, he has braved—and commanded—combat operations around the globe, including in Panama, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Through decades of triumphs and traumas, he leaned on ancient stories from the Bible to help him find meaning, inspiration, and the will to keep fighting—no matter the odds.