Three Searching Kings

by Towns, Elmer

• ISBN13: 9781942603009
• ISBN10: 1942603002
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-12-15
• Publisher: Heritage Builders

Summary

Dr. Elmer Towns, who has won awards for fiction, has written this historical novel about three magi who searched for the Baby-King of the Jews, so they could bring the child kingly gifts. These three magi-denied kings are prepared to help announce to the world the One born “King of the Jews.” The lives of Melchior, Balthazar, and Gasper are drawn from research into early church legend and tradition. Many facets of their actions may at any place be true because it is drawn from the gospel of Matthew. So page after page uncovers the dreams of the three kings, rejected from earthly thrones, who ultimately offer kingly gifts at the birth of “the King of the Jews.” Suspense awaits at each new event. What is the mystery of the Circle Room? Why does Jewel know so much? Was the star an unusual heavenly phenomenon or a supernatural appearance? How will each magi face human barriers and overcome them to make his way to Bethlehem? Finally, how will worshiping the Baby-King change their lives?

Author Biography

Dr. Elmer Towns is the co-founder of Liberty University, the largest private nonprofit university in the world. Towns is also a prominent Christian leader, author, and speaker on the principles of church growth, church leadership, Christian education, Sunday school, and prayer and fasting. He has authored over 170 books, eight of which are listed on the Christian Booksellers Bestselling List. In 1995 he received the Gold Medallion Award from the Evangelical Christian Booksellers Association for Book of the Year in Biblical Study, The Names of the Holy Spirit. Most recently Dr. Towns served as the dean of the B. R. Lakin School of Religion, dean of the Liberty University Baptist Theological Seminary, and Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Liberty University. In the fall of 2013, Towns announced he would be taking a sabbatical from his teaching and administration duties to focus on speaking and writing. He lives in Lynchburg, VA.