Quotes from Gene Edwards

Here some quotes from a variety of works by Gene Edwards. Below each quote is the source from which it came.

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Paul's letters, when placed together (in proper order) tell The Story, a story which stretches from the year 50 through 67. Blend in Acts with those letters, and now The Story stretches uninterrupted in three dimensions from 30 through 70 ... from Pentecost until the destruction of Jerusalem. This is a revolutionary story, and it hasn't been told in 1800 years.

Unleashing the Word of God

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Knowing Christ deeply is not part of the Christian mindset.

An Open Letter to House Church Leaders

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Our love for God is tested by whether we seek Him ... or His gifts.

The Secret to the Christian Life

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It has been said that it is impossible to forgive a man who deliberately hurts you for the sole purpose of destroying you or lowering you. If this be true, you have but one hope: to see this unfair hurt as coming by permission from God for the purpose of lifting your stature above that place where you formerly stood.

The Prisoner in the Third Cell

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God did not have, but wanted very much to have, men who would live in pain. God wanted a broken vessel.

A Tale of Three Kings

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The planting of the ecclesia, by church planters, is waiting in the wings, waiting to be - in our day - center stage once more!!

How to Meet

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There is nothing to prevent a Universal American church or the Americanization of Christianity except the re-discovery of the uniquely local and organic expression of the church.

The Americanization of Christianity

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To know Him was all important. I would know Him better; whether or not I ministered again was His business.

Climb the Highest Mountain

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Perhaps one of the greatest shocks a Christian will ever know is to discover that fellow Christians can be cruel.

Crucified by Christians

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Most of the things we Protestants practice had their beginnings long after the first century. None of them began with any thought of being scriptural. No one was thinking of the Word of God when they started these practices.

Beyond Radical

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Man ... shall now have one beside him. One of his very substance, his being ... extended. I shall now build flesh from his flesh. Bone from his bone. Thus shall he gain a counterpart. A counterpart who is oneness. A counterpart on whom he may pour out ... his love.

The Divine Romance