Gene Edwards is a biblical scholar with the pen of a poet, a master storyteller who causes scriptural truth to become an adventure into revelation, and in doing so he brings you into the deepest truths of Christ. All across the world his books are read for their insight into Christ, and they leave the reader spellbound in the presence of so glorious a [...] grew up in the East Texas oil fields and entered college at the age of 15. He graduated from East Texas State University at 18 with a bachelor's degree in English history and received his [...]. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Gene is part of the house-church movement, and has spent much of his life traveling extensively to aid Christians as they begin meeting in homes rather than in church buildings. Gene and his wife, Helen, reside in Jacksonville, Florida, and have two grown [...] Edwards, one of the world's most beloved Christian storytellers, blazed new trails in the revelation of the mystery of Christ and His church. He authored over thirty books, translated into many languages, including his bestsellers, A Tale of Three Kings, The Divine Romance, and The Prisoner in the Third Cell. In his extensive biblical fiction are such titles as The Highest Life, The Secret to the Christian Life, The Inward Journey, the series The Chronicles of Heaven, and The First Century Diaries. During his seventy years of ministry, he traveled extensively to hold conferences and raise organic churches in the U.S. and other nations and helped them toward a deeper Christian life and experience of church as it originally was practiced in the first [...] went to be with his beloved Lord in December of 2022, leaving a profound literary and spiritual legacy that continues to inspire generations of believers.