Three searching kings : following Bethlehem's star /
Towns, Elmer L.,
Three searching kings : following Bethlehem's star / [print] a historical novel by Elmer Towns. - First edition. - Monterey, California : Heritage Builders Publishing, (c)2015. - 191 pages ; 23 cm
"Where is He who is born the King of the Jews?"--Cover.
Introduction -- Saved from Slavery (Three Wise Men--Born into Kingly Lives--Become Friends) -- Settling into the Chantry (Each Grieving Why He's Not a King) -- The Star Not Denied (One Night Changed Their Lives) -- The Heavens, Brighter than a Star (Shepherds Near Bethlehem) -- An Interrupting Crisis at the Chantry (Melchior Has a Solution) -- What Do We Know About the Coming King? (The Star is About Him) -- Don't Lose Your Head Over Taxes (Be Mindful of Disobedience) -- A Continuing Discussion About the Star (Jewel's Parable) -- Entering the Mystery Circle Room (Melchior is a Circle-Maker) -- Preparing for a Life-Changing Journey (What Shall We Give the Baby-King?) -- Melchior--Tempted to the crown of Persia (A Choice against hte Passion of Position) -- From East to West: Crossing the Euphrates (The Threshold Between Two Cultures) -- Balthazar Seduced with Lust for a Throne (Fleshly Lust for Kingdom Power) -- Gaspar Tempted to the Life of a King (With Wealth, Could Gasper Return Home to Claim His Throne?) -- Arriving in Jerusalem (The Beginning of the End) -- Confrontation in Jerusalem (Finding an Evil King) -- Three Kings Worship the Baby-King (Giving What is Most meaningful) -- Dream to Go Home A Safe Way (Protection for the Magi) -- Josheph's Dream of Danger and trip to Egypt (God's Watch-Care) -- What Then Shall We Do with the Baby-King? (His Coming Changed Them Internally) -- Finding Myths Among the Truths (An Accurate Twenty-first Century Assessment of the Three Kings).
Dr. Elmer Towns who has won awards for fiction, writes this historical novel about three magi who searched for the Baby-King of the Jews so they can 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 becaues it is drawn from the gospel of Matthew. So page after page uncovers the dreams fo the three kings, rejected from earthly thrones, who ultimatley 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 magus face human barriers and overcome them to make his way to Bethlehem? Finally, how will worshiping the Baby-King change their lives?
9781942603009
Columbia International University--Faculty, Alumni and alumnae
PS3117.T747.T696 2015 PS3117
Three searching kings : following Bethlehem's star / [print] a historical novel by Elmer Towns. - First edition. - Monterey, California : Heritage Builders Publishing, (c)2015. - 191 pages ; 23 cm
"Where is He who is born the King of the Jews?"--Cover.
Introduction -- Saved from Slavery (Three Wise Men--Born into Kingly Lives--Become Friends) -- Settling into the Chantry (Each Grieving Why He's Not a King) -- The Star Not Denied (One Night Changed Their Lives) -- The Heavens, Brighter than a Star (Shepherds Near Bethlehem) -- An Interrupting Crisis at the Chantry (Melchior Has a Solution) -- What Do We Know About the Coming King? (The Star is About Him) -- Don't Lose Your Head Over Taxes (Be Mindful of Disobedience) -- A Continuing Discussion About the Star (Jewel's Parable) -- Entering the Mystery Circle Room (Melchior is a Circle-Maker) -- Preparing for a Life-Changing Journey (What Shall We Give the Baby-King?) -- Melchior--Tempted to the crown of Persia (A Choice against hte Passion of Position) -- From East to West: Crossing the Euphrates (The Threshold Between Two Cultures) -- Balthazar Seduced with Lust for a Throne (Fleshly Lust for Kingdom Power) -- Gaspar Tempted to the Life of a King (With Wealth, Could Gasper Return Home to Claim His Throne?) -- Arriving in Jerusalem (The Beginning of the End) -- Confrontation in Jerusalem (Finding an Evil King) -- Three Kings Worship the Baby-King (Giving What is Most meaningful) -- Dream to Go Home A Safe Way (Protection for the Magi) -- Josheph's Dream of Danger and trip to Egypt (God's Watch-Care) -- What Then Shall We Do with the Baby-King? (His Coming Changed Them Internally) -- Finding Myths Among the Truths (An Accurate Twenty-first Century Assessment of the Three Kings).
Dr. Elmer Towns who has won awards for fiction, writes this historical novel about three magi who searched for the Baby-King of the Jews so they can 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 becaues it is drawn from the gospel of Matthew. So page after page uncovers the dreams fo the three kings, rejected from earthly thrones, who ultimatley 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 magus face human barriers and overcome them to make his way to Bethlehem? Finally, how will worshiping the Baby-King change their lives?
9781942603009
Columbia International University--Faculty, Alumni and alumnae
PS3117.T747.T696 2015 PS3117