The Timothy Diary

First Century Diaries #3

by Gene Edwards

The Timothy Diary is the story of Paul's third journey as told from Timothy's unique first-century perspective. As the apostle Paul strives to establish churches throughout the Gentile world, his troubles with the Jewish world increase. In this book he resolves to train a select group of young men (an idea modeled after Christ and his disciples) to continue his work after him. Paul's vision for the church will come alive, particularly with the writing of the epistle to the Corinthian church.

Genres: Fiction, Christian, Spirituality, Christian Fiction

230 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2000

About the author

Gene Edwards is one of America's most beloved Christian authors. He has published over 25 best-selling books, and his signature work, "The Divine Romance," has been called a masterpiece of Christian literature. He has written biblical fiction covering nearly the entire Bible, with titles that include the following: "The Beginning," "The Escape," "The Birth," "The Divine Romance," "The Triumph," "Revolution," "The Silas Diary," "The Titus Diary," "The Timothy Diary," "The Priscilla Diary," "The Gaius Diary," and "The Return."

Gene 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 M.Div. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Gene is part of the house-church movement, and he travels extensively to aid Christians as they begin meeting in homes rather than in church buildings. He also conducts conferences on living the deeper Christian life.

Gene and his wife, Helen, reside in Jacksonville, Florida, and have two grown children.

Reviews

[Carol Ghattas · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm progressing through Gene Edwards' First-Century Diaries series, and just finished "The Timothy Diary" which looks at Paul's third missionary journey to Ephesus. I really enjoyed this, because it made me see how he used this time in his life, as he was getting older, to purposefully pour into the lives of several young men, that they would be able to continue the work of spreading the gospel of Christ after his own departure.

Along with other great historical insights Edwards' gives to the Scriptural narrative, this "diary" in particular was a good reminder of the struggles Paul faced in seeing churches birthed, grow and mature, even as he moved on to new areas. It was not always a pretty picture, and it's helpful to remind us that church life can be messy at times.

An enjoyable read.

[Mr Allan Goldie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have had a series of books by Gene Edwards for some time and as I am on holiday chose to plunge into reading one of them. I was not disappointed.....it was a good read and as a story about Timothy’s journey it was very factual and informative. I did get bogged down a few times and found myself reading but not taking in parts of the story but overall I followed it well. It helped me to understand the people involved with the Apostle Paul and if their personalities and more of the culture of that period. It gave me a hunger to read more of the diary type books by this author that I have......so I will be picking up another of his books soon.

[Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

Each volume in the First Century Diaries gets better and better. Gene Edwards has the unique ability to tell a captivating story whiling helping you better understand the First Century culture. These books are worth reading.

[Marcia Nemecek · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mr. Edwards did a lot of research on life in that time period and "fleshed out" what readers are given in the New Testament. The books are an easy read,fun, and lead to a greater understanding of the New Testament. I found the "first century diary" series of books fascinating.

[Tom Herbert · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have now finished the entire series. I loved it!

[Nanette · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one was a little more tedious reading than the two before it in the series, but I'm still loving these "diaries." Three down, two to go. The New Testament feels so much more real to me now!

[Tracey Orr · Rating 4 out of 5]

It gave me a better grasp of the idea that the books written by Paul in the New Testament were written to groups of people / sometimes individuals. This book gave character to the people referenced in his letters.