The Prisoner in the Third Cell

Gene Edwards does a wonderful job of pulling the reader in to join the adventure and capture the experience.

This was a great read. It allowed me to think about all that John went through. I am not a big time book reader and find it hard to get into many books, but I was hooked from the start. I was even in tears by the end of the book. I recomend this to anyone in need of direction and is a must read for Christian Leadership.

We took a lot of heat from other members of our group for suggesting a fictionalized account of John the Baptist's life. I regret that they couldn't embrace this author's account of John's life. It was such a great illustration of one of the greatest men in the Bible. Edward's storytelling pulls you in from the start & never let's you go. I finished this book 2 weeks ago & still find myself pondering points made in the book. I can't say enough good things about this book. Buy it, read it & pass it along to your fellow saints.

Have you ever felt like a failure as a Christian when God disappointed you? When God let you down? What do you do when God doesn't live up to your expectations?John the Baptist knew who Jesus was. They were cousins, acquainted with each other, maybe friends. Certainly God revealed Jesus in His glory when John baptised Him! Father, Son and Holy Spirit converge in a moment of spiritual manifestation.But sitting in the third cell of Herod's damp, dark prison, day after day certainly didn't feel like deliverance. Where was this king? The powerful one? Where was the fire? Where was this Jesus?If the "greatest [man] born of woman" had his questions, disappointments, frustrations, how much more might we have the same today? He knew Jesus face to face, as a man knows a friend.Yet, his understanding was rocked by the God who answers many questions but rarely answers "Why?".Edwards answers these issues, sort of, in an insightful, profound way. The book will lead you back to where you began but with a deeper faith and clearer insight toward this powerful, invisible God who will do what He will do. "His ways are not our ways and His thoughts are not our thoughts." Thank you, Lord.

This book is a fictional but accurate potrayal of the life of John the baptist. The reason the book is so powerful lies in the fact that we ask God the same question John does. "If you're such a great God, why do bad things happen?" And John wonders if Jesus really is the 'One', and he doupts that his life and what he did mean anything at all. God answers John's questions the same way He answers our questions,... This is a must read for every Christian who questions God's goodness.