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Job and the Misrepresentation of God’s Character

Does God test His people using sickness, tragedy, & death?

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Job and the Misrepresentation of God’s Character

Does God test His people using sickness, tragedy, & death?

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Many approach the book of Job with a number of presuppositions: God desires to test Job's faithfulness. God is controlling the actions of the devil. That God just might make you the next Job. These presuppositions demonstrate a failure to study the book of Job in the light of the full revelation of Father God found in Jesus Christ. Hence, Job is misused to present God as a capricious deity. In this book we will learn how a proper study of Job shows us that Satan’s plan was to discredit both God and Job. We will learn that God did not instigate Job’s trials, but showed the patriarch compassion by delivering him from the designs of Satan against him.

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The Wrath of God

What it is and How it is Executed

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The Wrath of God

What it is and How it is Executed

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God has been misrepresented by both His “followers” and His enemies. Most of the misrepresentation centers around the Biblical phrase, “the wrath of God”. This misrepresentation is due to the failure of both “defenders” and “detractors” of God to thoroughly study Scripture’s teaching on this subject. In this book we show the reader that as we allow Scripture to interpret itself we will find that God’s wrath does not equate to the angry destructive being that He is often portrayed to be nor does His wrath eliminate His love. The reader will learn that Scripture presents a consistent picture of a loving God trying to save mankind from the destructive power of our own sins.

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Stop Blaming God For the Work of the Enemy

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Stop Blaming God For the Work of the Enemy

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And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High (Dan. 7:25) Satan is a slanderer who has deceived men into falsely blaming God for his own works. Sadly, the majority of Christians have bought into his deceptions and denigrate God’s character in their sermons and Bible studies. In this study we will examine several areas in which God is always getting the blame, even from His own children, and show the reader that Scripture actually points to Satan as the culprit. Once we have learned this truth then we will learn how to walk in victory over all satanic circumstances.

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1530810124

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Untying God's "Nots"

Or, How Much Control Does God Really Have?

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Untying God's "Nots"

Or, How Much Control Does God Really Have?

By: Troy J. Edwards

If a nation marches against you, know that I am not behind it. (Isaiah 54:15a; The Voice) A common phrase used by many Christians, particularly when there is some tragic event, is that “God is in control”. Many people mean different things by the statement, however, the majority of those who use the statement believe that God initiated the tragic event and had a secret mysterious plan to bring some unknown good from it. We believe that such a teaching casts aspersions on God’s character. Besides, the origins of this teaching is not from the Bible but is derived from pagan philosophy. Throughout these pages we will look at a number of arguments and Scriptures used by proponents of this teaching and show the reader that it does not line up with the Bible’s teaching about God. The reader will also learn that this teaching is a tool of Satan to keep Christians passive so that they will not stand against him in the authority of Christ’s victory over him.

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1535260580

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Does God Destroy?

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Does God Destroy?

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Numerous verses in the Bible mention God’s generosity, kindness, mercy, love, compassion, holiness, integrity, and other attributes. But other Scriptures also depict Him as a destroyer. What if one can have an alternative interpretation of the “destroyer” verses without ever compromising the fact that the Bible is God’s inspired Word? This book will show that it is not only possible, but also vital. Using the Bible itself, as well as insights from scholars from various theological backgrounds, you will be shown how one can interpret such texts and yet realize that God does not engage in destructive action. Our life will be impacted by what we believe about God. This work is therefore of utmost significance. After finishing this study, we think you’ll love God and your Bible even more.

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Why?

A Biblical Explanation for Evil

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Why?

A Biblical Explanation for Evil

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In this book I want to prove to the reader that the Bible offers a satisfactory answer to the “why” questions many have in relation to an omnipotent but good God in contrast to the rampant heart-breaking evil we see in our world. Many people are fed up with the standard Christian responses on this subject. Though some claim to give Biblical answers to our “why” questions we often receive responses that consign much of God’s alleged activity to “divine mysterious purposes.” I pray that I will be able to answer some of your “why” questions in a satisfactory manner. I believe that the answers I provide here are enough to vindicate God’s goodness and justice in the light of evil. I also believe that this book will help you to see a picture of a loving God who never planned any of this evil and pain. I hope you will see that He is at war with evil, is doing all that He can to rescue us from evil now and who will, in His omnipotence, one day rid this universe of evil forever.

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1530018692

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The Tempter: His Tactics and How to Take Him Out

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The Tempter: His Tactics and How to Take Him Out

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Satan’s most significant role concerning mankind has been that of the Tempter. In The Tempter: His Tactics and How to Take Him Out, we take you through the Scriptures and expose the Tempter’s sinister and crafty attacks on man. Besides practical truth that will lead to a life of victory over sin, The Tempter also answers some very important questions such as: Did God really ask Abraham to offer Isaac as a burnt offering? Did God really send a lying spirit to tempt Ahab? Did God use a “marionette type” of control over Pharaoh during Israel’s slavery? Did God want Adam and Eve to fall, thus bringing sin into the world? Did God predestine Judas to betray Jesus? These and many other questions are answered in this book. You will not only learn that you serve a good God who hates sin, but you will learn how to overcome it’s true source, the Tempter.

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1468945599

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Divine Healing: Guaranteed

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Divine Healing: Guaranteed

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In this book, Pastor and teacher Troy Edwards shows you from the Scriptures that God is not only able and willing to heal His children, but has provided covenant promises that guarantee His intervention when they are claimed in faith. Furthermore, the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus has purchased our healing, further guaranteeing its fulfillment in our lives as we look to Him. This book has ten faith building chapters that will not only give you knowledge of what God wants to do concerning your health, but also gives you practical instruction along with balanced wisdom. God wants to heal you. It is His desire. He is simply waiting for you to seek Him for it. This book will give you the confidence to do just that.

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1468943278

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Does God Send Sickness?

Vindicating God’s Character Concerning Sickness and Disease Paperback

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Does God Send Sickness?

Vindicating God’s Character Concerning Sickness and Disease Paperback

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“God is said in Scripture to send what he can (but doth not) hinder from being sent.” – Edward Bird (1726)God has been taking the blame for sickness and disease for centuries. We have been told that He sends sickness as an aid to spiritual growth and piety or as a punishment for sin. Vast amounts of Scripture have been cited to support this claim.This idea has contributed to the lack of faith prevalent in the church today for healing and deliverance. After all, if God gave a person sickness then His willingness to heal is questionable. Faith can only be present where the will of God is known. However, if sickness is seen as an enemy of God then faith in God’s willingness to heal is more likely to rise.Numerous apologetic books have been written in support of divine healing, but most have not dealt completely with the many Biblical passages that appear to make God the direct cause of sickness. This book is different in that it will look at these difficult Bible passages in light of the permissive idiom of the ancient Hebrew language, in which God is often said to do the things that He merely allowed or permitted to happen. Those passages in both the Old and New Testaments that make God appear to be a cold and cruel dispenser of sickness and disease will be seen in a new light. You will see God’s loving character vindicated, your Bible will be a fresh source of blessing, and your faith in God for health and healing will soar.

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Is the Future Set in Stone?

A Biblical study of God’s relation to time and knowledge of the future

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Is the Future Set in Stone?

A Biblical study of God’s relation to time and knowledge of the future

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God knows all things and there is nothing that is hidden from Him. Therefore, if the future is already in existence and is a settled reality then there is no doubt that God knows it exhaustively. Yet, what if the future does not exist as the past did and the present currently does? Is it necessary for an omniscient God to have exhaustive knowledge of a non-existent entity? In his book, "Is the Future Set in Stone?," Pastor Troy J. Edwards presents a thorough examination of the Scriptures, revealing the fact that the future is NOT in existence until it happens. This truth is important to understanding why God is by no means responsible for the fall of devils, men and the horrendous evil on the earth. You will also see how God works with His free-will creatures to shape the future and bring it about.

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The Permissive Sense

Hints and Helps to Bible Interpretation that Vindicates God's Character of Love

By: Troy J. Edwards

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The Permissive Sense

Hints and Helps to Bible Interpretation that Vindicates God's Character of Love

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One does not have to read too far into the Bible to find that it says the following about Him: God hardened people’s hearts. God put lying spirits in the mouth of false prophets. God personally deceived prophets. God Blinded people to the truth. God inflicted sickness. God sent natural disasters. God moved people to sin. God tempted men. God intentionally gave men unrighteous laws. God created evil. And even more…. Such statements have presented insurmountable difficulties to Bible readers. Failure to understand them properly have led to doctrines that paint God in less than a favorable light. However, when we understand the permissive sense, most difficulties with such verses will disappear. This book will help you understand this important principle and will remove all doubt about God’s love, goodness, and holiness.

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The Hebrew Idiom of Permission

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The Hebrew Idiom of Permission

By: Troy J. Edwards

We appropriately use the Bible as our foundation for all Christian belief and practice because we rightly recognize it as God’s written Word. Why then is there such a lack of clarity on the God that this book is supposed to reveal to us within its pages? Why does He claim to be good, compassionate, and merciful while He is accused of hardening hearts, tempting people, causing sickness and accidents, etc. in so many other places? The issues arise from our failure to accurately understand and apply the “idiom of permission” to our reading and study of this holy text. In this book, Pastor Troy J. Edwards provides the scholarly evidence that the Bible uses the idiom of permission frequently, and he discusses how the application of this idiom will resolve many issues related to our understanding of God’s character.

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God is Said to do that which He Only Permits

Exploring a Neglected Principle of Bible Interpretation that Vindicates God's Character

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God is Said to do that which He Only Permits

Exploring a Neglected Principle of Bible Interpretation that Vindicates God's Character

By: Troy J. Edwards

“It is usual in Scripture to attribute to the Supreme Power, acts which are virtually those of his instruments, and which he merely permits.” – Charles Edward Fraser-Tytler Many false charges have been leveled at God by His critics (atheists, agnostics, satanists, etc.) due to misreading the Bible. Part of the problem has been the failure to understand the idiomatic language used in the Ancient Near East, especially among the Hebrew people, from which our God inspired Scriptures have their origin. This failure has led to more misunderstandings about God and His inspired Word than we can attest to. While the Hebrews had numerous idioms I am fully persuaded that the most neglected one among theologians and Bible translators has been what I prefer to label as “the permission idiom”. This is the idiom that, as we will learn in this study, scholars tell us is one in which God is said to be the cause of that which He merely allowed or permitted or did not prevent from happening. May the Lord use this book to help you understand Him and your Bible better.

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Vindicating God

A unique daily devotional that defends God against false accusations made against Him

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Vindicating God

A unique daily devotional that defends God against false accusations made against Him

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There are sincere worshippers of Christ who are quite ignorant of how to deal with difficult passages in the Bible that might be used by God’s enemies to paint a false picture of Him. Many remain confused as to how to deal with passages that seem to go against what they know by their experience is a loving God. I believe that these daily devotions can assist believers in this endeavor. When one meditates daily on the truth of God’s character then they will not be easily swayed by those who speak against it. They will see that there are better ways to understand the passages often presented by those who choose to denigrate God’s character.

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Does God Send Natural Disasters?

Vindicating God’s character concerning Accidents and Disasters

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Does God Send Natural Disasters?

Vindicating God’s character concerning Accidents and Disasters

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Many of our theologians have told us that God is the responsible agent for all of the natural evil that we suffer. These theologians and philosophers are not without their “Biblical” proof-texts. For them, Sodom and Gomorrah, the flood of Noah, the plagues of Egypt, the trials of Job, the end time events of the book of Revelation and other historical accounts recorded in Scripture provide sufficient evidence that God is behind most, if not all, natural disasters. This book will show us that by understanding how the “permissive idiom” of the Ancient Eastern and Hebrew cultures was used to describe God’s actions, we can get a fresh perspective of God’s place in many of the natural disasters in Scripture that were attributed to Him. We will then see a loving God who is not destructive but actually does all that He can to save men from destruction without violating their freedom.

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1540481565

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The Lord SENT It

Understanding what the Bible Means when it says that God sent sickness, disaster, evil spirits, deception, etc.

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The Lord SENT It

Understanding what the Bible Means when it says that God sent sickness, disaster, evil spirits, deception, etc.

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There are numerous places in Scripture where God says that He will “send” or is said to have “sent” a disaster, a plague, pestilence, delusion, an evil spirit, a cruel and ruthless enemy army, ferocious man-eating wild animals, and other harsh judgments. Atheists use such passages to castigate the God of the Bible. Some theologians use such passages to present theological views of God that make Him appear to be harsh, unloving, and unfair. Other Christians avoid such passages altogether, believing that certain parts of the Bible are too difficult or irrelevant. However, an often neglected principle of Bible interpretation is found in the statement that "God is said to 'send' or to 'have sent' that which He merely did not prevent or hinder." When we understand this truth then we get a better picture of the God who is exactly like Jesus Christ.

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How?

A look at God’s character in light of Biblical passages that are inconsistent with love

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A look at God’s character in light of Biblical passages that are inconsistent with love

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In this book, How? We will look at a number of God’s acts recorded in the Bible, those acts that upon a superficial reading of Scripture, paint Him as malicious, harsh, hypocritical and in some cases, worse than the humans whose sin He punishes. Hopefully when you see the explanations that the Word of God itself offers you will see the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ in a new light. Some of the questions this book attempts to answer are: How Does God Reveal His Wrath? How Does God Bring Judgment? How Does God Create Evil? How Does “God’s Hand” Go Against Sinners? How Does God Punish? How Does God Kill? How Does God Smite? How Does God Curse? How Does God Tempt? How Does God Deceive? How Does God Harden Hearts? How Does God Destroy? How Does God Send Sickness?

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1530460727

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The God of the Blank Check

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The God of the Blank Check

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In these difficult and trying times it is more important now than ever before that we know the true character of God. There is no better explanation of His character than the revelation of His Name, "I am". With this Name, God lovingly condescended to His people by giving them a "blank check" to fill out, submit to the bank of Heaven, and receive what they need from Him. In this study, we will learn about the riches God has placed in our Heavenly bank account through His "I am" Name. Your faith will soar as you learn about the God who is willing to meet every need and godly desire of His children. Your excitement will increase as you understand that His "I am" promises are guaranteed through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Miracles Are for Today

Confronting the Powerless Gospel with God's Word

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Miracles Are for Today

Confronting the Powerless Gospel with God's Word

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For centuries the place of miracles in the church has been debated. This controversy remains in our day. Numerous views and theological positions are advocated in defense or rejection of miracles for today. There are some who believe they are for today, some who outright deny their validity for today, and some who remain unsure. Even among those who believe that God has never ceased working miracles there are a number of perspectives ranging from the idea that they are rare, that they are spontaneous and happen only at God's sovereign whim, and then there are those who believe that a faith-filled group of Christians who believe God's promises can experience them frequently. In his book, Miracles Are For Today, Pastor Troy J. Edwards refutes the idea that God's miracles are only for a past generation and explains from Scripture how God's people can experience frequent miracles in their corporate worship as well as within their personal lives. Get ready to believe God for a miracle today.

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Basics for Believers Bible Studies

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Basics for Believers Bible Studies

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Many people who make a decision for Christ do not remain in Him. Why are so many backsliding and falling away? Why is it that for many, a decision to make Christ their Lord and Savior does not result in a changed life? Pastor and teacher Troy Edwards believes that it is due to our failure to disciple new believers and teach them the BASICS - the foundational truths needed to empower us to live victorious Christian lives. This book provides a resource pastors, group leaders and mature lay leaders with foundational truths. It is in outline form and is meant to be studied along with one's opened Bible. This book can be used in both a group setting and for individual study.

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Praying in Line with God's Promises

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Praying in Line with God's Promises

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God's promises are made available for every child of God but if God's people do not learn to appropriate them by faith and prayer, these promises will always be available but never utilized. In this book you will learn: * How God's Promises are guaranteed to every believer. * How vitally important faith and prayer is to obtaining these promises. * How great men during Bible times prevailed with God by claiming His promises * How to pray God's promises to overcome problems. * How to overcome hindrances to appropriating God's promises.

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God Didn't Do It

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God Didn't Do It

By: Troy J. Edwards

We hear the religious clichés quite often: “God is in control,” “God took my child,” “God’s ways are mysterious, His wonders to perform,” and other statements attributing life’s hardships to God.God has been falsely accused of doing things that He actually hates. In this short book we use the Bible, God’s own written Word, to set the record straight concerning His involvement in the harsh realities of life. When you have finished reading this book, you will no longer blame God for the difficulties you encounter and you will be able to point others to a loving kind God who is for us and not against us.

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The Bible Principle of Accommodation

Answering the Questions as to Why God Permitted Divorce, Capital Punishment, Slavery, War, Polygamy, and more

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Answering the Questions as to Why God Permitted Divorce, Capital Punishment, Slavery, War, Polygamy, and more

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I have so much more to tell you, but it is too much for you to accept now. (John 16:12; Easy to Read Version)God was faced with a problem. He needed a nation on the earth that He could work through in order to send forth the Messiah and bring about man's redemption. However, His chosen people, Israel, were strongly influenced by pagan thinking. Attempting to abruptly change their mindset to one of a high godly ideal was impossible. God had to work with the people at the level where they were at and progressively lead them to a "more excellent way" (1 Cor. 12:31).In the meantime, God had to accommodate their pagan thinking and regulate it to minimize its harmful effects. The principle of accommodation is a Bible interpretation principle that helps us to understand why certain things in Scripture were commanded or permitted, things that God did not endorse but only tolerated for a period of time.

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