the below listed books would be of the utter most help for you, my brother in understanding the roots & the theology for the message of faith.
many folk who disagree with the message of faith, stating that it is a modern day upstart, fail to see, or ignore that it actually has its roots in the most fundamental & sound scholars & teachers of the last one hundred & fifty years.
of course we also know that it first springs forth in genesis 1:3, where we see god the creator working by the divine "word of faith" which was spoken forth from his lips....
1)" another side of the coin, the other side of the controversy surrounding the faith message", by gregg n. huestis.
2)" god in a box? the sovereignty of god in word of faith theology" by chad marinelli.
3)"faith & the pharisees, sincere critics have been sincerely wrong about the word of faith teachings" by ted rouse
4) "why suffering cannot be god's will", by ted rouse
5) "e.w. kenyon, the true story", by joe mcintyre
6) "e.w kenyon, cult founder or evangelical minister?",m by geir lie
7) e.w. kenyon & the postbellum pursuit of peace, power, & plenty", by dale h. simmons
8) "the midas touch", by kenneth e. hagin
there are a few others out there, but i have found these to be the most exhaustive, & also having the fullest depth of gods message & lifestyle of faith from a scriptural platform, they explore from all aspects both sides of the argument, & also display some of the richest truths by highly respected bible teachers who were pillars in early america & across the ocean.
men such as a.t pierson, a.j. gordon, r.a. torrey, d.l. moody, charles spurgeon, andrew murray, a.b. simpson. s.d. gordon, r.w. dale, johnathan edwards, henry c. mabie, george muller, e.n. bell, none of these men today would be called as we are, spirit filled , tongue talkers, instead they are still recognized & respected as some of the most prolific bible teachers, & of the soundest fundamental minds, but you will see, that what we call the word of faith movement has its birth through these men & there message of faith, in many ways we are still babes in comparison to their message of faith.
i also forgot to mention another book titled, "so great a salvation, the message of keswick", by steven barabas.
what we would call the faith message of today was birthed by these & other men & women of the deeper life movement & the keswick meetings, in particular has they began to associate with american ministers & even moved here.
i will say this though, there are several prominent ministries out there, that many call "word of faith", but in actuality, they are not, & have stirred up a lot of the attacks because of there behavior, & erroneous unscriptural messages.
a good web site to go to is "victory in the word", by troy edwards, & mark hankins has a site also.
i would recommend watching kenneth copeland, mark hankins, charles cowans, & freddy is aslways ready, fred price.
i do think these books might all be available at amazon.com.
"in christ"
scott
