Quest for the Lost Faith

A return to the beliefs and teachings of Jesus

Jesus proclaimed the kingdom of God and called people to repentance. His message was simple and direct, rooted in the faith he himself practised.

That faith has been lost. Christianity transformed the faith of Jesus into faith in Jesus, turning what he believed into a system of doctrines about him. Modern Christianity emerged not from what Jesus taught and lived, but from Greek philosophy and later theology. This book traces that transformation, seeks to recover what Jesus himself believed, and asks what that means for faith today.

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Who Is This For?

This book is for anyone questioning what they've been taught about Christianity. Many struggle with doubts that remain unresolved despite assurances to simply have faith, or find that raising honest questions is treated as unbelief rather than sincere inquiry.

These struggles are justified. Churches enforce their doctrines with warnings of backsliding and threats of eternal torment. The book asks whether these doctrines and threats reflect what Jesus actually taught, or whether they emerged later as tools of institutional control.

Beneath centuries of accumulated tradition lies the simpler gospel Jesus preached to ordinary people in Galilee. That original faith remains accessible, and freed from distortion, proves far more compelling and liberating than what replaced it.

A Look Inside

CHAPTER ONE

Hebrew Truth Abandoned

Jesus led a Jewish renewal movement rooted in the Hebrew Scriptures. Following his death, the disciples in Jerusalem, led by James, remained observant Jews. They viewed Jesus as the promised human Messiah, not God Himself, and continued to live according to the practices and obligations...

CHAPTER TWO

Death and Resurrection

One of the most significant Greek influences on Christianity was the immortal soul. This belief stood in sharp contrast to the Hebrew Scriptures, which present death as sleep until the future resurrection of the body on a renewed earth. Israel's prophets had promised that God would one day raise...

CHAPTER THREE

The Oneness of God

Jesus lived a faith centred on one God alone, the Father, whom he called the only true God. He acted as God's perfect human representative, the anointed Messiah sent to speak God's words, perform God's works and announce the coming kingdom. The earliest followers in Jerusalem maintained this understanding...

CHAPTER FOUR

The Reformation Examined

The Reformation began as a challenge to corruption and excess within medieval Catholicism. Luther and others questioned indulgences, purgatory and the power of the church, emphasising faith and Scripture as the basis of salvation. Their promise of a return to biblical truth and wider access...

CHAPTER FIVE

Atonement and Reconciliation

Jesus taught reconciliation with God through repentance. During his ministry, Jesus freely declared forgiveness to those who came to him in humility, including the paralytic and the woman who anointed him. These acts occurred long before the cross, showing that Jesus was acting in continuity with how God has always...

CHAPTER SIX

Modern Revival Movements

The Charismatic movement emerged in the early 1900s with revivals like Azusa Street, promising supernatural gifts such as tongues for worldwide missions. When early missionaries like Alfred and Lillian Garr found their supposed gift of Bengali utterly ineffective in India, leaders redefined tongues...

CHAPTER SEVEN

Prophecy and Fulfilment

Modern Christianity approaches prophecy with the assumption that biblical predictions concern the distant future. This interpretation, known as futurism, requires redefinition of language, making words like 'soon' and 'this generation' cover vast amounts of time...

CHAPTER EIGHT

The Faith of Jesus

After examining how Christianity departed from Jesus' original teaching, the focus turns to what Jesus himself believed as true. He affirmed a faith rooted in trust and obedience, walking faithfully with God without complex doctrines. Like Abraham before Moses, he called people to...