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Robert Roberts

Christendom Astray

Eighteen lectures setting out what the Bible teaches on the nature of man, death and resurrection, God and Jesus Christ, the devil, the kingdom of God and the promises to the fathers, set against the beliefs of the churches.

Robert Roberts · first published 1884 · about 199,000 words

Transcribed from the scans at antipas.org and proofread against the page images. The text keeps the original spelling, the printer’s misprints and the Bible references as they were printed. These are historical texts in the language of their day; the teaching of this site is set out in its own beliefs and Bible studies.

  1. Prefacepp. iii–vii
  2. Lecture I.—The Bible—What It Is and How to Interpret Itpp. 1–18
  3. Lecture II. Human Nature Essentially Mortal, as Proved by “Nature” and Revelationpp. 19–35
  4. Lecture III. The Dead Unconscious till the Resurrection, and Consequent Error of Popular Belief in Heaven and Hellpp. 36–69 · 2 pages online
  5. Lecture IV. Immortality a Conditional Gift to Be Bestowed at the Resurrectionpp. 70–86
  6. Lecture V. Judgment to Come, the Dispensation of Divine Awards to Responsible Classes at the Return of Christpp. 87–113
  7. Lecture VI. God, Angels, Jesus Christ, and the Crucifixionpp. 114–149 · 3 pages online
  8. Lecture VII. The Devil Not a Supernatural Being, but the Scriptural Personification of Sin in Its Various Manifestations among Menpp. 150–183 · 2 pages online
  9. Lecture VIII. The Kingdom of God—Not Yet in Existence, but to Be Established Visibly on the Earth at a Future Daypp. 184–205
  10. Lecture IX. The Promises Made to the Fathers (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob) Yet to Be Fulfilled in the Setting Up of the Kingdom of God on the Earthpp. 206–224
  11. Lecture X. The Kingdom of God the Final Instrumentality in the Great Scheme of Human Redemptionpp. 225–240
  12. Lecture XI. Christ the Future King of the Worldpp. 241–254
  13. Lecture XII. The Covenant Made with David Realised in the Re-establishment of the Kingdom of Israel under Christpp. 255–275
  14. Lecture XIII. The Second Coming of Christ the Only Christian Hopepp. 276–289
  15. Lecture XIV. The Hope of Israel; or, the Restoration of the Jews, a Part of the Divine Scheme and an Element of the Gospelpp. 290–304
  16. Lecture XV. Coming Troubles and the Second Adventpp. 305–314
  17. Lecture XVI. Times and Signs; or, the Evidence that the End is Nearpp. 315–355
  18. Lecture XVII. The Refuge from the Storm; or, “What Must I Do to Be Saved?”pp. 356–373
  19. Lecture XVIII. The Ways of Christendom Inconsistent with the Commandments of Christpp. 374–396
  20. A Summary of the Things Set Forth in the Foregoing Lectures, Shewn in Contrast with the Theological Tenets of the Bulk of Christendompp. 397–400
  21. A Few Words to the Interested Readerpp. 401–402