Thousands of denominations claim to be following the Bible as their guide to true religion. But they seem unable to agree about what it teaches. The Church is fragmented. Anthony Buzzard contends on the basis of Scripture that the Church is leaving out the major element of the saving Gospel. The Protestant Reformers did not really protest or reform as fully as they claimed. They left a legacy of church tradition unexamined and unreformed. It is time to protest vigorously about the difference between Jesus' presentation of the Gospel and the modern, easy-belief versions of the Gospel. Evangelicals and almost everyone else have forgotten what Jesus meant by the Gospel. They are defining it unbiblically.
Anthony Buzzard, with a long career in Bible research, writing and teaching, proposes that the secret of immortality is sitting right there in the Bible. But it is either obscured or neglected by churches. Churches have inherited a belief system which makes the New Testament a confusing book. Many experts in church history know this to be true.
Jesus came to reveal the way to life in the future Kingdom of God. Jesus' Gospel or Good News was concentrated on one topic. Our destiny as human beings is to achieve indestructible life through future resurrection into the coming age of the Kingdom on earth. That is the heart of the Christian Gospel.
Anthony writes for the non-specialist. The first nine chapters are designed to introduce the layman to Jesus' secret of immortality. Both the opening nine chapters and the more detailed material in the rest of The Amazing Aims and Claims of Jesus make their appeal to layman and scholar alike.