From Haziness to Clarity: A Quest for the Restoration of First Century Biblical Belief

Over the past hundred years Christianity has suffered a significant decline in growth, when compared to some of the other major religions of the world. Even more so, when the combination of Secular, Agnostic and Atheist is included as one of the religious groupings in the world. The proportional decline in Christianity has a lot to do with the picture of disconnection and inconsistency that clearly transpires, when comparing the majority of Christian doctrines with the ancient practice of the apostolic era. Today there is a renewed thrust to shake off the errors and unscriptural baggage associated with both the Catholic and Protestant avenues of Christianity, returning to the earliest and purest form of interpreting and understanding Scriptures. The writing of this book was set into motion by a life-changing personal experience. It is both a Biblically and historically based proposal for the removal of the haziness of so-called orthodoxy and the restoration of the straightforward pattern of belief of Biblical times.

John Wahl has a Masters Degree in theology and was previously a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa for 11 years. He has been involved with Elim Ministries in Fish Hoek, South Africa, for the period between 1999 and the publication of this book. As a keen researcher in the fields of Biblical languages, ancient manuscripts and Church history, John has written numerous books and articles on the subject of the restoration of Biblical belief.