Dear Pastor,
I’m reaching out with respect—not to debate doctrine, but to share something that speaks to a tension many of us feel but rarely name:
That the message of Jesus has been distorted.
Not just misunderstood—but reshaped. Softened. Systematized. Turned into something that served authority better than it served truth.
The enclosed book, What Jesus Actually Said: The Moral Message Before Religion Took Over, is a return to the human voice underneath all that. No creeds. No fear. No miracles. Just the teachings—ethical, direct, and defiant in the face of power.
This book doesn’t affirm traditional theology. It doesn’t preserve sacred myths. It challenges both.
But it also affirms something deeper: that Jesus was a moral teacher worth hearing again—not because he was divine, but because he was right.
This isn’t a new gospel.
It’s not friendly to how Christianity has historically handled truth.
But it’s not an attack on people of faith either.
It doesn’t ask for conversion. It asks for clarity.
I’m not offering this as a replacement for what you preach—but maybe as a mirror. Because if Jesus walked into your church today—without a title, without divinity, without a glow—would we recognize his voice? Would we listen?
That’s the question this book wrestles with.
If it stirs discomfort, disagreement, or unexpected resonance—that’s good. That means it’s doing what it was meant to do.
Thank you for the work you do in your community. I hope this book meets you not as an enemy of faith, but as an ally of conscience.
With respect,
Alexander Chadwick
Alex@WhatJesusActuallySaid.org