[1] In the preface to the book the author states the rationale of Christendom Astray From the Bible as follows: THE enlightened reader will bear with the seeming arrogance of the title.
[2] The last section of the book is a summary of the preceding chapters comparing and contrasting, in table form, Roberts' understanding of the Bible against the beliefs of mainstream Christendom.
This is followed by a brief introduction to the Christadelphian community, which Roberts claims are 'a body of people ... who hold the views advocated in this book of lectures'.
Following his debate with John James Andrew in 1894, Roberts revised two paragraphs in the 1899 edition which originally left open the possibility that unbaptised but responsible rejectors of the Gospel might not be raised and judged till the end of the millennium.
Two world wars and worldwide changes could not go unnoticed in an adequate treatment of the subject, but this would have entailed an entire rewriting of the chapter'.