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PAULINIANS

How the Followers of Paul Replaced the Teachings of Jesus

"Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many."

— Matthew 24:4-5 (NKJV)
PAULINIANS book cover — How the Followers of Paul Replaced the Teachings of Jesus by Brad Smith

What if the religion built in Jesus' name was never actually his?

Paul of Tarsus wrote nearly half of the New Testament. His theology of salvation by faith alone forms the backbone of virtually every Protestant church in America. Billions of people have built their entire understanding of God, sin, grace, and eternity on his letters.

There is just one problem. Paul never met Jesus. Not once. Not a conversation. Not a meal. Not a single moment in the physical presence of the man he now represents.

And by his own written admission — in letters sitting in your Bible right now — Paul called his message "my gospel," received it from no human being, and admitted he used craftiness and trickery to spread it.

PAULINIANS investigates the theological war between Paul and James — the biological brother of Jesus — who directly contradicted Paul's gospel and called faith without works dead. It examines the Council of Nicaea, where a Roman emperor shaped Christian doctrine in 325 CE. And it confronts the truth about how Paul's gospel was handed to enslaved African people as a tool of control.

This book is not an attack on faith. It is an invitation to read more carefully.

13 Paul's books in the New Testament
0 Times Paul met Jesus
325 AD Year Rome shaped your theology
~300 Writings removed from your Bible

"Jesus warned about deception. Paul admitted to it. Both statements are in the same Bible. And for two thousand years — nobody read them together. Until now."

— PAULINIANS, Chapter One

Hear the Investigation

PAULINIANS is available as a full audiobook narrated by the author. Listen to a sample from the Preface — the story that started it all. A small Southern Baptist church, a father behind the pulpit for twenty-five years, and a child with questions nobody would answer.

Available now on Audible, Amazon, Spotify, Apple Books, Libro.fm, Kobo, Walmart, and Storytel.

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Preface — My Father's House
Sample from the opening of PAULINIANS. The full audiobook is approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Brad Smith — Author of PAULINIANS

Brad Smith

Author & Spiritual Thinker — Orlando, Florida

Brad Smith is a Florida-based author and spiritual thinker whose work sits at the intersection of biblical history, theological investigation, and African American spiritual freedom.

Raised in the Black church by a father who has served as a pastor for over twenty-five years, Brad spent a lifetime carrying questions that the institution around him was unwilling to answer. Questions about the Apostle Paul. Questions about the origins of Christian doctrine. Questions about why the faith delivered to enslaved African people bore the fingerprints of the same civilization that enslaved them.

Rather than suppress those questions, Brad researched them. Drawing on years of independent study into biblical history, the documented record of the early church councils, and the roots of African spirituality, he built a case that is both personally honest and historically grounded.

PAULINIANS is his debut book — the result of a lifetime of questions finally answered.

Discussion Guide

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PAULINIANS Discussion Guide

A free companion guide for book clubs, Bible study groups, and anyone reading PAULINIANS with others. Includes chapter summaries, discussion questions, and scripture references for deeper investigation.

  • Why does Paul call his message "my gospel" three separate times?
  • What does James — the brother of Jesus — say about Paul's doctrine of faith alone?
  • What decisions were made at the Council of Nicaea and who made them?
  • How does African spiritual tradition predate and inform the teachings attributed to Jesus?
  • What does it mean to be spiritually free rather than religiously obedient?
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