The Kingdom That Turned the World Upside Down

I was a police officer for 19 years. At around the 17th year a man gave me a copy of this book. I wrote all sorts of reasons why this book was wrong in the margins. Then one by one they were corrected as I did my own research. This book changed my life. Just ask yourself, “what if Jesus meant what He said?” This book will help you see what others came to believe as they asked that question. Read it and do your own research.

This book has made a lasting impact on my life. It was simple yet powerful. One of the most logical, simple, and honest approaches to the writings of the New Testament.

As someone who grew up in a Restoration Movement (Stone- Campbell, specifically ICOC) church I was challenged in my understanding of the Good News that Jesus preached. This book forced me to face Jesus’ teachings. Ultimately calling me higher.

This book is great, not because it has some secret, but because it echoes the simple Good News of the Kingdom of God as proclaimed by the King.

At the encouragement of Peter Goodgame (RedMoonRising) I bought and devoured “The Kingdom That Turned the World Upside Down.” Sam Pascoe is credited with observing: “Christianity started out in Palestine as a fellowship; it moved to Greece and became a philosophy; it moved to Italy and became an institution; it moved to Europe and became a culture; it came to America and became an enterprise.” We in America have become saturated with Babylonian values and have come to view Christianity through that paradigm. How refreshing of David Bercot to refocus the “faith once delivered” without the materialistic underlayment. Here is the basic Kingdom message with the power to transform individual lives and entire cultures. Here is the impetus to get rid of all this “stuff” that consumes our lives, live free in Christ, and have an impact instead of merely being distressed spectators in this cultural freefall. If you are a committed Christian; if you really want to help turn this world — not “upside down” but rather — rightside up, I recommend this book without reservation but with one additional suggestion: you read it as part of a trilogy with Francis Chan’s “Crazy Love” and Roger Hertzler’s “Through the Eye of a Needle.” This is solid, Biblical thought, clearly expressed and presented with the exciting premise that “we can DO this!”

This truly turned my world upside down, We are Mennonites, and I could never understand, Nonresistence, BUT NOW I DO!!!!

I read this book after I read a review of it by Bro. Denny of Charity Gospel Fellowship. I was very new to the idea of two kingdoms and Kingdom Christianity at the time and was mostly just curious. As someone who was, at that time, heavily involved in politics and was contemplating entry into the military in the wake of 9/11, needless to say this book turned my world upside down. At first I hated the message this book so clearly illuminated. But I could not escape that this book spoke the truth of scripture, which I had always heard ‘explained away.’ I could no longer accept those all-to-common ‘explanations’ and, through serious soul-searching and further investigation, realized I could and should accept the scripture for what it very clearly says. This book launched that investigation in ernest. I then ordered and read Will the Real Heretics Please Stand Up and that conviction grew. Both of these books changed my life, helping embrace my true place in Christ and His kingdom, a

This book, like Will the Real Heretics Please Stand Up, is a must read for anyone who seeks to understand the true Christian faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.