Unearthed: How Discovering the Kingdom of God Will Transform the Church and Change the World

Brandon Andress
AuthorHouse (2010)
ISBN 9781452076751
Reviewed by Richard R. Blake for Reader Views (5/11)

Brandon Andress delivers a strong positive message to the church, those individuals who make up the body of Christ, to become followers of Christ living transformed lives to regain our purpose and identity in the world. In his book “Unearthed,” Andress warns of becoming cynics and skeptics, jaded and powerless in a continuous cycle of self-interest pursuits.

Pouring out his heart to the reader, Brandon calls out to them to recognize how “broken, dysfunctional, and misaligned” those of us who proclaim to follow Christ have become. He goes on to use the parables of Jesus and contemporary stories and experiences to illustrate the purpose and mission of the Christian today in “moving forward” the Kingdom of God.

Andress’ writing is Biblically sound, logically organized, and powerfully presented. I enjoyed his strong definitive approach, his teaching methodology, and his convincing communications style. Chapter titles and paragraph headers make the narrative come alive. Biblical truths and events read like today’s headlines. The call to “Kingdom Revolution” or “Unearthing the Kingdom of God” call for commitment on the part of the reader, and draw them further into the challenge of “Rising Up” of “Awakening from Sleep” and “Coming to Life.”

Jesus is looking for allegiance from His followers and a willingness to take on His identity, “demonstrating the love, justice, and mercies of God to the world.” Brandon asks us to rethink worship by defining a worship of sacrifice as opposed to our current pre-occupation with “Consumer-Driven Worship.” He talks about sacrifice through discipline, confession, fasting, and prayer unity.

I appreciated Brandon’s openness, his genuine concern for forgiveness, repentance, reconciliation and an uncompromised commitment to “unearthing” the power of the Kingdom of God to change the world. In the section titled “A Deeper Look,” Brandon calls for change: A change in our priorities, in our relationships, in our mission, in our families, in our service, in our allegiance, and in our Global view.

Brandon Andress writes with clarity, conviction, and challenge. “Unearthed” is for anyone seeking a new depth and breadth to their spiritual life, to anyone ready for the “life changing – eye opening” reality of the transforming power of the Kingdom of God.

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