Faith for This Moment, Rick McKinley
Faith for This Moment, Rick McKinley
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Faith for This Moment
Navigating a Polarized World as the People of God

Author: Rick McKinley

Narrator: Rick McKinley

Unabridged: 4 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/18/2018

Synopsis

For three generations, God's chosen people were exiles in the land of Babylon. Today, many Christians in America feel like exiles within their own country, and there is growing disagreement regarding how to live faithfully in this complex cultural moment. Some desire to conquer our Babylon and return to a type of Christendom they believe existed in an idealized past. Others seek to assimilate the values of our culture into the church. And in between are those who are uncomfortable with either extreme, who feel spiritually homeless. These exiles are looking for a new way of understanding what faith looks like in a polarized, pluralistic, post-Christian culture. They want to know: What does it mean to be the people of God now? That's the question Rick McKinley seeks to answer. He shows exiled Christians how people of faith from other times and places discovered how to live faithfully, prophetically, and imaginatively, neither compromising their principles nor their compassion, and never giving in to despair.

About Rick McKinley

Rick McKinley is the author of Faith for this Moment: Navigating a polarized world as the people of God and This Beautiful Mess. He is the founding pastor of Imago Dei Community in Portland, Oregon, a church creatively demonstrating the faithful presence and prophetic witness of Chris in their city. Rick and his wife, Jeanne, live with their four children in Portland.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jonathan on January 26, 2021

A quick, and absolutely enjoyable (even though pretty dang challenging) read! With the proper amount of humor, humility, and punch, this book on what it looks like to be the people of God in exile was stunning. I kept reading and thinking that I must've found the best part of the book so early on, on......more

Goodreads review by J.K. on October 24, 2018

My Rating - Must read Level - Quick, easy read Summary The premise of the book is that the US has changed, we are now a post-Christian nation, and so the question that we currently face is, what do we do about it? He points to a turning point (this moment) in his life, and one he thinks had a larger ef......more

Goodreads review by Loraena on October 16, 2019

Where was this book in 2016-2017 when I felt so alone? Pastor Rick looks at our calling as the people of God in our current cultural moment through the lens of God’s people in exile as seen in Babylon. As usual, he has his finger on the pulse of life and responds with this deeply pastoral book that’......more

Goodreads review by Brett on January 24, 2020

In this compelling book Rick McKinley clearly illustrates how our present church compares to the Israelites Babylonian exile. As a people of God living in the present world we have lost our sense of identity, lost our ability to speak to the present culture and have lost our ability to meaningfully......more

Goodreads review by Caroline on June 08, 2021

I really enjoyed this book! Light encouraging read on the hope we have as Christians to be true witnesses in a divided world. It’s not heavy on theology or application but my heart is encouraged to love better & obey God today.......more

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