Overview

America is in trouble. How much and for how long remains to be seen. Christians living inside its borders face a challenge to follow Jesus and find their place in the body of Christ. Jeremiah faced a similar time. His people and the nations around them had lost their way. God used Jeremiah to send word to Judah and to all nations. Filled with much angst, Jeremiah spoke the words he was commanded to speak. Mixed with words of judgment were words of hope. Hope that only God will bring. This book seeks to call the church to that hope. To let go of any other allegiance, especially to America, and seek first the kingdom of God. This book explores one possible history of America. A history of self-government. A history without a King. A history where everyone does what is right in his or her own eyes. That history is drawing to a close. It is time to welcome the King and his kingdom.

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""Richard Irwin shows us that one doesn't need mind-numbing jargon to write a powerful, challenging, and compelling book on following Jesus in our chaotic and hazardous world. It is many things braided together: a sustained engagement with Jeremiah, a series of sermons and pastoral reflections, and profound personal testimony. As a veteran pastor and a serious student of Scripture and the world, Irwin does so much of importance in relatively few pages. Be good to yourself and your friends and take time to sit with Irwin's humble-yet-courageous gift to the church."" --Michael L. Budde, Professor of Political Science and Catholic Studies, DePaul University ""Forget the 'nice book, ' this is a theological punch in the gut. Through the fierce, faithful lens of the prophet Jeremiah, Irwin delivers a timely and unsettling confrontation for the American church. Supported by powerhouse scholars, he precisely exegetes Scripture to draw incisive parallels between Judah's fall and the church's precarious witness. This essential work tackles the central question: What does faithful leadership look like when everything is falling apart? It doesn't sugarcoat. It tells the truth loud, clear, and costly, and dares you to hope anyway."" --Stephen Cheyney, Minister, Niner United, University of North Carolina Charlotte ""Part essay, part commentary on Jeremiah, part sermon--Irwin lays out the challenges facing the church in the United States in this 'time of profound loss.' Through it all, his pastoral heart and love of the church shine bright as he calls us to a 'more faithful, cross-carrying way, ' and to 'live out the story of hope' in these times."" --Victor Hinojosa, Associate Professor of Political Science, Baylor University ""Pastor Irwin is an unlikely Jeremiah. He lives in the foothills of Western North Carolina and could take refuge there in an easy path to being a white Christian. Instead, he decries--not the deep faith or the authentic civic belonging of his fellow believers--the terrifying idol of an 'America' that has taken root across the nation. Irwin's Appalachian jeremiad will raise up new leaders for the church and nation."" --Peter Casarella, Professor of Theology, Duke Divinity School ""Richard Irwin shows us that one doesn't need mind-numbing jargon to write a powerful, challenging, and compelling book on following Jesus in our chaotic and hazardous world. It is many things braided together: a sustained engagement with Jeremiah, a series of sermons and pastoral reflections, and profound personal testimony. As a veteran pastor and a serious student of Scripture and the world, Irwin does so much of importance in relatively few pages. Be good to yourself and your friends and take time to sit with Irwin's humble-yet-courageous gift to the church."" --Michael L. Budde, Professor of Political Science and Catholic Studies, DePaul University ""Forget the 'nice book, ' this is a theological punch in the gut. Through the fierce, faithful lens of the prophet Jeremiah, Irwin delivers a timely and unsettling confrontation for the American church. Supported by powerhouse scholars, he precisely exegetes Scripture to draw incisive parallels between Judah's fall and the church's precarious witness. This essential work tackles the central question: What does faithful leadership look like when everything is falling apart? It doesn't sugarcoat. It tells the truth loud, clear, and costly, and dares you to hope anyway."" --Stephen Cheyney, Minister, Niner United, University of North Carolina Charlotte ""Part essay, part commentary on Jeremiah, part sermon--Irwin lays out the challenges facing the church in the United States in this 'time of profound loss.' Through it all, his pastoral heart and love of the church shine bright as he calls us to a 'more faithful, cross-carrying way, ' and to 'live out the story of hope' in these times."" --Victor Hinojosa, Associate Professor of Political Science, Baylor University ""Pastor Irwin is an unlikely Jeremiah. He lives in the foothills of Western North Carolina and could take refuge there in an easy path to being a white Christian. Instead, he decries--not the deep faith or the authentic civic belonging of his fellow believers--the terrifying idol of an 'America' that has taken root across the nation. Irwin's Appalachian jeremiad will raise up new leaders for the church and nation."" --Peter Casarella, Professor of Theology, Duke Divinity School

Author Information

Richard N. Irwin is a traveling preacher and occasional pastor in Southern Appalachia. This is his first book.

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