__We all long for freedom.__ Freedom from anxiety, fear, and sin. Freedom to love others completely as God loves us. And yet we are shackled by insecurity, prone to selfishness, and wary of letting down our guard. That's not the life God designed for his followers. When his people cry out to him for freedom, he hears--and responds.  
  
Now pastor Rick McKinley shows how true freedom--the kind we see as God delivers his people in the Scriptures--is always in the form of relationship with God rather than our popular notion of complete independence. He calls us to look to the Father, Son, and Spirit for the model of perfect, self-giving freedom and shows how that kind of freedom can utterly transform us.  
  
"This is great practical theology."--__Tim Keller__, senior pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York City  
  
"I've met a lot of people in jails, but I've met more who are imprisoned by fears. Rick doesn't just jingle a couple jailer's keys in front of us, he tosses us the whole ring and says we can be as free as we want to be. What I like most is that Rick hasn't given us a bunch of steps to enjoy freedom--he just gives us Jesus."--__Bob Goff__, author of Love Does   
"Rick McKinley has written a book that fearlessly engages questions of freedom and true relationship and takes the reader on a journey to find the type of love in the Father, Son, and Spirit that allows us to live fully, love boldly, and fear nothing."--__Mark Batterson__, New York Times bestselling author of The Circle Maker and The Grave Robber  
  
"Rick points the way not to a God who is about legalism and guilt but to a God who is about life and freedom and love and compassion--a God who hears our cry and wants to set us free. This is a beautiful book."--__Shane Claiborne__, activist and author  
  
"Setting the captives free was Jesus's expectation for the church. But how can we if we are not free ourselves? The Answer to Our Cry directly confronts the core of the problem--our inability to fully receive God's love because of deep layers of fear within us. Rick points the reader to find freedom with kindness, clarity, and truth."--__Gabe Lyons__, founder of Q Ideas, author of The Next Christians  
  
__Rick McKinley__ (DMin, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) is the founder and lead pastor of Imago Dei Community. He is the author of four other books and serves on the faculty of Multnomah Biblical Seminary. Rick lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife and four children.

__Rick McKinley__ (DMin, Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary) is the founder and lead pastor of Imago Dei Community. He is the author of four books, serves on faculty at Multnomah Biblical Seminary, and is a nationally known speaker at conferences including Q, Catalyst, and The Justice Conference. In 2012, Portland Monthly magazine voted him one of Portland's 50 Most Influential People. Rick lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife and four children.

We all long for freedom from anxiety, worry, and fear. We long to be free from sin and free to love others completely as God loves us. And yet we are shackled by insecurity, prone to selfishness, and wary of letting down our guard. That's not the life God designed for his followers. When his enslaved people cry out to him for freedom, he hears--and responds.  
  
Now pastor Rick McKinley shows how the true freedom we all long for--the freedom we see as God delivers his people in the Scriptures--is always in the form of relationship with God rather than our popular notion of complete independence. He calls readers to look to the Father, Son, and Spirit for the model of perfect, self-giving freedom, and shows how that kind of freedom can transform us into people who live fully, love boldly, and fear nothing.

Innovative pastor exhorts readers to live fully, love boldly, and fear nothing by understanding and embracing the freedom Jesus offers: freedom from sin, freedom from anxiety, and ultimately the freedom to truly love.

McKinley, Rick

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Title Page

Copyright Page

Endorsements

Dedication

Foreword

Preface

1. The Cry for Freedom

2. Live Fully

3. God Is Love

4. Being the Beloved

5. A Grateful Rebel

6. A Generous Life

7. Love Boldly

8. The Boldness of Justice

9. Fear Nothing

10. Compelled by Love

11. The Journey Ahead

Acknowledgments

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