Being overwhelmed Quote by Walter Brueggemann

“In the end, ethical interpretation of the Bible means to think critically about how our practices of textual engagement might help us to become…

— Walter Brueggemann

The world for which you have been so carefully prepared is being taken away from you, by the grace of God.

— Walter Brueggemann

Every imperial agent wants to reduce what is possible to what is available.

— Walter Brueggemann

“The outcome is to delegitimize and deconstruct the kings in effective ways in order to show that while they occupy the forms of power,…

— Walter Brueggemann

The church meets to imagine what our lives can be like if the gospel were true.

— Walter Brueggemann

“Pharaoh is clearly a metaphor. He embodies and represents raw, absolute, worldly power. He is, like Pilate after him, a stand-in for the whole…

— Walter Brueggemann

“The news enacted by Elisha is reperformed by Jesus. It is, subsequently, performed in many other venues, sometimes by the followers of Jesus, sometimes…

— Walter Brueggemann

People notice peacemakers because they dress funny. We know how the people who make war dress - in uniforms and medals, or in computers…

— Walter Brueggemann

“Only those who embrace the reality of death will receive the new life. Implicit in his statement is that those who do not mourn…

— Walter Brueggemann

“The truth that is variously enacted by such agents is not an idea or a proposition. It is rather a habit of life that…

— Walter Brueggemann

“The same subversion of power by truth is evident in the way in which Luke begins his account of Jesus of Nazareth. Luke is…

— Walter Brueggemann

We now know that human transformation does not happen through didacticism or through excessive certitude, but through the playful entertainment of another scripting of…

— Walter Brueggemann