Remember You Are Dust

Description: Walter Brueggemann is the master of finding fresh and compelling dimensions of meaning in texts so familiar they barely scratch the surface of our consciousness. In this exciting collection Brueggemann finds that when we admit we are dust we can be liberated. Why? Because we are free from acting like God. We are free to choose obedience to the one living true Sovereign. The idols lose their grip on us and we live faithfully and in authentic joy. --Ronald J. Allen Christian Theological Seminary According to Walter Brueggemann the autonomy secularity and individualism that characterize modernity have exiled the contemporary believer. Always concerned with the manner in which one is to live in the world he argues for a subversive imagination similar to that found in the biblical wisdom writings the Psalms and the Prophets. One comes away from this book both energized by the vision presented and challenged to make it a reality. --Dianne Bergant Catholic Theological Union in Chicago There is a reason why Walter Brueggemann remains for preachers and pastors the most loved and trusted of all biblical scholars--and that is simply because he writes for us. In every season and heartbreak of life and ministry he writes for us. And over the years we have come to see that when Brueggemann goes to the text before God with his signature passion candor and ferocious energy he goes not for our enlightenment or edification but for our life and for his. Read this book and take off your shoes because you will enter onto holy ground. --Anna Carter Florence Columbia Theological Seminary Endorsements: Walter Brueggemann is the master of finding fresh and compelling dimensions of meaning in texts so familiar they barely scratch the surface of our consciousness. In this exciting collection Brueggemann finds that when we admit we are dust we can be liberated. Why? Because we are free from acting like God. We are free to choose obedience to the one living true Sovereign. The idols lose their grip on us and we live faithfully and in authentic joy. --Ronald J. Allen Christian Theological Seminary According to Walter Brueggemann the autonomy secularity and individualism that characterize modernity have exiled the contemporary believer. Always concerned with the manner in which one is to live in the world he argues for a subversive imagination similar to that found in the biblical wisdom writings the Psalms and the Prophets. One comes away from this book both energized by the vision presented and challenged to make it a reality. --Dianne Bergant Catholic Theological Union in Chicago There is a reason why Walter Brueggemann remains for preachers and pastors the most loved and trusted of all biblical scholars--and that is simply because he writes for us. In every season and heartbreak of life and ministry he writes for us. And over the years we have come to see that when Brueggemann goes to the text before God with his signature passion candor and ferocious energy he goes not for our enlightenment or edification but for our life and for his. Read this book and take off your shoes because you will enter onto holy ground. --Anna Carter Florence Columbia Theological Seminary About the Contributor(s): Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary Decatur Georgia. He is past President of the Society of Biblical Literature and the author of numerous books including Truth-telling as Subversive Obedience David and His Theologian Praying the Psalms A Pathway of Interpretation and Ichabod toward Home.