Walter Brueggemann

Christians should consider that pacifism, which is the belief that violence cannot be justified under any circumstance, is interpretable from Christianity. While this is a strong stance, there are compelling arguments connecting faith and nonresistance. John Howard Yoder lays out the argument that violence is an offense directly against God that cannot be justified. Just War Theory is often raised as a sway for Christians to commit to nonviolence except in certain circumstances. Even if violence…

their own limits and they are more likely to resort to violence. The alternative to violence, which both Breuggemann and Yoder advocate for, requires people to face their fears about the uncertainty of the future. In Walter Brueggemann’s book, The Prophetic Imagination, Brueggemann included the Biblical story of Moses to offer historical perspective as well as illustrate one of the first acts of the alternative community. The pharaoh’s Egyptian empire was oppressive by nature but through the…

In the book Joy Unspeakable, Walter Brueggemann notes, lament is the language of prayer in the mouth of people who believes that God will answer, hear, and respond. Prayer has a power if we pray and believe it, we can receive any good thing through Christ. We see in the Biblical story that Isaac prayed to God for his wife, because she was barren; and the lord granted his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived. We also witness the power of prayer in the Bible, when Elijah prayed for no rain, and…

In the American church faithful ministry has been traded for models more akin to modern business than biblical ministry. The desire for a more authentic expression of Christian faith has resulted in an overflow of passion to see the American church change. Consequently, a call has sounded for a return to a more faithful approach to ministry that rejects trendy models to follow the example of Christ Jesus. This call has become a ministry movement known as missional ministry. Missional ministry…

The paper examines the story of Jeremiah’s calling as recorded in the first chapter of the Book of Jeremiah, using the particular passage Jeremiah 1:4-10. The goal of examining this passage is to explore the historical, sociological and cultural obstacles involved in receiving one’s call and living it out. The selected text touches on the prophet's concerns regarding his age and ability while speaking God’s truth to the nations. The issues involved in receiving one’s calling and its relevance…

Walter Brueggemann's “The Prophetic Imagination” is a rediscovery of modern Christian’s religious heritage that has been lost in today socially divisive culture. The heritage Bruggermann argues for is fixed in both liberal “social action” and conservative “future telling.” Both liberal and conservative groups embody one certain aspect of what it means to be prophetic, disregarding the balance of what it truly means to be a prophetic community in society. In opposition to the choices churches…

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