Remember You Are Dust
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Taking biblical passages that most Christians are familiar with, Walter Brueggemann draws out new meaning around the theme of God’s grace to us as servants. He argues that we are most free when we are most enslaved to the Lord’s will, as the passions of the moment and the idols of cultures lose their grip on us. Brueggemann’s work is filled with passion for edifying the church, with insights both profound and practical.
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Key Features
- Fresh interpretations of familiar texts
- Explains the grace in being a servant to God
- Profound and practical insights for today’s church
Contents
- The Last Enemy Is Death
- Praise to God Is the End of Wisdom - What Is the Beginning?
- The “Turn” from Self to God
- Cadences that Redescribe: Speech among Exiles
- The Secret of Survival
- To Whom Does the Land Belong?
- Remember You Are Dust
Top Highlights
“Given such a dialogic assumption, it is conventional that God’s word to God’s people is in the sermon (the burden of the preacher) and the word of God’s people to God is in prayer.” (Page 2)
“Rather we are heirs of a long intellectual process that is in deep conflict with the biblical vision, and that continues to offer a powerful and attractive alternative vision of reality. It will be valuable for our teaching and preaching to recognize that we articulate a vision of reality that is at deep odds with the dominant intellectual assumptions of our culture.” (Page 19)
“The life sponsored and endorsed by modernity clearly succeeds as obedience is banished from life’s beginning, and praise is precluded at its end. Without a beginning in obedience or an end in praise, human life becomes only a mid-term holding action marked by despair and anxiety, generating fear, and frequently slipping into brutality.” (Page 22)
“It is long-term, patient, discerning attentiveness to the character and quality of life, to the sustaining inter-relations that appear, to the peculiar ways in which life comes to fruition, in which promises are kept, in which pathologies cost, in which healings happen.” (Page 12)
“Authoritative teaching and priority of community are central aspects of biblical faith that are resisted and countered by the modernity of Descartes and Locke.” (Page 19)
Praise for the Print Edition
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.
—Ronald J. Allen, professor of preaching and gospels and letters, Christian Theological Seminary
One comes away from this book both energized by the vision presented and challenged to make it a reality.
—Dianne Bergant, distinguished professor of Old Testament studies, Catholic Theological Union
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.
—Anna Carter Florence, Peter Marshall Associate Professor of Preaching, Columbia Theological Seminary
About Walter Brueggemann
Walter Brueggemann through his teaching, lecturing, and writing, has effectively demonstrated the significance of the Old Testament for our fractured world today. Recognized as the preeminent interpreter of the ancient Hebrew texts in relation to questions posed by a variety of academic disciplines, he has shown the way toward a compelling understanding of the major components of the faith and life of ancient Israel, especially its Psalms, its prophets, and its historical narratives.
Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia. He is past president of the Society of Biblical Literature and the author of numerous books, including David’s Truth: In Israel’s Imagination and Memory, Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching Genesis, and The Message of the Psalms: A Theological Commentary.