Adam's review
The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann
This book has been bandied about for years by folks whose opinions and hearts I respect, and yet it is only now that I get down to actually reading it. Perhaps it's been the term "prophetic", and my pre-cooked understandings of it, that has held me back for so long. Thankfully, He Who Loves Me is more patient than I am, and His plans always trump my own.
I have no doubt in my mind that God wants me to read this, and I do not say that lightly. Breuggeman is/was an Old Testament professor whose exploration of the heart and passion of Old Testament prophecy has been profoundly eye-opening for me. As an artist and lover of creative expression, I daily find myself wondering why I did not begin reading this before. Tis a fruitless question to ask, as I am certainly reading it now.
It is not that which is "realistic" and acceptable (according to the standards of this world) that a prophet attests and calls the nations to. Rather, a prophet calls the people to a...more
I have no doubt in my mind that God wants me to read this, and I do not say that lightly. Breuggeman is/was an Old Testament professor whose exploration of the heart and passion of Old Testament prophecy has been profoundly eye-opening for me. As an artist and lover of creative expression, I daily find myself wondering why I did not begin reading this before. Tis a fruitless question to ask, as I am certainly reading it now.
It is not that which is "realistic" and acceptable (according to the standards of this world) that a prophet attests and calls the nations to. Rather, a prophet calls the people to a...more
