I suppose that "better" depends on each one's taste and needs. For my part, I appreciate the offerings for this month. Thank you, once again.
I appreciate the 99 cent book also. May and June featured books I did not have. They are books that I will really enjoy. Thanks Logos.
I appreciate the 99 cent book also.
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I appreciate the bargain. But Walter Brueggeman? Who supports the LBGT community within the Crhistian community Who suggests that the "Older world order" with it's "holiness tradition" is giving way to Jesus "justice tradition?"
He is a great scholar about biblical matters, but...?
Walter Brueggemann who told the opening session of the 41st Trinity Institute Jan. 20 that 21st century Christians need to stop being mired in old quarrels over scriptural interpretation and instead approach the Bible as “an intricate set of symbols and signs and signals that are arranged in a certain imaginative, artistic configuration that yield a new kind of reality.”
Or as someone said, "Walter Brueggemann, that bastion of all things liberal and progressive, is ready to enlighten you." He takes a "post-liberal, non-foundational approach." By this he means that he rejects both historical criticism and the orthodox confessions of the church.
Or where "to walk humbly with thy God" means to dismantle white heterosexual privilege.
Or the tenor of the 2 books here which is sort of:
What is the Bible? It is certainly not an accurate historical account of either the Hebrew people or of Jesus of Nazareth, and Brueggemann would not disagree. Brueggemann answers with a metaphor: a memory of an imagined past.
The above opinions are just people's opinions and not mine. I don't know him. Is he favored by the Reformed community? I would love to learn more about this man from those of you who do.
I got 2 of his books and will read them. They look terribly interesting.
He is a wolf of sorts, biblical brains does not equal christian- only the fruit born from following the Saviour not destroying Him.
I appreciate the bargain. But Walter Brueggeman?
If you limit your library to authors you believe are 100% correct you will not have very many books and you will save a lot of money.
It is good to make one's self aware of opinions, perspetives, and scholarship of leading, influential voices. Walter Brueggerman certainly qualifies as a voice that should be considered.
I have books from almot all perspectives: Catholic, Methodist, Lutheran, Reformed, Baptist, Evangelical, femiist, and (soon) Edgar Allen Poe.
I appreciate the bargain. But Walter Brueggeman? If you limit your library to authors you believe are 100% correct you will not have very many books and you will save a lot of money.
But, no one is arguing authors must be 100%. None are. I disagree with myself a lot! I do believe a case can be made that an author close to 100% wrong is less than edifying. For the record I got both books, I don't have quite your library but mine is now very close to 14K resources of all types, and I am looking forward to reading (soon) Edgar Allen Poe.
