Walter Brueggemann reflects on the covenantal nature of our relationships with God and one another.  Walter Brueggemann is an author and Old Testament theologian. This FULLER curated series features lectures, speeches, and sermons from across Fuller’s history, drawn from our archives in celebration of Fuller’s 75th anniversary.

This week's podcast is a discussion of the state of the Bible in the mainline church with Old Testament scholar and theologian Walter Brueggemann. Show Notes → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The conclusion of our conversation with the Rev. Dr. Walter Brueggemann.

The Rev. Dr. Walter Brueggemann is widely regarded as one of the world's leading Christian interpreters of the Old Testament.

The great scholar and preacher. “The task is reframing so that we can re-experience the social realities that are right in front of us, from a different angle.” Prophets are also always poets. “A society finally cannot live without the quality of mercy.” Walter Brueggemann is one of the world’s great teachers about the prophets who both anchor the Hebrew Bible and have transcended it across history. He translates their imagination from the chaos of ancient times to our own. He somehow also embodies this tradition’s fearless truth-telling together with fierce hope – and how it conveys ideas with disarming language. “The task is reframing,” he says, “so that we can re-experience the social realities that are right in front of us, from a different angle.” Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary in Georgia. He is the author of “The Prophetic Imagination,” “Collected Sermons of Walter Brueggemann,” and “Tenacious Solidarity: Biblical Provocations on Race, Religion, Climate, and the Economy.” Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.