The Church in Joyous Obedience: Biblical Expositions

So I am playing catch up a little on here.

Last night I went to see Walter Breugemann one of the most prominent and widely read old testament theologians of today.  He is unique in his scholarship in many ways but perhaps most strikingly in his bold calls to action and justice.   Last night he spoke on the structure and poetic progression in Isaiah(emphasis on poetic).   I won’t outline it all here but his conclusion involved calling out the US gov’t on its continued arrogance and repeated acts of hubris(not his words).  In particular our economic policy and the damage it is causing and its impending collapse.  This was not a doomsday claim but a prophetic(in my opinion) call to the reality of our situation.  In response, and using Isaiah as a model we must grieve the loss of our stability and begin to rebuild in a new way that is just. (i.e. taking care of the poor, feeding the hungry, seeking peace between nations, and all of that other stuff we seem to always forget is in the bible)