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Walter Brueggemann Quote

Third, Alan Paton, in bearing witness to his thirteen-year-old son at confirmation time about this You beyond all the yous in Johannesburg, writes:Do not pronounce judgment on the Infinite, nor suppose God to be like a bad Prime Minister,Do not suppose him powerless, or if powerful malignant,Do not address your mind to criticisms of the Creator, do not pretend to know his categories,Do not take his universe in your hand, and point out its defects with condescension,Do not think he is a greater potentate, a manner of President of the United Galaxies,Do not think that because you know so few human beings that he is in a comparable though more favorable position.Do not think it is absurd that he should know every sparrow, or the number of the hairs of your head,Do not compare him with yourself, nor suppose your human love to be an example to shame him.He is not greater than Plato or Lincoln, nor superior to Shakespeare and Beethoven,He is their God, their powers and their gifts proceeded from him,In infinite darkness they poured with their fingers over the first word of the

Walter Brueggemann

Third, Alan Paton, in bearing witness to his thirteen-year-old son at confirmation time about this You beyond all the yous in Johannesburg, writes:Do not pronounce judgment on the Infinite, nor suppose God to be like a bad Prime Minister,Do not suppose him powerless, or if powerful malignant,Do not address your mind to criticisms of the Creator, do not pretend to know his categories,Do not take his universe in your hand, and point out its defects with condescension,Do not think he is a greater potentate, a manner of President of the United Galaxies,Do not think that because you know so few human beings that he is in a comparable though more favorable position.Do not think it is absurd that he should know every sparrow, or the number of the hairs of your head,Do not compare him with yourself, nor suppose your human love to be an example to shame him.He is not greater than Plato or Lincoln, nor superior to Shakespeare and Beethoven,He is their God, their powers and their gifts proceeded from him,In infinite darkness they poured with their fingers over the first word of the

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About Walter Brueggemann

Walter Albert Brueggemann (March 11, 1933 – June 5, 2025) was an American Christian scholar and theologian who is widely considered an influential Old Testament scholar. His work often focused on the Hebrew prophetic tradition and the sociopolitical imagination of the Church. He argued that the Church must provide a counter-narrative to the dominant forces of consumerism, militarism, and nationalism.