Select Works of Walter Brueggemann (9 vols.)

Judy, I certainly can understand your concern about theology and your need to hold strongly to what you believe to be true, biblical, and non-negotiable. If you find a teacher to be distasteful or outright heretical, you certainly are within your moral rights to say something. Just understand that there are multitudes of others that are also within their moral rights to believe differently. Somehow I think that none of us has God fully in our grasp and we may all just be serving the same Jesus Christ in the process. Frankly, I'm just not sure that God is glorified when we publicly call out those who have a different view of God than ourselves, especially when we are trying to listen and obey the very same Lord. In fact, only listening to those who keep within our precise boundaries is somewhat incestuous, limiting the ways in which we see God to those which merely affirm what we already deeply believe. In the end, you may still disagree with Dr. Brueggemann, but you would be much better for it to have actually struggled alongside of him as he works through some of his writings, rather than disparaging him because of issues within your own denomination (per your post) or something uncited that you apparently read on the internet.

It has to be hard being a retailer, trying to satisfy all the different denominations being represented on here. There are certain books that I wouldn't read or touch, because I would regard them as heretical, but I definitely cut some slack for Logos, considering that people from all denominations are represented.

I have become uncomfortable with the selection of books being thrown at us in the pre-pub offers. I am beginning to see a tent that has become too wide. Today’s selection of Walter Brueggemann books is a case in point. I have looked at this author in the past and believed him to be a liberal theologian. So I have looked some more. I am not going to do an in depth analysis but rather for purposes of this review point out two major concerns. As far as I can tell in his writings on the internet, Dr. Brueggemann equivocates on whether the resurrection of Jesus was a real historical event. In addition, in the offered book, “Truth-Telling as Subversive Obedience,” on page 2, Brueggemann appears to affirm opinions by Krister Stendahl and E.P. Sanders, proponents of the New Perspectives on Paul, that the dichotomy of law and gospel needs to be re-examined. New Perspectives on Paul and Federal Vision have become huge issues in Reformed Theology and in my denomination, Presbyterian Church in America. Such teachers need to be called out, publicly. I am not a theologian or pastor but consider myself as a lay apologist. I have several books in my home that I consider as false teachings. Examples are The Book of Mormon, the Holy Bible (New World Translation), as well as writings by Rudolph Bultmann and Marcus Borg. Inside of each book, I have a warning sticker about the contents for the benefit of my descendants. With the Brueggemann collection, we are given no warning, but rather words of praise about this resource. When I began with Logos in 2006, I experienced the books to be true, conservative and evangelical. (Of course, I always try to be a Berean). This has changed in the last year, at least. If I am wrong about Dr. Brueggemann or about the type of books we are being offered, I hope another Logos user or Logos staff member can correct me.