First Presbyterian Church of Knoxville

The Gospel in a Frightened Culture

In 2004, Dr. Walter Brueggemann was the keynote speaker at the Officers’ Retreat for First Presbyterian Church.  He spoke on each of the different portions of the Old Testament, charging the leaders of our church to re-capture the imagination of the Bible as we continue to live as a people of Faith.  Click on the following links to listen to Dr. Brueggemann’s lessons.  They should open with a default audio player on your computer.
 Introduction, Friday Evening

Pentateuch

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Introduction to the Prophets

Prophets

Isaiah

Ezekiel

Jeremiah

Introduction to Wisdom Literature

Wisdom Writings

Proverbs

Job

Psalms

Walter Brueggemann

Walter Brueggemann is the retired William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia. A graduate of Elmhurst College, Professor Brueggemann went on to study at the Eden Theological Seminary, receiving his Doctorate of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. from St. Louis University. He has devoted his life to a passionate exploration of Old Testament theology, with an emphasis on the relation between the Old Testament and the Christian canonical works, the origins and history of Christian doctrine, and the dynamics of Jewish-Christian interactions. An unequaled passion for his subject has resulted in the publication of more than 58 books (go to list of books written), and hundreds of articles (go to list of articles, 1963 – April 1999).

Mark Thiessen Nation, program director at the London Mennonite Center (London, England) has commented of Professor Brueggemann, “No one writing on the Bible is more consistently provocative, interesting, challenging, and imaginative than Walter Brueggemann. I imagine there is no Scripture scholar in America who sells more books or informs more sermons. For those Christians who yearn for serious, biblically informed engagement with our contemporary world there is no one more stimulating to read than Brueggemann. The man rarely writes a boring page. He is thoroughly knowledgeable as an Old Testament scholar–not to mention reasonably informed on theology, psychology, sociology, philosophy, and several other fields–and yet he writes with such verve that he is a joy to read.?