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Walter Brueggemann on Stillness as Resistance - Progressive (Psalm 46:10)

Source: Walter Brueggemann47 words

"'Be still' is addressed to the nations—stop your warring, cease your violence, quit your empire-building. This is prophetic command to powers, not just private meditation. God will be exalted; human striving will fail. Stillness is resistance to the myth of control." — Walter Brueggemann. Progressive: prophetic stillness.

Topics & Themes

nationswarringempirepropheticmyth of control

Scripture References

Psalm 46:10-11

Emotional Tone

aweconvictionpeace

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