Preaching Jeremiah: Announcing God's Restorative Passion Brueggemann Walter

Preeminent biblical scholar and preacher Walter Brueggemann says the book of Jeremiah is not a sermon, but it does sound the cadences of the tradition of Deuteronomy that serve as sermons--that is, as expositions based on remembered and treasured tradition. He wants us to wrestle with the question, What if we allow the canonical shape of the book of Jeremiah to instruct us concerning the shape and trajectory of the sermon? In this volume, Brueggemann conducts an experiment in homiletics.

Why did it happen? More specifically, he wonders: What if the book of Jeremiah is treated as a long sermonic reflection about the traumatic events that led to exile and displacement for the people of Judah? Is God faithful?

Does God punish? Is there any future?This theme and these questions can also be related to the crucifixion of Jesus and the displacement experienced by his followers.