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Walter Brueggemann on Waiting as Resistance - Progressive (Isaiah 40:31) - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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Walter Brueggemann on Waiting as Resistance - Progressive (Isaiah 40:31)

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"Isaiah 40 speaks to exiles exhausted by empire. 'Wait on the Lord' is not quietism but resistance—refusing to be defined by Babylon's pace and priorities. Renewed strength comes to those who trust God's alternative future, not imperial timelines." — Walter Brueggemann. Progressive: waiting as counter-imperial resistance.

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Isaiah 40:31

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