Here is book that turns around our characteristic ways of looking at Scripture, the church and its mission, and the ordained ministry to help us recover the excitement of the gospel. Brueggemann urges us to take a new look at the gospel through the eyes of the neglected but pervasive wisdom traditions of the Bible traditions that affirm life, culture and human capability rather than fearing or despising them. His conclusion affirms wisdom as a necessary corrective for our overzealous commitment to old methods of doing theology.