Brueggemann on Using Yahweh

Though one might not always agree with Walter Brueggemann, he is well worth the read.  Check out this section from Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1997), 184-5.  It has to do with "using" God for our ends/purposes. "...The possibility of a viable alternative to Egyptian slavery requires a Holy God …