Martin Luther King on Religious Freedom!

QUESTION?

Jesse what is your take on Dr King?

ANSWER!

Like all of us, he was a sinner (cf. Romans 3:23) but God can right straight lines with crooked pencils and God used this man powerfully in the 60's.

Throughout American history, church leaders have spoken out on the vital moral issues of the day - whether it be slavery, civil rights, or in defense of the family and the dignity of human life. One of the enduring lessons the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. taught is the power a religious community can have in society. Reverend King said, "The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state. If the church does not recapture its prophetic zeal, it will become an irrelevant social club without moral or spiritual authority."

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a Baptist minister, led the movement to persuade government to impose a particular belief on America that all men are equal in the eyes of God. It was a movement that found its deepest conviction in Christianity.

Politics is just the caboose, the engine is Objective Truth which is based on the Judeo Christian Religion.