“If any earthly institution or custom conflicts with God’s will, it is your Christian duty to oppose it. With this powerful gospel we shall boldly challenge the status quo.” –Martin Luther King, Jr. “Like the early Christians, we must move into a sometime hostile world armed with the revolutionary gospel of Jesus Christ. “In contrast to ethical relativism, Christianity sets forth a system of absolute moral values and affirms that God has placed within the very structure of this universe certain moral principles that are fixed and immutable.” –Martin Luther King, Jr. Only through an inner spiritual transformation do we gain the strength to fight vigorously the evils of the world in a humble and loving spirit.” –MLK This experience, which Jesus spoke of as the new birth, is essential if we are to be transformed nonconformists. “By opening our lives to God in Christ, we become new creatures. We have worshiped the god of pleasure only to discover that thrills play out and sensations are short-lived.” –Martin Luther King, Jr. “There is so much frustration in the world because we have relied on gods rather than God. The ringing testimony of the Christian faith is that God is able.” - Martin Luther King, Jr. He is able to beat back gigantic waves of opposition and to bring low prodigious mountains of evil. “The God whom we worship is not a weak and incompetent God. Whether on the village streets or in the city jails, they daringly proclaimed the good news of the gospel.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
Wherever the early Christians went, they made a triumphant witness for Christ. We must capture the spirit of the early church. “We need to pledge ourselves anew to the cause of Christ. Check out my new book, “Off the RACE Track–From Color-Blind to Color-Kind.
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