Comments on: ★ Inspired by the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:53:43 +0000

“Keep your hands off the money, stay away from women, and stay passionate about ministry”

If only I listened to this advice earlier… alas….

Great post Todd, I didn’t know that you visited MLK Jr.’s church. Pretty cool.

By: Justin Maberry

Justin Maberry — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:32:30 +0000

Todd, I hate to burst the “MLK is a great man of God” bubble. Truth be told he was no more a “man of God” than Immanuel Kant. I could haggle over the fact that he was a known womanizer and sympathetic to godless causes of Soviet communism. Instead, I will quote directly from MLK himself to show he was a heretic. While at Crozer theological seminary, wrote a paper in which he stated,”Others doctrines such as a supernatural plan of salvation, the Trinity, the substitutionary theory of the atonement, and the second coming of Christ are all quite prominent in fundamentalist thinking. Such are the views of the fundamentalist and they reveal that he is oppose to theological adaptation to social and cultural change.” Within the text of that paper MLK explains why he prefers “liberal” theology to “fundamentalist” theology. To deny the Trinity, supernatural plan ofsalvation, etc. He shows himself to be a heretic. I have no qualms with MLK being promoted as man who did great things for civil rights, but to call him a great man of God is downright false. I am afraid MLK forsook the gospel of Jesus for the gospel of social justice. And for that he is a heretic!

You can find his papers on the following links…
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/publications/papers/vol1/491123-The_Sources_of_Fundamentalism_and_Liberalism.htm
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/publications/papers/vol1/491123-What_Experiences_of_Christians.htm

By: Mike Lehr

Mike Lehr — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:30:40 +0000

Todd. Great post. I had the opportunity to visit Dr. King’s national historical site in Atlanta earlier this year and it was an amazing experience. I have the utmost respect for Dr. King and what God did through him in this country and abroad. I would love to hear the books that Rev. Thurman recommended. I have read a few to date, but the one I have been working on for a while is A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. I excerpted some quotes on an old blog post. You can find it here http://aconversation4thejourney.blogspot.com/2007/11/quotes.html
and the post about my trip here http://aconversation4thejourney.blogspot.com/2007/10/martin-luther-king-jr.html

Peace.

By: carol h

carol h — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:09:58 +0000

Todd. I read Phillip Yancey’s book “Soul Survivor” and he has a chapter on MLK. It’s very interesting and I think you might like it. cjh