Tag: Martin Luther King Jr
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The Insatiability of Hope
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied. Today a mother and father wept as they buried their son in Ferguson, Missouri. The story has flooded us for the past two weeks. Two friends were walking down the road. They were instructed to take to the sidewalk. There was […]
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Joe Paterno: A Legacy to Learn From
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. –Edmund Burke Last night we learned of the death of a truly great man. What can you say about a man who was married for half a century (to the same woman!) and worked at the same job, training […]
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Reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Freedom and the Gospel
Are you truly free? This question has been with me all weekend, as I have kept coming back to the very nature of slavery, freedom and covenant. Did Jesus come to live this life for me, die my death for me, raise to new life for me, mediate for me in the presence of God […]