The Measure of a ManPickle Partners Publishing, 2017 M04 7 - 20 pages First published in 1959, this pair of meditations by the revered civil-rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. contains the theological roots of his political and social philosophy of nonviolent activism. Eloquent and passionate, reasoned and sensitive. “AT THE first National Conference on Christian Education of the United Church of Christ, held at Purdue University in the summer of 1958, Martin Luther King presented two notable devotional addresses. Moved by the dear and persuasive quality of his words, many of the 3000 delegates to the conference urged that the meditations be made available in book form. They wanted the book for their own libraries and they were eager to share Dr. King’s vital messages with fellow Christians of other denominations. “In the resolute struggle of American Negroes to achieve complete acceptance as citizens and neighbors the author is recognized as a leader of extraordinary resourcefulness, valor, and skill. His concern for justice and brotherhood and the nonviolent methods that he advocated and uses, are based on a serious commitment to the Christian faith. “As his meditations in this book suggest, Dr. King regards meditation and action as indivisible functions of the religious life. When we think seriously in the presence of the Most High, when in sincerity we “go up to the mountain of the Lord,” the sure event is that “he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths” (Isaiah 2: 3).” |
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... realistic about man. They would avoid the extremes of a pessimistic naturalism and an optimistic humanism and seek to combine the truths of both. They see within man a strange dualism, something of a dichotomy. So they would cry out ...
... realistic about man. They would avoid the extremes of a pessimistic naturalism and an optimistic humanism and seek to combine the truths of both. They see within man a strange dualism, something of a dichotomy. So they would cry out ...
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... realistic position that I would like to use as a basis of our thinking together and our meditation on the question, “What is man?” Now let us notice first that man is a biological being with a physical body. This is why the psalmist ...
... realistic position that I would like to use as a basis of our thinking together and our meditation on the question, “What is man?” Now let us notice first that man is a biological being with a physical body. This is why the psalmist ...
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... realistic and thoroughly Christian. Some people stop here. They are the naturalists or the materialists; they are the Marxists; and they would see man merely as an animal. Some years ago a group of chemists who had a flair for ...
... realistic and thoroughly Christian. Some people stop here. They are the naturalists or the materialists; they are the Marxists; and they would see man merely as an animal. Some years ago a group of chemists who had a flair for ...
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... realistic. It is the recognition that man is a sinner. Man is a free being made in the image of God. He is different from lower animals. He is not guided merely by instinct. He has the ability to choose between alternatives, so he can ...
... realistic. It is the recognition that man is a sinner. Man is a free being made in the image of God. He is different from lower animals. He is not guided merely by instinct. He has the ability to choose between alternatives, so he can ...
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