The Measure of a ManRavenio Books, 2020 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 clear 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 non-violent methods that he advocates 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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... biological being with a physical body. This is why the psalmist says, “Thou hast made him less than God.” We don't think of God as a being with a body. God is a being of pure spirit, lifted above the categories of time and space; but ...
... biological being with a physical body. This must stand as a principle in any doctrine of man. But this isn't the only part, and we must never stop here if our doctrine of man is to be realistic and thoroughly Christian. Some people stop ...
... biological terms , for man is more than a tiny vagary of whirling electrons . He is more than a wisp of smoke from a limitless smoldering . Man is a child of God . This brings us to another basic point in the doctrine of man - that man ...