The Measure of a ManChristian Education Press, 1959 - 34 pages Why nonviolence matters Eloquent and passionate, reasoned and sensitive, this pair of meditations by the revered civil-rights leader contains the theological roots of his political and social philosophy of nonviolent activism. |
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Page 4
... 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 man , being less than God , is in time . He is in nature , and he can never dis- own his kinship ...
... 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 man , being less than God , is in time . He is in nature , and he can never dis- own his kinship ...
Page 10
... God is gone . Therefore , man is a sinner in need of God's divine grace . So often we try to deny this fact . We hate to face it . There are times even in our theological thinking when we have become all too sentimental about man . We ...
... God is gone . Therefore , man is a sinner in need of God's divine grace . So often we try to deny this fact . We hate to face it . There are times even in our theological thinking when we have become all too sentimental about man . We ...
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... God with all thy heart and all thy soul and all thy mind . " This is the height of life . And when you do this you live the complete life . Thank God for John who , centuries ago , caught a vision of the new Jeru- salem . God grant that ...
... God with all thy heart and all thy soul and all thy mind . " This is the height of life . And when you do this you live the complete life . Thank God for John who , centuries ago , caught a vision of the new Jeru- salem . God grant that ...
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