MLK Quotes

Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

"The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood."

"Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals."

"Negro's great stumbling block in the drive toward freedom is not the White Citizens Council or or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice."

God Quotes

God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.  ~St. Augustine

 

A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.  ~C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

 

My Take on the Emerging Church.

I have had several people ask me recently for my opinion on what some call the emerging church. I believe the Church that Jesus returns for is not the Church as we see it today. God will "grow us up" into a mature, spotless bride. Therefore, there will be changes.

What does scare me is change for the sake of change. I am tired of people trying to "package" God. I am weary of program-driven strategies for church growth. Culture-current has a nice ring, but maybe culture-relevant is more appropriate.

What I hunger for is a Church that encourages its singers to sing, its musicians to make music, its artists to draw, its dancers to dance, its writers to write. I dream of a place where believers can come and express love and adoration through the giftings that God has entrusted to them.

In my mind I hope the emphasis of the Church of today and tomorrow is God. I pray that man is secondary. Its not about how I can benefit from a "new and improved church," but how God may be glorified through it.

Please go to www.kingdomplace.homestead.com and read or listen to "The Lunatic Fringe" for more about what I see the Church becoming.

Justice Thot!

God said righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne (Psalm 97:2).  Righteousness essentially means rightness.  Justice means to make right.  If these are foundational to his reign, how can we separate them from our Christian walk?  We must declare righteousness and do justice.  We have no other choice.

 they asked us (Paul and Barnabas) to remember the poor, the very thing I (Paul) was eager to do. GALATIANS 2:10