And, most critically, we seem to be more worried about losing our country than we are about losing our God. Too many of us see the public square as a place where we can use God for our own desires and ends rather than be used by God for his
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“In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action.”
― Letters to a Birmingham Jail: A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
― Letters to a Birmingham Jail: A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.”
― Letters to a Birmingham Jail: A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
― Letters to a Birmingham Jail: A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
― Letters to a Birmingham Jail: A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
― Letters to a Birmingham Jail: A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue.”
― Letters to a Birmingham Jail: A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
― Letters to a Birmingham Jail: A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Some have closed their eyes to the poor, others to the educational injustice and economic disparities that continue to plague our country. And, yes, some continue to close their eyes, not wanting to do the hard work of going to the other part of town getting to know someone who doesn’t think like, act like, look like, or vote like me.”
― Letters to a Birmingham Jail: A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
― Letters to a Birmingham Jail: A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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