Wisdom, Justice, and Love

Many thanks to Linkin Park for providing me with this classic Martin Luther King, Jr. quote (from their latest album, A Thousand Suns)

“A true revolution of values will lay hand on the world order and say of war, “This way of settling differences is not just.” This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation’s homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into the veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love.

A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”

—Martin Luther King, Jr., April 4, 1967

More wise and prophetic words of Martin Luther King, Jr. here.

Wisdom, Justice, and Love – Linkin Park

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The Mountain Top

It’s been a real treat to be neck-deep into The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. as this this presidential race has come to a close. Here’s a clip from the speech Martin Luther King, Jr. gave the night before he was assassinated.

Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will. And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land! And so I’m happy, tonight. I’m not worried about anything. I’m not fearing any man! Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!
—Martin Luther King, Jr., 1968

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Love Wins

Love Wins — Rob Bell

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