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4.65 AVERAGE
4.65 AVERAGE
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I'm sorry that I didn't read this when I was younger. An exceptional book and still very relevant
As someone who is not very religious or big on nonfiction, I really enjoyed this book! The imagery in the writing is incredible, but it was definitely as slow read and hard to realize how much of the social justice points still apply today
An interesting thing about reading Dr King is that he is so much a part of the lexicon at this point, it was easy for me to forget that at the time of this writing, these ideas (nonviolence, forgiveness, addressing Civil Rights as a site of radical love and understanding) were NEW. Especially because history has written MLK largely into a comparison with Malcolm X, he (King) gets portrayed as softer, even weaker, as a leader. This book re-centers King as an individual, as a pastor, and as a thinker, building a movement from the ground up, with very few predecessors to emulate.
Worth noting: I'm not trying to read too much moralizing from MLK about the sin of infidelity, tho. SPEAKING OF WHICH, Coretta Scott King's introduction is concise and beautiful.
Worth noting: I'm not trying to read too much moralizing from MLK about the sin of infidelity, tho. SPEAKING OF WHICH, Coretta Scott King's introduction is concise and beautiful.
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Powerful, profound and still very relevant. King preaches a very real gospel that does not ignore suffering but also is not overcome by it.
Makes me want to be brave.
Makes me want to be brave.
It is unbelievable how pertinent this book is to today. May of 2021. The struggles MLK dealt with are still here. How do we get change? With violence, or with love?
I’m glad I read this in a small group setting, otherwise I probably would not have stopped to think about his messages. Nothing in this book is super profound, but still worth the read to see life from the perspective of a black Christian in America.
I’m glad I read this in a small group setting, otherwise I probably would not have stopped to think about his messages. Nothing in this book is super profound, but still worth the read to see life from the perspective of a black Christian in America.
A really challenging and thought provoking read. Read with a group of people and provided a great opportunity to talk about faith and race and our roles in community.
This collection of sermons reveals a powerful and prophetic message of racial and economic justice through nonviolence that is rooted in MLK's belief in the power and love of God. While the gospel message-- that sinners are reconciled to God by grace through faith in the person and work of Jesus-- in his sermons is unclear at best, there is no doubt that the Lord used this man and his message to do a great work in our nation that reveals his reign and redemptive purpose. His explanations of the structural aspect of sin is highly relevant today.