The Political Responsibilities of the Christian Church
Posted in Democracy, Religion, Sermons
Delivered on The Lord’s Day | September 26, 2004 Proverbs 31:8-9 Ecclesiastes 4:1-12 Matthew 5:14-16 James 2:14-26 “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly: defend the rights of the poor and needy.” Proverbs 31:8-9 “You are the light of the […]
The Color of Our Skin and the Content of our Curriculum: Towards the Beloved Community
Posted in Democracy, Social Justice, Speeches
Delivered at Derby Middle School, Birmingham, Michigan | January 21, 2003 He was one of the most important persons of the twentieth century. Perhaps no other person since Winston Churchill and Mohandas K. Gandhi, has one person had as broad an impact in shaping the conscience of a nation. The only American civilian who has […]
The Dream and The Nightmare
Posted in Sermons, Social Justice
Delivered on the Lord’s Day | January 20, 2002 National Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration, Morehouse College Chapel, Genesis 37: 12-22 “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to each other. “Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns……” Ever since an assassin’s bullet slammed into the skull of […]
“Our Common Ground.”
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Delivered on the Occasion of the Governor of The State of Michigan’s First Annual Interfaith Service January 10, 2002 Isaiah 43:14 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up. Do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert […]
