Historical

The ministry of Dr. Martin Luther King is an excellent example of how one man’s Christian faith and ethic translates into pubic theology and public action.

The national remembrance of the great civil rights activist the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. occurs on the third Monday of each January in the USA.  If the African-American orator/activist were still living, this January 15th would mark his 89th birthday.  April 4th will mark the fiftieth anniversary of his assassination (April 4, 1968). […]

Today the very concept of unity is in question as we see our nation polarizing over the plethora of issues we face. The national debate that has developed over the standing for the National Anthem at sporting events has highlighted this fact all too well.

As America wrestles with its past of slavery, momentum builds to strip the nation of any vestige of honor afforded the Confederacy.

The ideological conflict between “one world” and “one nation under God” is heating up. Images of illegal aliens marching with foreign flags condemning America and burning Old Glory have enflamed patriotic passions.  But so have political declarations.