We’re called to speak out for victims of our nation and those it labels “enemy.”Īnd when I try to understand their point of view, and all the terror and injustice they’ve been through This is our burden and our privilege when we’re bound by loyalties deeper than nationalism It means I speak in the name of the One who loved his enemies so much he died for them That means communist and capitalist, all races and all tribes He said, sometimes I marvel at those who ask why I speak against the warĬould it be that they don’t know the good news of God’s Love is for everyone? This is a calling that takes me beyond all national allegiancesĪs does the meaning of my commitment as a Christian and to the Christian ministry
The prize commissioned me to work for wholeness for the entire human family He said I speak to you today as a winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace Without speaking first to the greatest purveyor of violence in our world today-my own government. How can I make the cause for non-violent action, which I believe is how real social change will happen When power trying to change things through violence is all their eyes see? He said, how can I tell angry black folks to march peacefully Money spent on war instead of raising up the poor is unjust and cruelly misused War drains human skills and money like a huge demonic suction tube Poor folks of color are on the front lines of this war disproportionately He said every war waged is fought most and paid for by the poor How the powers got together, and said we’ve got to stop him while we’re able and… Just think of Jesus in the temple, when he overturned the tables Prophets who challenge the powers are silenced still This is the speech that got Martin Luther King Jr. was gone, and that’s why some people say that… That less than one year later Martin Luther King Jr. He spoke truth about the war then so clear There’s a time when silence is a form of betrayal The Speech That Got Martin Luther King Jr. The "Speech That God Martin Luther King Jr.
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