Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Happy Birthday


A Great but Misunderstood American

"I am impelled to write you concerning the responsibilities laid upon you to live as Christians in the midst of an unChristian world. … That is what every Christian has to do. But I understand that there are many Christians in America who give their ultimate allegiance to man-made systems and customs. They are afraid to be different. Their great concern is to be accepted socially. They live by some such principle as this: 'everybody is doing it, so it must be all right.' For so many of you Morality is merely group consensus.. In your modern sociological lingo, the mores are accepted as the right ways. You have unconsciously come to believe that right is discovered by taking a sort of Gallup poll of the majority opinion. How many are giving their ultimate allegiance to this way?"


It would do everyone well to go beyond the sound bites and read his sermons and speeches. And take them to heart.

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