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Commentary: Church walks the walk of King's message

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Written by holmegm

Monday, 14 April 2008 20:46

Commentary from CNN:

I was stunned and very disappointed to see an article on CNN.com with the blaring headline, "Modern black church shuns King's message."
Even more disturbing to me than the headline was the article's depiction and generalization that I, through my church The Potter's House of Dallas, had shunned the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s message.

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holmegm - Jakes is responding to this article ...

|2008-04-14 21:49:40

...

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/06/mlk.role.churc...

OrionBlastar - Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr's message

|2008-04-15 23:12:30

was one of hope and peace and equality.

Many people have rejected that and embraced hate, conflict, and entitlement instead. The very things that Rev. King spoke out against.

Bill Cosby tried to preach Rev. King's message to live a better life and set good examples through education (staying in high school, maybe earning a college degree), responsibility (avoid drugs and alcohol and tobacco take care of your health), communication (don't use slang or bad accents when speaking), save sex for marriage, don't buy bling and useless expensive things but save up for a house and retirement, and be positive and not negative and live a good life that breaks stereotypes. While Bill Cosby preached this to African-American youth, it can be applied to all races equally. Bill Cosby was attacked for speaking that, even if it fits in with Rev. King's message. Instead some black churches preach hate, conflict, and entitlement instead of hope, peace, and equality. Instead of Rev. King's message it is more of a Marxist twist.

emperorbma

|2008-04-15 23:19:00

Entitlement is one of the things I really don't like. Embracing that kind of mentality only leads people to feel sorry for themselves and it has no place in a Christian pulpit from which should be flowing the love of Christ, IMO.

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