Pondering The Thoughts

By Martin Luther King, Jr.

The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state, and never its tool. If the church does not recapture its prophetic zeal, it will become an irrelevant social club without moral or spiritual authority.
Source: Strength to Love

We often forget in the midst of all his other remarkable gifts and achievements that Dr. King was a pastor and what he did he did because of his church and faith-filled background. He had a sharp sense for his day of what the role of the church could be. We have much to be thankful for in his life and ministry.

Amen, Brother, Amen.