"A true revolution of values will soon
cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and
present policies. ... A true revolution of values will soon look
uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth. With righteous
indignation, it will look across the seas and see individual
capitalists of the West investing huge sums of money in Asia, Africa,
and South America, only to take the profits out with no concern for the
social betterment of the countries, and say, "This is not just..." The
Western arrogance of feeling that it has everything to teach others
and nothing to learn from them is not just."
A
REVOLUTIONARY is a person who works for or engages in political
revolution - promoting or causing complete or dramatic change. We
just commemorated the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of one of
America's greatest revolutionaries, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was killed at age 39!
Now, documentaries and movies are made of his life, statutes are
erected in his honor, streets are named after him, and his most notable
speeches are quoted across the
globe. Today, he is known as a unifying force and given posthumous adoration. Some call it a 'white-washing' of history because in the Civil Rights era, he was known as a trouble-maker and an agitator.
He was hated by racists, envied and fought by some people of color, and
deemed a threat to the status quo of the government and its systems. We
see many more photos of King preaching and marching than we do of his
arrests, wire tapping, or of his house being shot or bombed. We recite
and hear more quotes and clips from 'I Have a Dream,' or "Mountaintop" than we do his speeches on the racial, and especially the economic injustice that many believe cost him his life.
A REVOLUTION is the forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system. It is a dramatic and wide-reaching change in the way
something works or is organized.
In history we were taught about the Revolutionary War and the
Boston Tea Party, the US Colony's rebellion against British rule. "No Taxation without representation." The Founding Fathers felt fully justified to address the tyranny of their oppressors not just with words but with war. It's interesting that Dr. King philosophically decried violence and refers above to a 'revolution of values.'
VALUES are ideals you regard as important, worthy and useful. They are
principles and standards of behavior. Dr. King knew, as a Kingdom citizen and follower of Jesus, that you can legislate, and you can try to dominate, but ultimately how we treat one another is a matter of the heart.
A REVOLUTION is the forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system. It is a dramatic and wide-reaching change in the way
Revolutionaries are not usually popular. They are prophetic voices, isolated outcasts, pioneers and early adopters who hold insurgent perspectives. John the Baptist was a crazy looking, camel hair wearing, locust and wild
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Next month's
Worship, Word & Prophetic
Thursday,
April 19th 7:00PM
225 Wyoming Ave.
April 19th 7:00PM
225 Wyoming Ave.
Cincinnati OH 45215
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