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“Had I one wish for the churches of America, I think it would be that they come to see the difference between charity and justice. Charity is a matter of personal attributes; justice is a matter of public policy. Charity seeks to alleviate the effects of injustice; justice seeks to eliminate the causes of it. Charity in no way affects the status quo, while justice leads inevitably to political confrontation. Especially I would hope that Christians would see that the compassion that moved the Good Samaritan to act charitably – that same compassion prompted Biblical prophets to confront injustice.” Martin Luther King, Jr., better than any other public figure, understood the nature of compassion, that it does not exclude confrontation. “It was his message that it’s not enough to suffer with the poor; we must confront the people and systems that cause poverty. It was Martin’s message that you cannot set the captive free if you’re not willing to confront those who hold the keys.” - William Sloan Coffin (Credo, p. 43)
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