...The letter, says John Piper, “delivered a powerful call to - TopicsExpress



          

...The letter, says John Piper, “delivered a powerful call to the church, which rings as true today as it did in 1963” (Bloodlines, 27). King wrote, "There was a time when the church was very powerful — in the time when the early Christians rejoiced at being deemed worthy to suffer for what they believed. In those days the church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society. . . . But the judgment of God is upon the church [today] as never before. If today’s church does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early church, it will lose its authenticity, forfeit the loyalty of millions, and be dismissed as an irrelevant social club with no meaning for the 20th century." GETTUSPIPER... >>> desiringgod.org/blog/posts/keeping-king-s-dream-alive ****
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