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Martin Luther King Jr.
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We Have Not Read MLK Enough
Americans have strong opinions about the civil rights leader but often simplistic notions of who he was.
We Are Risking the Legacy of the Civil Rights Generation
All is not lost. But Christians must regain our distinctiveness and reclaim our moral clarity.
Through a Storm of Violence
In 1968, CT grappled with the Vietnam War and the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy.
‘A Shot Came Out of Nowhere’
CT reported on the assassination of a president, a Supreme Court ban on Bible-reading in schools, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
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The ‘Whole Counsel of God’ Requires Seeking Justice—and Naming Sin
An excerpt from Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around on family history, gospel music, and the great Christian legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.
Why Many Black Christians Reject the Evangelical and Mainline Labels
The history of a prominent church pastored by MLK in Alabama shows the reason African Americans often don’t embrace either term.
The Bulletin
Epstein Distractions, Coldplay Kiss Cam, and Christians in Gaza
The Bulletin discusses Trump’s tactics for sidestepping the Epstein conversation, the Coldplay jumbotron incident, and Israeli strikes on churches in Gaza and the West Bank
Not Just Any Hope Will Do
Biblical hope is not selfish, aggressive, or complacent. It’s not naive or scared of suffering. It rests on the foundation of Jesus Christ.
MLK’s Famous Letter Changed a DC Church
A newly discovered note from CT’s first editor, Carl Henry, shows how King’s Birmingham Jail missive shifted a white pastor’s view on integration.