Two Men, Two Sermons
"Who
is it that is supposed to articulate the longings and aspirations of the people
more than the
preacher? Somehow the preacher must have a kind of fire shut up in his bones."
~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Billy Sunday
and Martin Luther King, Jr. didn’t agree on many things, but on one topic, they
were both clear; it was a dangerous time to be alive. Their world teemed with
examples of sickness and moral confusion. In each man’s social strata crisis
was at hand, and they both felt called to bring the solution to their people.
Each man firmly believed that the salvation of both society and soul could be
found in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, yet these seemingly parallel paths led to
incredibly divergent destinations.
