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Man's Sin and God's Grace

 Author:  King, Martin Luther, Jr. Date:  January 1, 1954 to December 31, 1960 How do we determine conjectured information?  ? Location:  Montgomery, Ala. How do we determine conjectured information?  ? Genre:  Sermon Topic:  Martin Luther King, Jr. - Career in Ministry Download Document:  View Document Details King describes human sin as “the tragedy of collective and social life” that requires God’s grace. This sermon was probably inspired by Gerald Hamilton Kennedy's homily “Sin and Grace.” 1 Invoking the story of the prodigal son, King challenges America: “You've trampled over sixty million of your precious citizens. You have called them ‘dogs,’ and you have called them ‘niggers.’ You have pushed them aside and kicked them around and pushed them in an inferior economic and political position. And now you have made them almost depersonalized and inhuman. And there you are in that far country of oppression, tra...

A Comparison and Evaluation of the Theology of Luther with That of Calvin

  Author:  King, Martin Luther, Jr. (Boston University) Date:  May 15, 1953 Location:  Boston, Mass. How do we determine conjectured information?  ? Genre:  Essay Topic:  Martin Luther King, Jr. - Education Download Document:  View Document Details King submitted versions of this essay for two courses at Boston: Edwin Prince Booth’s Seminar in Historical Theology and L. Harold DeWolf’s History of Christian Doctrine. 1 In this version, written for DeWolf, King differs with Luther and Calvin’s undue emphasis on the sovereignty of God, arguing that “God is first and foremost an all loving Father.” DeWolf graded the paper “A. Very good” but added: “awkwardly worded title.” Within the brief compass of this paper it would be impossible to give an adequately comprehensive treatment of so extensive a theme as a comparison and evaluation of the theology of Luther with that of Calvin; however, the most salient feature of these...