Repentance is the Key: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream

This upcoming Monday, Jan 18th, is a U.S. National Holiday.  Many will reflect the life and accomplishments  Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. One of the most notable occured on August 28, 1963, when hundreds of thousands descended upon our nation’s capital to make a stand against poverty and racial discrimination.  The “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom” is noted as one of the most pivotal points of change in our country’s history.  One of the most notable highlights of the march was a speech delivered by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., which later became known as the “I Have a Dream” speech.  In it, Dr. King cast a spot light on the social, racial and financial injustices that had plagued “the negro” since they had been “made free” exactly 100 years ago, to the day, by the Emancipation Proclamation.  More than 50 years after King’s speech, Selma: One Dream Can Change the World hit theaters in 2014.  It’s a historical drama that chronicles Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life during the march from Selma to Montgomery, AL, to secure voting rights for black Americans in the south.  Today, people from different backgrounds and ethnicities no longer sing “We shall overcome…,” but now chant “Black lives matter!”  In light of recent events, this raises the question. Has the dream that so many marched, bled and died for come to fruition?   Is the so-called “negro” really free?  Have things changed for the better or have we squandered the inheritance of our elders and given ourselves over to a new slave master, sin?  Join us, as we search the Holy Bible to interpret Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream.