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Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

The Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

Christian, Talbot, Church, Culture, Biola, Think Biblically, Christianity, Sean Mcdowell, Scott Rae, Religion & Spirituality

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

What is the enduring legacy of MLK?, why has the culture neglected the theological basis for his civil rights work?, what assumptions to white and black people have about each other that are inaccurate or unhelpful? We'll discuss these questions and more in a joint podcast with the Biola Winsome Convictions Podcast and my co-host Tim Muehlhoff. Our guest is Pastor Chris Brooks, pastor of Woodside Bible Church in metro Detroit and host of the radio program, Equipped with Chris Brooks. Ch...

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0:00.0

What's the legacy of the great moral theologian, civil rights leader, and orator Martin Luther King, Jr.?

0:08.0

Why do you think that the culture sometimes neglects the religious and theological foundations for his work?

0:14.0

And why do you think it's so challenging for majority culture folks to understand and accept that the suffering of racial minorities is real.

0:21.7

Are there any racial assumptions that white and black people make about each other that are

0:25.4

inaccurate or helpful? We answer these questions and a whole lot more with our friend,

0:30.4

Reverend Chris Brooks. This is a joint podcast with Think Biblically and Winsome Convictions,

0:35.7

co-hosted with my colleague in Winsome Convictions, Dr. Tim Mulehof.

0:39.3

Chris is great to have you with us. Chris is pastor of a Woodside Bible Church in Metro Detroit.

0:44.7

13 campuses, 11,000 people in attendance on a Sunday. He's also the host of a weekly radio

0:50.9

program called Equipped with Chris Brooks and the author of a terrific book

0:55.1

entitled Urban Apologetics. Chris, it's great to have you with us and really delighted to have

1:01.5

you out here. I think because your daughter's here, this was probably the fastest, yes, you've said

1:07.3

to an invitation in a long time. Absolutely.

1:12.3

So it's great to have you with us.

1:17.7

And the fact that it's seven degrees below zero at home doesn't hurt either.

1:18.7

Understandable.

1:23.4

I know when you spoke in chapel this morning, you helped connect a couple of things. Yeah.

1:24.0

I think maybe most of us haven't thought about.

1:27.3

Yeah. So obviously, we'll talk about the moral philosophy of Dr. King before it's all said

1:33.1

and done, but I don't think that we should quickly overlook the connection between these

1:39.8

last several days in the life of our country.

1:42.8

Yesterday was the inauguration of 47th president

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