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Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. Rightly
Curry, Eugene A. Gaskin, George B.
Curry, Eugene A.
Gaskin, George B.
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"One of the most baffling and bizarre episodes from Christian history is the Church’s misadventure with a pair of individuals named Barlaam and Josaphat. The traditional story of Barlaam and Josaphat goes something like this: Josaphat was the son of a wealthy pagan king in India, a king who sought to protect his child from disturbing outside influences.1 These influences included ordinary matters like sorrow and pain, but also the pesky new faith that was winding its way through the land—Christianity. Despite his father’s best efforts, though, Josaphat eventually left his palace and encountered all the sad realities that haunt the human condition. He saw sickness, debilitating old age, and even death. Then, after all this, Josaphat met Barlaam, a Christian hermit who shared the gospel with the young prince. Josaphat embraced this new spirituality with abandon, ultimately casting off the trappings of his regal birthright to live an ascetic life alongside Barlaam, meditating on the truths of God"
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2014
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