I am speaking of that force which all of the great religions have seen as the supreme unifying principle of life.
And when I speak of love I'm not speaking of some sentimental and weak response.
This oft misunderstood and misinterpreted concept, so readily dismissed by the Nietzsches of the world as a weak and cowardly force, has now become an absolute necessity for the survival of mankind.
This call for a worldwide fellowship that lifts neighborly concern beyond one's tribe, race, class, and nation is in reality a call for an all-embracing, unconditional love for all men. Every nation must now develop an overriding loyalty to mankind as a whole in order to preserve the best in their individual societies. Salvation SourceĪ genuine revolution of values means in the final analysis that our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional.
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I shall see the woman who had an abortion and is haunted by guilt and remorse but did the best she could faced with grueling alternatives the businessman besieged with debt who sold his integrity in a series of desperate transactions the insecure clergyman addicted to being liked, who never challenged his people from the pulpit and longed for unconditional love the sexually abused teen molested by his father and now selling his body on the street, who, as he falls asleep each night after his last 'trick', whispers the name of the unknown God he learned about in Sunday school the deathbed convert who for decades had his cake and ate it, broke every law of God and man, wallowed in lust, and raped the [[earth. Sourceīecause salvation is by grace through faith, I believe that among the countless number of people standing in front of the throne and in front of the Lamb, dressed in white robes and holding palms in their hands (see Revelation 7:9), I shall see the prostitute from the Kit-Kat Ranch in Carson City, Nevada, who tearfully told me that she could find no other employment to support her two-year-old son. Love is somehow the key that unlocks the door which leads to ultimate reality. I am not speaking of that force which is just emotional bosh. When I speak of love I am not speaking of some sentimental and weak response. This oft misunderstood, this oft misinterpreted concept, so readily dismissed by the Nietzsches of the world as a weak and cowardly force, has now become an absolute necessity for the survival of man. This call for a worldwide fellowship that lifts neighborly concern beyond one's tribe, race, class, and nation is in reality a call for an all-embracing and unconditional love for all mankind. SourceĪ genuine revolution of values means in the final analysis that our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear destruction. I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality. I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him. I refuse to accept the idea that the "isness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "oughtness" that forever confronts him. I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history. I accept this award today with an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith in the future of mankind.
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