Book Review: Dr. CHE Sadaphal — GOD, RACE, MLK and THE SOCIAL GOSPEL

Dr. CHE Sadaphal is board-certified doctor and have been healing in the practice of medicine since 2005. Medicine is his day-job but his true calling is to proclaim the truth in a world that often runs away from it.

"Here, I will revere Dr. King’s legacy by synthesizing his work with what the Bible says about race and the role of a Christian in modern society. The conclusion that I draw is not the conclusion that you might expect, and that conclusion is that today, many have forgotten why Dr. King championed the civil rights of the American Negro. As a result of this amnesia, we have become confused about Dr. King’s core spiritual convictions that animated his legendary political work, but his political beliefs were distinct from his faith. Still, my conviction is that Dr. King’s political reform was successful because of his faith, and that, in turn, was because his political agenda was not grounded in naturalism but rather was rooted in the transcendent Word of God.

I will unpack what all this means in the following sections, and my discussion will touch upon what the Bible says about race, the social gospel, and the prophetic voice of the Church in matters of injustice. In the end, Dr. King passed away five decades ago, but his political wisdom can still bring us back on track so that we may face the challenges of a new age and chart a bold course toward the future. First, we must embrace that God never, ever separated people based on race. Race is purely a human classification system that superficially divides people. Biblically speaking, God uses one primary criterion for classifying groups, and that criterion is whether one trusts God or not. "

Read more: http://www.chesadaphal.com/god-race-martin-luther-king-church-faith-social-gospel/