God is Still Speaking

 "Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, but in these last days God has spoken to us by a Son, whom God appointed heir to all things...."  Hebrews 1:1-2 

Each Sunday, we hear God speaking through the words of the prophets and others from the Old Testament, and the words of Jesus, the deciples and early Christians in readings from the New Testament.

We receive additonal insights into God's messages in Continuing Testaments, selected readings from recent writings as other sources of revelation. Some of these are included here.

Continuing Testaments are usually taken from articles, books, and other written sources by well known and by lesser known persons who have an important message to tell.  We are sure these will be of interest to you.

Continuing Testament

Sunday February 19, 2012

from I’ve Been to the Mountaintop
by Martin Luther King, Jr. - April 3, 1968

If I were standing at the beginning of time, with the possibility of taking a kind of general and panoramic view of the whole of human history up to now, and the Almighty said to me, “Martin Luther King, which age would you like to live in?” Strangely enough, I would turn to the Almighty, and say, “If you allow me to live just a few years in the second half of the 20th century, I will be happy.”

Now that’s a strange statement to make, because the world is all messed up. The nation is sick. Trouble is in the land; confusion all around. That’s a strange statement. But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars. And I see God working in this period of the twentieth century in a way that people, in some strange way, are responding to. And another reason that I’m happy to live in this period is that we have been forced to a point where we are going to have to grapple with the problems that people have been trying to grapple with through history, but the demands didn't force them to do it. Survival demands that we grapple with them. For years now, people have been talking about war and peace. But now, no longer can they just talk about it. It is no longer a choice between violence and nonviolence in this world; it’s nonviolence or nonexistence. That is where we are today....

We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn’t matter with me now, because I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will. And God has allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land! And so I’m happy tonight. I’m not worried about anything. I’m not fearing any man! Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!