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Stop Asking ‘What Would MLK Do?’ by Austin Channing, Guest Writer Christianity Today (repint) Our speculation ignores the tragic reality of his death. It isn’t just on Martin Luther King Day that we watch it unfold. It happens with national race incidents. It happens in heated conversations. It happens in tweets and Facebook comments. If … Continued

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