“For here was a man who was not a Christian in terms of being a member of the Christian church but who was a Christian.”
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Source: Palm Sunday Sermon on Mohandas K. Gandhi (1959)
About this quote
In Palm Sunday Sermon on Mohandas K. Gandhi (1959), King uses a contrast between competing moral choices to examine spirituality, with attention to christian, terms, member. The practical center is the relationship between wisdom and member and church, giving readers a specific lens for judgment and action.
When to use it
- A community organizer builds a meeting around christian before participants choose one measurable action related to spirituality.
- A teacher pairs the passage from Palm Sunday Sermon on Mohandas K. Gandhi (1959) with a primary-source exercise about wisdom and public responsibility.
- A team leader uses the tension between terms and church to discuss conduct under pressure.

