MLK's False Gospel - a podcast by Jonathan Michael Jones

            I
considered presenting the following material around Martin Luther King (MLK)
Day in January but chose instead to wait because I did not want to overshadow,
to my listeners, the great social-justice work Dr. King accomplished. Today,
however, I will discuss the false gospel which MLK preached citing specific
examples and even questioning his personal salvation.[1] My issues with MLK
surround his opposition to central tenets of the Christian faith, as is the
case with many other solid Christian theologians and pastors who are familiar
with his work. I openly admit that I am no scholar on the work of Dr. King;
nor, have I exhaustively examined his work. I have, however, read and heard
enough of his work and teachings to understand that he taught a false gospel,
which is, in fact, the antithesis of the gospel of Jesus Christ aside from his
stances on social-justice issues, particularly the wrongness of racism.

I suggest that
MLK was wrong on the gospel in four chief areas: the authority of Scripture,
the deity of Jesus Christ as the Son of God, the virgin birth, and the
resurrection of Jesus. Given that these areas are indispensable to the
Christian faith, I dare suggest that it is impossible to be a Christian without
a fervent belief in these key orthodox doctrines. My intention here is not to
defame Dr. King but surely to criticize the false gospel he preached[2] with the hope that
Christians will know and understand his message compared to the message of
Jesus Christ. As people discover the false gospel MLK preached examined next to
what Jesus Christ preached, an abundantly apparent contrast becomes clear.

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