Luis Palau Quotes
When it comes to responding to Jesus, I find it's important to distinguish between reverence, religion, and relationship.
Palau, Luis. God Is Relevant: Finding Strength and Peace in Today's World. Doubleday, 1997.
This happened to be the famous Colored Regiment depicted so well in the movie, Glory. However, these sentiments were also given to other soldiers in the state. Fighting against slavery was not only the patriotic thing to do, not only the humane thing, not inly the civilized thing to do, but it was a Christian Religious duty. Similar sendiment can be seen much in speeches and literature of the time. The words of the Battle Hymn of the Republic is another example. Ending slavery was a Holy requirement of God.
Luis Palau Jr. was an international Christian evangelist living in the Portland area in Oregon, United States. He was born in Argentina and moved to Portland in his mid-twenties to enroll in a graduate program in Biblical studies.