Collections Grade 10 Guiding Questions Collection 6 “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. Read the argument “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. Then, reread the lines indicated with each question below. Answer each question, citing text evidence. Lines 2–12: What is one claim opposing King’s work to which he is responding in the first paragraph of the letter? To whom is he responding, and why is this audience significant? Lines 17–43: King provides three different types of reasons in his letter to justify his presence in Birmingham: organizational reasons, religious or historical reasons, and moral reasons. Choose one type of reason and cite an example from these lines. Explain why the example fits your chosen reason. Lines 17–43: What is a religious reason King gives on this page? Why did King include religious allusions in his letter? Lines 66–101: Why might King hav

11-32. the main character in the parable, the forgiving father, whose character remains constant throughout the story, is a picture of god. in telling the story, jesus identifies himself with god in his loving attitude to the lost. the younger son symbolizes the lost (the tax collectors and sinners of that day, luke 15: 1), and the elder brother represents the self-righteous (the pharisees and teachers of the law of that day, luke 15: 2). the major theme of this parable seems not to be so much the conversion of the sinner, as in the previous two parables of luke 15, but rather the restoration of a believer into fellowship with the father. in the first two parables, the owner went out to look for what was lost (luke 15: 1-10), whereas in this story the father waits and watches eagerly for his son's return. we see a progression through the three parables from the relationship of one in a hundred (luke 15: 1-7), to one in ten (luke 15: 8-10), to one in one (luke 15: 11-32), demonstrating god’s love for each individual and his personal attentiveness towards all humanity. we see in this story the graciousness of the father overshadowing the sinfulness of the son, as it is the memory of the father’s goodness that brings the prodigal son to repentance (romans 2: 4).

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