[Steve Myers] I have a dream. That was Martin Luther King Junior's probably most famous statement that most people are familiar with that. Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Martin Luther King holiday, the national holiday here in the United States. But his impact was not limited to just the States. It was worldwide.

[Darris McNeely] Absolutely true. Dr. King stood for social justice, civil rights, racial equality. His most famous speech that you talked about Steve was on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in August of 1963, "I Have a Dream." And that dream that Dr. King had and for which he really gave his life, literally, is still a dream that is not fully realized in the United States and in most other countries yet today despite all of the social engineering, government programs, and good will and good intentions. The dream of equality, the dream of erasing poverty of even class distinctions is still something that is out there in the distant future for all of mankind. But you know, Steve, I think the idea of a dream really begins inside with each one of us and the realization of what Dr. King wanted must begin with the individual.

[Steve Myers] It has to in fact Dr. King was a controversial figure. Certainly people loved him, people hated him. And yet, what did he stand for? He stood for that ultimate goal that really is a spiritual goal even though he may not have fully understood some of those things. It is amazing that Christ had a dream and He talked about this dream that just wasn't something that was ethereal, but something that literally was going to take place. That there will come a time when things will be right when He will return and right this world the way that it should be.

[Darris McNeely] Well, the ultimate dream that Jesus talked about is the dream of the Kingdom of God, which is not just in a sense an ethereal concept, but a very concrete reality of life. And that begins all of what again Dr. King wanted and what we all want with the idea of social equality really does have to begin inside in the way we look toward God and then the way we treat one another without distinctions, without prejudices, without enmity, hatred, anger, evil, all of those things need to be completely taken out of our lives.

[Steve Myers] And they start with the individual.

[Darris McNeely] It starts with the individual.

[Steve Myers] Each of us have to do that.

[Darris McNeely] Right with the individual. What Dr. King did is he had the courage to stand up in his day and his time and say this must stop here. And however one may interpret exactly the legacy of Martin Luther King, you cannot deny that he had the courage to stand for his principles, what he believed in and for principles that indeed are eternal truths that we all need to live by.

[Steve Myers] That's BT Daily. We'll see you next time.