By the standards of adultery, then even the great Psalmist himself, King David, (who also committed murder) could not stand before judgment.
Martin Luther of Germany held grotesquely anti-Semitic views.
John Calvin’s life is full of controversy also.
You can appreciate great men of God like Billy Graham, and yet not identify as a Baptist/Evangelical or Arminian.
Seminary, University is a time of deep introspection and questioning in general. I speak not only for my friends who attended seminary and aspire to be church leaders, but even for myself as a layman. The Christian I am today, intellectually speaking, has evolved. And I do not fall neatly into any one fixed box.
And neither do God’s chosen people. Salvation is ultimately not based on a multiple choice doctrine test.
While I hold to strong Calvinist views on matters of sin and the means of salvation, I worship at a Catholic Church and my daily prayers and praise are inextricably tied to the liturgy and the sacraments.
While living in Russia, I appreciated the prism into Christ and the ancient treasures of faith Eastern Orthodoxy opened my soul to. I experienced a dimension of the Holy Spirit that I have not in Western churches.
I do believe MLK died a man who acknowledged his sinful nature, accepted the Gospel and Christ as His Savior.
And I believe God used his intellectual journey with wll its complexities and questions, to mold him for “such a time as this” at that crucial juncture in our country’s history.
Martin Luther of Germany held grotesquely anti-Semitic views.
John Calvin’s life is full of controversy also.
For all have sinned, and fall short of the Glory of God. - Romans 3:23
MLK’s personal life showed no evidence of true repentance and faith.
Again, he was a great civil rights leader, used mightily of God, but he was not a Christian—in belief, or behavior.