The Collected Sermons of William Sloane Coffin: The Riverside Years, Volume 2Westminster John Knox Press, 2008 M01 1 - 593 pages Comprising the sermons preached by William Sloane Coffin while he was senior minister at the prestigious Riverside Church in New York City,The Collected Sermons of William Sloane Coffin: The Riverside Yearscaptures the renowned preacher and social activist at work: ministering to American hostages in Iran, supporting AIDS awareness, and rallying his audiences to battle poverty and nuclear proliferation--all the while celebrating marriages, baptisms, and Mother's Days and mourning the loss of loved ones, including his own son. In each of these brilliant and painstakingly crafted sermons, Coffin combined his deep love of Scripture and passionate commitment to peace and justice with his unparalleled gift for the spoken word. While also revealing the personal and pastoral dimensions of his ministry, each sermon provides a powerful example of Coffin's well-accomplished mission: to challenge the conscience of a nation. |
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... fighting a shattering disease, or is facing a psychological battering. Such can come when the preaching parent is frustrated in efforts to be rec- onciled to an alienated child, or when existential doubt is plaguing. It is at this point ...
... fight evil as if it were something that arose totally outside of yourself.” In other words, it takes a sinner to catch a sinner. If the Soviets have intervened monstrously in the internal affairs of oth- ers, so, Lord knows, have we. If ...
... fighting crime , has come up with a new policy of deterrence . From now on , the police of New York City are going to kill every last member of the family and every last acquaintance of anybody who from now on commits murder within the ...
... fighting for peace or for human rights like to think battles won should stay won, points proved should stay proved.They like to think that progress is an arrow, not a pendulum. In short, they are easily disillusioned and quickly ...
... fight . For us it's enough to hear , “ Be of good cheer , I have overcome the world . ” With no illusions , with no final dependency on results , and with confidence that grace will see us home , we can indeed run and not grow weary ...