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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... Peter J. Paris and seven other authors — big churches demand big casts of characters ( New York University Press , 2004 ) . Leonora Tubbs Tisdale wrote the chapter on the Coffin decade , 1977–1987 . It is remarkable, first off, that ...
... reading poetry ? ) This poem is by Alfred Kreym- borg , and it's called “ Image . ” Showing her immortal— it's mine to do but I can't . Shaping her as she is , In other words , Peter's leap of faith , his 14 February 27 , 1983.
... Peter replied , “ You are the Christ , the Son of the living God . ” This second question strikes me as at once the hardest and the eas- iest question to answer . It's the hardest because you can have the ears and memory of an elephant ...
... Peter's leap of faith , his willingness to risk being wrong , is as nothing compared to Jesus ' act of faith in making Peter the foundation of the church ! Having declared Jesus to be the Christ , Peter now shows no understanding ...
... Peter that bad things don't happen to good people : “ God forbid , Lord ! This shall never happen to you . " When ... Peter's illusions that goodness would somehow be vindi- cated and emulated — Christ faced humanity's ruthless facts ...