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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... Answer " but " Presence " 229 Life Is a Gift 233 Pray Continually 238 Race Relationships Are Human Relationships February 10 , 1985 241 Vengeance and Violence . Hand - Washers or Foot - Washers ? March 9 viii Contents.
... answer was, find his comrades and drill them out of the army and out of the Church.Why? Because cowardice is more a communal than an individual failing. Enemies are like cowards: they represent communal failures, breakdowns in sacred ...
... answered him . ' It is said , “ You shall not tempt the Lord . ” ” The first thing to note — and well — is that the devil quotes Scrip- ture ! But what is the temptation ? Is this “ unfaith clamoring to be coined to faith by proof ...
... answer to the homeless ; or you're in the UN trying to persuade the world that poverty , not scarcity , is the cause of starvation . Suppose the walls of Washington appear trumpet-proof, and the world NOT SELF - CONTROL BUT SELF ...
... answers : “ Alas , poor country ! Almost afraid to know itself . It cannot be call'd our mother , but our grave . ” But ... answer that question is a fruit- ful way of trying to reach self - knowledge . Particularly in the Lenten season ...