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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... never allowed his soul to be cornered into despair; who needed no enemies to tell him who he was; who never counted what was unworthy of his suffering. In a time when people were beginning to be “spiritual but not religious,” or who ...
... never be said . The night after Alex died I was sitting in the living room of my sister's house outside of Boston , when the front door opened and in came a nice - looking middle - aged woman , carrying about eighteen quiches . When she ...
... never be said when someone dies is , " It is the will of God . ” Never do we know enough to say that . My own consolation lies in knowing that it was not the will of God that Alex die ; that when the waves closed over the sinking car ...
... Never think that such suffering is totally pointless , because we never know . Preachers love to compare the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea . The fresh waters of the Sea of Galilee sparkle and are full of fish , while in the salty Dead ...
... never be seized upon as an excuse for not finding out who you are. God save us from cocksure Christians, peo- ple who never dare to wrestle with doubt, who don't realize that sin- cerity stammers, who think they have committed their ...