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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... sure all of you are still following my prescription to read a poem a day . ( I don't know why you laugh ; it simply shows how futile these sermons are ! How are you going to mount up with wings like eagles without reading poetry ...
... sure need communists to tell them who they are . Fifteen are . Fifteen years ago this very month , in the middle of the Vietnam War , President Johnson announced his decision not to stand for reelection . Instantly half a million people ...
... . And were he weeping for what he had earlier predicted would befall him , that would be poignant enough . But no , he weeps for what he is sure will befall the very peo- ple urging him on , because they did not know 26 March 27 , 1983.
... Sure enough , Hofmann ( or his students , there's some question ) painted Jesus standing up and speaking to his elders , who give him their rapt attention . But Luke , the only evangel- ist who recounts this story , writes , “ They ...
... sure . Once again , as it is so often the case in the Bible , it is the invisible event that counts . For sure , we know only that the eleven disciples , heretofore waiting and watching for 44 May 22 , 1983.