The Collected Sermons of William Sloane Coffin: The Riverside Years, Volume 1Westminster John Knox Press, 2008 M01 1 - 597 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 CoffinThe Riverside Years captures 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 proliferationall the while celebrating marriages, baptisms, and Mothers 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 ministry, each sermon provides a powerful example of lifes well-accomplished mission: to challenge the conscience of a nation. For those who knew William Sloane Coffin, these sermons will be a treasured remembrance. For those who regret not knowing him, they provide the best of introductions. And for those who as yet have escaped Coffins influence, they are superb testimony to the great potential of ministry, the possibilities of hope and determination, and the remarkable power of one human voice. |
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... hearts this Christmas, I'm confident that by next Christmas this church will have found many ways to con- front and to confound our prejudices, so that we can proudly claim on the bottom of our order of worship that not only are we ...
... hearts this Christmas, I'm confident that by next Christmas this church will have found many ways to con- front and to confound our prejudices, so that we can proudly claim on the bottom of our order of worship that not only are we ...
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... hearts with the inspira- tion of the Holy Spirit so that we may mean it when we sing “ O come to my heart Lord Jesus ; there is room in my heart for Thee . ” Amen . May Power Comes to Its Full Strength in Weakness December 25 , 1977 ...
... hearts with the inspira- tion of the Holy Spirit so that we may mean it when we sing “ O come to my heart Lord Jesus ; there is room in my heart for Thee . ” Amen . May Power Comes to Its Full Strength in Weakness December 25 , 1977 ...
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... heart by the quieting of my mind . Steady my hurried pace with a vision of the eternal , not the temporary . Give me , amidst the confusion of my day , the calmness of thine own peace . And this lovely line , “ Teach me to take minute ...
... heart by the quieting of my mind . Steady my hurried pace with a vision of the eternal , not the temporary . Give me , amidst the confusion of my day , the calmness of thine own peace . And this lovely line , “ Teach me to take minute ...
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... heart, in its intent, is Mardi Gras not a rather religious festival? I'm struck that in the Gospel of John, Jesus first visits people not in their sorrow, but in their joy.What does that say to gloomy Christians? Mind you, I am not ...
... heart, in its intent, is Mardi Gras not a rather religious festival? I'm struck that in the Gospel of John, Jesus first visits people not in their sorrow, but in their joy.What does that say to gloomy Christians? Mind you, I am not ...
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... heart . Separated from God , separated from each other , locked into our own hearts is to experience the punishment of sin . And it is a form of suffering with which I think all of us are acquainted . Now let us turn once again to that ...
... heart . Separated from God , separated from each other , locked into our own hearts is to experience the punishment of sin . And it is a form of suffering with which I think all of us are acquainted . Now let us turn once again to that ...
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Page 48 - Fondly do we hope — fervently do we pray — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid with another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, 'The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 569 - Hast thou not known ? hast thou not heard, that the Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary ? there is no searching of His understanding.
Page 216 - GROW old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made: Our times are in his hand Who saith, "A whole I planned, Youth shows but half; trust God: see all, nor be afraid!
Page 66 - Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light, and where there is sadness, joy.
Page 129 - Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine.
Page 539 - UNDER the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me lie. Glad did I live and gladly die, And I laid me down with a will. This be the verse you grave for me: Here he lies where he longed to be, Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hill.
Page 309 - And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests ; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
Page 579 - Spirit in the inner man, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have power to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Page 238 - No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.