The Collected Sermons of William Sloane Coffin: The Riverside Years, Volume 2Comprising 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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 46
... prayer in the public schools . We shouldn't be praying in the public schools , but for the public schools ! “ Be angry . ” Christ was angry because he loved us , because he didn't want us to sell ourselves short , because love simply ...
... prayer of thanksgiv- ing , should not our prayer of petition be , “ O God , grant that all thy frozen people may also bloom ” ? Actually , this sermon has a lot to do with frozen people and how Christ tried to help them bloom . In both ...
... praying , singing hymns , listening to beautiful music and “ inspirational " sermons , and doing charitable works . Doesn't the love of God make people good and won't good people do better things ? So runs the argument . As for the poor ...
... prayer of confession on sins of omission , which to my mind generally dwarf those of commission . A priest once told me that among his many assignments was that of lis- tening to the confession of nuns . I didn't want to be indiscreet ...
... Kingdom . Without God's grace human strength is insufficient for the task . The Kingdom comes only in answer to prayer : " Thy Kingdom come .. on earth as it is in heaven . " But we are co - creators . The church is 66 October 9 , 1983.