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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The Riverside Years William Sloane Coffin. The Collected Sermons of William Sloane Coffin The Riverside Years VOLUME TWO William Sloane Coffin Westminster John Knox Press LOUISVILLE LONDON © 2008 Randy Wilson Coffin Introduction © 2008 ...
The Riverside Years William Sloane Coffin. 245 The Conversion of St. Paul 249 Two Cheers for the Rich Young Ruler 253 " Not unto Us , O Lord , but unto Thy Name Be the Glory " 257 To Run and Not Grow Weary 260 God Was in Christ 263 ...
The Riverside Years William Sloane Coffin. It is remarkable, first off, that anyone cares about sermons preached from ... Coffin would be one of those few whose sermons were remembered and cited by hearers and readers after many years. He ...
... Coffin is evi- dent on every page . That is why the many subscribers to his sermons years ago soon learned that from them they could probe more deeply into biblical texts ; learn what Coffin did with a text and how he did it ; and pick ...
... Coffin would squirm or kick if he thought we thought that anything he did put him in a “quasi-martyrial” situation.The label “martyr” applies to St. Stephen, or Steve Biko in South Africa or Die- trich Bonhoeffer in Germany, or some ...