The Collected Sermons of William Sloane Coffin

by Coffin, William Sloane

• ISBN13: 9780664232993
• ISBN10: 066423299X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-16
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

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 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 proliferation - all the while celebrating marriages, baptisms, and Mother's Days and mourning the loss of loved ones, including his own son.

Table of Contents

Thank You	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
1983
Alex's Death - January 23, 1983	p. 3
Loving Your Enemy - February 6, 1983	p. 6
Eyeball to Eyeball with the Devil - February 20, 1983	p. 9
Not Self-Control but Self-Surrender - February 27, 1983	p. 14
Who Tells You Who You Are? - March 6, 1983	p. 18
Whiners or Fighters? - March 20, 1983	p. 21
Being a Christian in Jerusalem - March 27, 1983	p. 24
Like Him We Rise - April 3, 1983	p. 28
Be Angry, but Do Not Sin! - April 24, 1983	p. 32
Neither Do I Condemn You - May 1, 1983	p. 36
Mary and Jesus - May 8, 1983	p. 40
Pentecost - May 22, 1983	p. 44
Ahab and Naboth - July 3, 1983	p. 47
Death Is More Friend than Foe - July 17, 1983	p. 51
To Set at Liberty Those Who Are Oppressed - July 31, 1983	p. 55
Home-Coming, Home-Leaving - September 25, 1983	p. 59
The Kingdom - October 9, 1983	p. 63
"In the Midst of You, among You, within You" - October 16, 1983	p. 67
Stewardship - October 23, 1983	p. 72
A Mighty Fortress - October 30, 1983	p. 76
A Present Day Reformation - November 6, 1983	p. 81
God Is Love - November 13, 1983	p. 84
The Sabbath Belongs to Man - November 20, 1983	p. 89
An Advent Hope - December 4, 1983	p. 92
Christ's Plan - December 11, 1983	p. 95
Our Role in the Incarnation - December 18, 1983	p. 99
The Christmas Message - December 25, 1983	p. 103
1984
Epiphany Lessons - January 8, 1984	p. 109
Follow Me! - January 22, 1984	p. 112
The Nations Are One Blood - January 29, 1984	p. 116
The Year of the Human - February 5, 1984	p. 121
Lincoln's Birthday - February 12, 1984	p. 124
"Love Your Enemies" - February 19, 1984	p. 129
The Transfiguration - March 4, 1984	p. 133
Temptations - March 11, 1984	p. 137
Young Abraham - March 25, 1984	p. 142
The Raising of Lazarus - April 1, 1984	p. 146
Acting Our Consciences - April 15, 1984	p. 151
Easter 1984 - April 22, 1984	p. 155
Where's the Love? - May 20, 1984	p. 159
"Let Us Press On to Know God" - July 1, 1984	p. 162
White Harvests, Few Reapers - July 8, 1984	p. 166
The High and Long Road - July 15, 1984	p. 170
Not Peace, but a Sword - July 22, 1984	p. 173
In Praise of Rest - July 29, 1984	p. 177
Homecoming Sunday - September 23, 1984	p. 180
Religion and Politics - September 30, 1984	p. 184
The City - October 7, 1984	p. 189
EMC: A Sermon on the Amount - October 14, 1984	p. 193
Stewardship in the Public Realm - October 21, 1984	p. 197
Reformation - October 28, 1984	p. 201
Why Christian Education? - November 11, 1984	p. 204
World Food Sunday - November 18, 1984	p. 208
Born a Child That We Might Grow Up - December 2, 1984	p. 212
Abiding in Love - December 16, 1984	p. 215
Joy - December 23, 1984	p. 218
1985
Jesus-Not "Answer" but "Presence" - January 6, 1985	p. 227
Life Is a Gift - January 20, 1985	p. 229
Pray Continually - February 3, 1985	p. 233
Race Relationships Are Human Relationships - February 10, 1985	p. 238
Vengeance and Violence - February 17, 1985	p. 241
The Conversion of St. Paul - February 24, 1985	p. 245
Two Cheers for the Rich Young Ruler - March 3, 1985	p. 249
"Not unto Us, O Lord, but unto Thy Name Be the Glory" - March 17, 1985	p. 253
To Run and Not Grow Weary - March 24, 1985	p. 257
God Was in Christ - March 31, 1985	p. 260
Despite Appearances, It Is an Easter World - April 7, 1985	p. 263
Parable of the Sower - April 21, 1985	p. 267
Peace within Our Walls-and Without - April 28, 1985	p. 270
The Fundamental Injunction: Love One Another - May 12, 1985	p. 274
The Flame of Creativity vs. The Fires of Sin - May 26, 1985	p. 278
The Pharisee and the Publican - June 2, 1985	p. 283
No Vengeance - July 7, 1985	p. 285
Thirsting for Righteousness - July 14, 1985	p. 289
On Suffering Persecution - July 21, 1985	p. 293
Salt of the Earth - July 28, 1985	p. 297
I Will Do You Good - September 22, 1985	p. 302
Flying in Unity - September 29, 1985	p. 305
The Liberty of the Restored - October 6, 1985	p. 309
Worthy of Our Steeple? - October 13, 1985	p. 313
Converting the Purse - October 20, 1985	p. 318
Coming to Terms with Death - November 3, 1985	p. 322
The Noneconomic Uses of Money - November 10, 1985	p. 325
The Love of Power - November 17, 1985	p. 331
The Ultimate Optimism - December 8, 1985	p. 336
God Bless the Cheerful - December 22, 1985	p. 340
1986
"The Tooth That Nibbles at the Soul" - January 5, 1986	p. 347
After Christmas - January 12, 1986	p. 349
AIDS - January 26, 1986	p. 353
Guardian Vessels of the Spirit - February 2, 1986	p. 358
The Point of Lent - February 16, 1986	p. 362
Unfriendly, but Loving - February 23, 1986	p. 367
A Spiral of Joy - March 2, 1986	p. 372
Hand-Washers or Foot-Washers? - March 9, 1986	p. 376
The Eternal Rider - March 23, 1986	p. 379
Christ in Vivo - March 30, 1986	p. 383
"Do You Love Me?" - April 13, 1986	p. 388
The Only Commandment - April 20, 1986	p. 391
The Great Bequest - April 27, 1986	p. 396
For the World to Survive - May 4, 1986	p. 400
"Mother o' Mine" - May 11, 1986	p. 404
Accepting Our Acceptance - May 18, 1986	p. 408
Sounding Through - May 25, 1986	p. 412
"And Now Abide Faith, Hope, Love..." - July 6, 1986	p. 416
Three Saving Truths - July 20, 1986	p. 420
To Receive a Child - July 27, 1986	p. 425
"Let Me Receive My Sight" - September 21, 1986	p. 429
Nourishing Ourselves - September 28, 1986	p. 433
Why I Became a Minister - October 5, 1986	p. 437
A Church like It Oughta Be - October 12, 1986	p. 441
What the Lord Requires of Us - October 19, 1986	p. 444
Spirituality - October 26, 1986	p. 449
The Saints - November 2, 1986	p. 453
"Continue in the Truth ..." - November 9, 1986	p. 457
A Neighborhood as Wide as God's Heart - November 23, 1986	p. 461
The Promise of an Unpromising World - November 30, 1986	p. 465
The Fear of Christmas - December 7, 1986	p. 469
The Rebirth of Hope, the Hope of Rebirth - December 21, 1986	p. 472
New Year's Eve Meditation - December 31, 1986	p. 475
1987
Epiphany Meditation - January 4, 1987	p. 481
The Beginning - January 11, 1987	p. 483
The Beginning of Sin - January 25, 1987	p. 487
Raising Cain - February 1, 1987	p. 492
Controversy: The Lifeblood of Unity - February 15, 1987	p. 495
"And Who Will Go for Us?" - March 1, 1987	p. 498
Going to the Mat with the Devil - March 8, 1987	p. 502
Jesus and Nicodemus - March 15, 1987	p. 507
Jesus and the Samaritan Woman - March 22, 1987	p. 511
Jesus and the Man Who Was Born Blind - March 29, 1987	p. 516
Jesus, Mary, Martha, and Lazarus - April 5, 1987	p. 520
Palm Sunday: God's Pageant - April 12, 1987	p. 525
Easter: The Authority of Love - April 19, 1987	p. 529
Redeeming the Routine - May 3, 1987	p. 534
"This Night Your Soul Is Required of You" - May 17, 1987	p. 538
Psychosclerosis - May 24, 1987	p. 542
"Shine, Perishing Republic" - July 5, 1987	p. 546
Soft Individualism - July 12, 1987	p. 550
Statement of Resignation to the Congregation - July 19, 1987	p. 555
Coming to Work on Sunday - September 20, 1987	p. 558
The Stages of Spiritual Development - September 27, 1987	p. 562
The Wrong Look in Our Eyes - October 4, 1987	p. 566
"And God Remembered Noah" - October 11, 1987	p. 569
A Famine of Truth - October 18, 1987	p. 572
Finding Something Worth Doing - November 8, 1987	p. 576
The Moral Mediocrity of Midian - November 11, 1987	p. 581
For the Joy, Pleasure, and Satisfaction That Is Riverside - November 22, 1987	p. 585
Leaving Riverside - December 13, 1987	p. 589
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