Christians have to listen to the world as well as to the Word - to science, to history, to what reason and our own experience tell us. We do not honor the higher truth we find in Christ by ignoring truths found elsewhere.
Human unity is not something we are called on to create — only something we are called on to recognize. - William Sloane Coffin
Human unity is not something we are called on to create — only something we are called on to recognize.
- William Sloane Coffin
I love the recklessness of faith. First you leap, and then you grow wings. - William Sloane Coffin
I love the recklessness of faith. First you leap, and then you grow wings.
Christ came to take away our sins, not our minds. - William Sloane Coffin
Christ came to take away our sins, not our minds.
Hope is a state of mind independent of the state of the world. If your heart's full of hope, you can be persistent when you can't be optimistic. You … - William Sloane Coffin
Hope is a state of mind independent of the state of the world. If your heart's full of hope, you can be persistent when you can't be optimistic. You …
It is one thing to say with the prophet Amos, "Let justice roll down like mighty waters," and quite another to work out the irrigation system. - William Sloane Coffin
It is one thing to say with the prophet Amos, "Let justice roll down like mighty waters," and quite another to work out the irrigation system.
To show compassion for an individual without showing concern for the structures of society that make him an object of compassion is to be sentimental… - William Sloane Coffin
To show compassion for an individual without showing concern for the structures of society that make him an object of compassion is to be sentimental…
Patriotism at the expense of another nation is as wicked as racism at the expense of another race. . . Let us resolve to be patriots always, national… - William Sloane Coffin
Patriotism at the expense of another nation is as wicked as racism at the expense of another race. . . Let us resolve to be patriots always, national…
Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are. There is no smaller package in all the world than that of a man all wrapped up in hi… - William Sloane Coffin
Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are. There is no smaller package in all the world than that of a man all wrapped up in hi…
In our time all it takes for evil to flourish is for a few good men to be a little wrong and have a great deal of power, and for the vast majority of… - William Sloane Coffin
In our time all it takes for evil to flourish is for a few good men to be a little wrong and have a great deal of power, and for the vast majority of…
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