"Christians have no business thinking that the good……" — William Sloane Coffin
"Christians have no business thinking that the good life consists mainly in not doing bad things. We have no business thinking that to do evil in this world you have to be a Bengal tiger, when, in fact, it is enough to be a tame tabby—a nice person but not a good one. In short, Pentecost makes it clear that nothing is so fatal to Christianity as indifference."
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49 Quotes by William Sloane Coffin
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Unity is not something we are called to create; it's something we are called to recognize.
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The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love.
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Compassion and justice are companions, not choices.
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It is one thing to say with the prophet Amos, "Let justice roll down like mighty waters," and quite another…
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It is a mistake to look to the Bible to close a discussion; the Bible seeks to open one.
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I'm not OK, you're not OK-and that's OK.
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In reality, there are no biblical literalists, only selective literalists. By abolishing slavery and ordaining women, millions of Protestants have…
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Only reverence can restrain violence - reverence for human life and the environment.
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