I am reading The Collected Sermons of William Sloane Coffin (Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, 2008) because one way to preach better sermons is to expose yourself to better sermons. Whether listening or reading, finding better semons improves preaching.
Coffin was Senior Pastor and Head of Staff at Riverside Church in New York City from 1977 to 1987. Riverside is one of America's premier pulpits. Harry Emerson Fosdick preached from this same pulpit.
Reading the other day, in a sermon named "A World Fit for Children," I found this gem: "love seeks the truth, fear seeks safety." (vol. 1, page 11)
Go in love, not in fear.
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