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What is faith? Faith is being grasped by the power of love.
William Sloane Coffin
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William Sloane Coffin
Age: 81 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 1
Died: 2006
Died: April 12
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New York City
New York
William Sloane Coffin
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For Christians, the problem is not how to reconcile homosexuality with scriptural passages that condemn it, but how to reconcile the rejection and punishment of homosexuals with the love of Christ.
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A spiritual person tries less to be godly than to be deeply human.
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The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love.
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I'm delighted that the future is unsure. That's the way it should be.
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