William Sloane Coffin, Jr. - "Burdened with Erudition and Paralyzed with Indecision: A Sermon on Learned Paralytics" (March 12, 1967)

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Title:
William Sloane Coffin, Jr. - "Burdened with Erudition and Paralyzed with Indecision: A Sermon on Learned Paralytics" (March 12, 1967)
Description:

  • We, like the paralytic man from the Gospel lesson, suffer from a type of paralysis: paralysis of the will. We are born into this world unfree, and it is only by the work of God, beginning with baptism, that we may find ourselves free for the purpose of doing what is good and true. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)

  • Sermon start time: (Part 1) 2:32. Sermon end time: (Part 1) 20:20.

  • Key quotation: “Only with God behind us does freedom lie before us.”

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https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4qn5zr8b
Date:
March 12, 1967
Speaker:
Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006
Biblical Book:
Mark
Chapter and Verse:
Mark 2:1-12
Subject:
Contributor:
Duke University. Chapel
Identifier:
  • UA.17.01.0003 RR-0374
  • ref5951_9su
  • uachapelsermaud
  • duke:320566
  • dcrau001788
  • ark:/87924/r4qn5zr8b
  • c86b9d37-eb37-4879-9e23-c8ab80f84d76
Digital Collection:
Duke Chapel Recordings
Source Collection:
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Language:
English
Location:
  • United States
  • North Carolina
  • Durham (N.C.)
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Provenance:
The Duke University Chapel Recordings were transferred to the Duke University Archives beginning in 1970.
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