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sermon

[sur-muhn] / ˈsɜr mən /


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It’s a sermon we’ve heard plenty of times before and possibly even delivered ourselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

Rev Cremin spoke to BBC News NI before giving a sermon during a service marking Racial Justice Sunday at St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

"The feelings are mixed. Every word of the pastor's sermon made us want to cry," he told AFP after the Christmas mass.

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

In practice, contemporary house churches might gather in parks for Olympic-style race walking sessions, listen to a sermon on their headphones, and discuss it as they finished.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

Although I was only five, I knew it shouldn't be locked now, as some people would come in late, even after the sermon started.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals