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sermon

[sur-muhn] / ˈsɜr mən /


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She had her Christmas Day sermon to write.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

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

One Connecticut pastor in 1784 preached a sermon that compared the Continental Army’s soldiers’ deaths to martyrs whose blood should “be ever treated as sacred.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

Everybody sat still as if they might be in church and Mr. Chris was giving the sermon.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen




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