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sermon

[sur-muhn] / ˈsɜr mən /


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Pastor Joseph Hutchinson began a recent Sunday sermon by pointing to the Book of Revelation, the final part of the New Testament best known for apocalyptic prophecy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

In a sermon delivered in Italian on Thursday at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the pope suggested machines lack a soul, saying they merely "compile data" quickly.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Fernández’s adaptation is anxious to turn tragedy into a sermon, offering theatergoers moral solace where Sophocles leaves his audience in a contemplative state of stunned silence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Rev Bernard Randall was sacked by Trent College in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, in 2019, two months after the sermon.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Years later, when Esther and Royal and Deborah were dead, and Gabriel was leaving the South, people remembered this sermon and the gaunt, possessed young man who had preached it.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

When the state was slow to act, conservative preachers’ sermons were cruel and much of the country looked away, these spaces helped people endure.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

Trained entirely on a given pastor’s sermons and teaching, PastorGPT refreshes itself automatically each week by downloading and transcribing new sermon uploads from YouTube.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

His father was a Southern Baptist minister, and his Sunday morning sermons were broadcast on the radio in the afternoons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

The company also offers a platform that helps clients do things such as use AI to develop sermons or communicate with congregants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Titid’s sermons were mostly questions that summer: he was teaching us to think, Djo.

From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple


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