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a public speech usually by a member of the clergy for the purpose of giving moral guidance or uplift
a sermon whose message was that we should love our neighbors as much as we love ourselves
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Kottayam has many churches, some so close together that the sermon in one could serve both congregations.
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Abraham Verghese, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024
Franklin Graham, son of the late evangelist Billy Graham and head of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, opened with a sermon and closed with a prayer that combined a variation of Trump’s campaign slogan and the Pledge of Allegiance.
—Chris Ullery, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
Geordie missed Will’s teary-eyed last sermon and emotional farewells with Mrs. C and Leonard.
—Mandi Bierly, TVLine, 23 June 2024
But former Daviess County, Kentucky, Sheriff Keith Cain, a past board member who coordinated the prayer breakfast, said by email that Trewhella had asked to give the sermon after registering a booth.
—Phoebe Petrovic, Journal Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
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Abraham Verghese, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024
Franklin Graham, son of the late evangelist Billy Graham and head of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, opened with a sermon and closed with a prayer that combined a variation of Trump’s campaign slogan and the Pledge of Allegiance.
—Chris Ullery, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
Geordie missed Will’s teary-eyed last sermon and emotional farewells with Mrs. C and Leonard.
—Mandi Bierly, TVLine, 23 June 2024
But former Daviess County, Kentucky, Sheriff Keith Cain, a past board member who coordinated the prayer breakfast, said by email that Trewhella had asked to give the sermon after registering a booth.
—Phoebe Petrovic, Journal Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
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