1.   At forty, he heard a sermon by John of Avila and went mad with guilt.

2.   On weekdays, they listened to lectures in local churches, and on Market days travelled to hear sermons in nearby towns.

3.   The faithful heard sermons from pundits and talk-show hosts.

4.   And they rarely stay around to hear the sermon.

5.   As the crowd filed out, one engineer mused that he felt as if he had just heard a sermon.

6.   At the Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Arlington, Va., they heard a sermon by the Rev. Martha E. Phillips on the importance of spiritual preparation.

7.   Being Christians, Yasmin and I needed the fellowship, if only to sing a hymn or hear a sermon that renewed our faith.

8.   A woman of strong religious beliefs, she attended the Ash Church of Christ even after dwindling hearing made it impossible for her to hear the sermons.

9.   After the clinic was over, he invited the tennis players to come to the church sanctuary to hear a sermon.

10.   Can sermons get heard over the cynical, multimedia din of modern life?