What is Sermon?
[[File:Bloch-SermonOnTheMount.jpg|thumb|300px|''The Sermon on the Mount'' is a painting,by [[Carl Bloch|Carl Heinrich Bloch]]. Bloch painted it in the second half of the 19th century. It shows [[Jesus]] giving [[Sermon on the Mount|the Sermon with the same name]]]] A '''sermon''' is a [[speech]] that a [[priest]] or other speaker gives during [[church]] service. The speech has a [[theological]], [[religious]] or [[moral]] content. The purpose of a sermon is to give [[hope]] to the people who hear it, or to encourage them to do right things in their lives. The speaker may also talk about the current [[problem]]s of the [[community]], and offer ways to solve them.Very often, sermons given by priests or other [[clergy]] are based on passages from the [[Bible]]. ==Other websites== {{commonscat|Sermons}} *[http://www.sermoncentral.com Sermon central] *[http://www.sermons.com/ A large collection of professional sermons] {{Christianityfooter}} {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Christian genres]]