Preached
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Because of this sensitivity, religious leaders not only accepted the need for improved family planning; they actually
preached
about it, providing relevant information to their congregations.
More example sentences with word preached
Leonardo himself had
preached
against the use of gold, so it was absolutely anathema at that moment.
And he said, "Don't do that again, Rev." (Laughter) But I
preached
and I built these programs, and I thought maybe if my colleagues did the same that it would make a difference.
And so as I contemplated all of this and looked at what was happening, I suddenly realized that there was a paradox that was emerging inside of me, and the paradox was this: in all of those sermons that I
preached
decrying the violence, I was also talking about building community, but I suddenly realized that there was a certain segment of the population that I was not including in my definition of community.
Most African slavery had no deeper reason than legal punishment or intertribal warfare, but the Europeans who
preached
a universal religion, and who had long ago outlawed enslaving fellow Christians, needed justification for a practice so obviously at odds with their ideals of equality.
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