When I get the opportunity to read a sermon by someone who has lived a full life meditating both on the meaning of the Word of God and on human nature, I cherish it. So it is that I highly recommend to you the message A Prescription for the Spiritually Challenged, by Haddon Robinson. The subject of Haddon’s sermon is love, and the text is 1 Corinthians 13:5, "Love keeps no record of wrongs." This message is a clinic on how with gentleness to persuade the human heart to turn from its darkness. If anyone can still hold a grudge after hearing this sermon, then for him the cold of night may never end.

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Preaching Christ,

Brian Larson
Editor, PreachingToday.com
blarson@christianitytoday.com

Craig Brian Larson is the pastor of Lake Shore Church in Chicago and author and editor of numerous books, including The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching (Zondervan). He blogs on Knowing God and His Ways at craigbrianlarson.com.