Exhortations – Page 3 – Andrew McFarland Campbell

Looking at Jonah

The book of Jonah is very short. It is about Jonah, who was around at the time of King Jeroboam the second, fairly early on in the history of Israel. It tells the story of Jonah being sent to the people of Nineveh, but it isn’t really about the message Jonah gave. In fact, all […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 22 years agoJuly 24, 2022

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The Roman Soldier

This morning, think of yourself as a Roman soldier. You are part of a massive army, which provides the backbone for the greatest empire the world has ever known. You and your colleagues are the ultimate authority. It’s the first century AD. There’s been a lot of talk in some parts of the Empire about […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 22 years agoJuly 24, 2022

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The Pool of Bethesda

The healing of the man at the pool of Bethesda in John chapter 5 is a good example of Christ’s compassion for his followers, or his potential followers. And a certain man was [at the pool of Bethesda], which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 22 years agoJuly 24, 2022

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The Iniquity of Sodom

I want to base my exhortation this morning on a passage from Luke chapter 17, which was Tuesday’s New Testament reading. Luke 17, verses 28 to 32. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 22 years agoJuly 24, 2022

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Fear Not

O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 22 years agoJuly 24, 2022

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And began to wash his feet with her tears

I want to start this morning with two verses from Luke Chapter 7. Luke 7, verses 37 and 38, the woman who washed Christ’s feet with her tears. And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 22 years agoJuly 24, 2022

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God the potter

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. God takes the dust of the ground and he uses it to make something – in this case Adam, just as a potter takes the dust of the […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 23 years agoJuly 24, 2022

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Looking at Peter

This morning I want to look at the contrast between Peter before the resurrection of Christ and Peter after the resurrection. Before the resurrection he is keen, but he never quite has the courage to back up his keenness with action. After the resurrection he is still just as keen, but now he has the […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 23 years agoJuly 24, 2022

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Be imitators of God, as beloved children

be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. That is the beginning of Ephesians chapter 5. Be imitators of God and walk in love as Christ loved us. I left out an important word from […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 23 years agoJuly 24, 2022

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Two people at the start of Luke’s gospel

There are two people we encounter at the start of Luke’s gospel, who are given similar messages, but react very differently to them. Their reactions are interesting, as is God’s response. The two people are Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, and Mary the mother of Jesus. They are both given the message that […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 23 years agoJuly 24, 2022