Exhortations – Page 4 – Andrew McFarland Campbell

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 24 years agoJuly 24, 2022

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Faith without deeds

Last time I exhorted, three weeks ago, I talked about the importance of faith. I talked about how men like Noah, Abraham, and David were forgiven because of their faith, and I reminded us that we too can be forgiven anything if we have faith. Today I want us to think about the impact our […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 24 years agoJuly 24, 2022

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Psalm 73

Compare Psalm 23 with Psalm 73. The former is “The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.” Psalm 23 is written by a happy, well, contented man. The latter is very […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 24 years agoJuly 24, 2022

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Faith

Brothers and sisters, we are all weak, and we all know that we are weak. We wake up in the morning with the genuine desire not to sin, and so often we sin before the evening. Each one of us know that we are like that and it causes distress to all of us. However, […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 24 years agoJuly 24, 2022

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Unto us a child is born

Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honour Galilee of the Gentiles, by the way of the sea, along the Jordan The people walking in darkness have seen a […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 24 years agoJuly 24, 2022

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Itching Ears

The apostle Paul, in his letters to Timothy, warns him of the dangers of false doctrine. “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears.” That is a warning to us all, we shouldn’t accept doctrine just because […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 25 years agoJuly 24, 2022

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The Lord’s Prayer

I thought this morning I’d talk about the Lord’s Prayer. It’s very short, very simple, yet it contains a summary of the whole gospel, and the whole way of life. I’m going to read the Lord’s prayer from Luke 11, verses 1 to 4. And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 25 years agoJuly 24, 2022

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My ways are higher than your ways

I’m sure in the past few weeks we have all thought about the terrible events that happened in America on the 11th September. The destruction of the two towers of the World Trade Centre in New York, the attack on the Pentagon, and the crash in Pittsburgh are almost too much to comprehend. And I’m […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 25 years agoJuly 24, 2022

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Christ as a boy

Last week, I talked about the Apostle Paul and how the Bible gives us some intriguing clues about his background before his conversion. This week I’m going to look at Christ’s background before he began his ministry. Apart from the accounts of his birth and the visit of the wise men, there is really only […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 25 years agoJuly 24, 2022

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Two Observations About the Early Life of Paul

There are a couple of aspects of the life of the Apostle Paul that I want to look at today. The Bible isn’t written as a 20th or 21st century novel, and it doesn’t have the subtle, or not so subtle details about the backgrounds of the characters. That’s not to say that there aren’t […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 25 years agoJuly 24, 2022