Andrew McFarland Campbell

Ecclesiastes

Please open your Bibles at Ecclesiastes chapter 1. This morning I am using the Revised Standard Version. The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 25 years agoJuly 24, 2022

Exhortations

Joseph

One of the reasons why the Bible contains stores about people is because very often we can draw strength from these stories. By looking at the way faithful men and women of old have maintained that faith we can help to maintain our own. Hebrews 11 mentions many people renowned for their faithfulness. Abel, who […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 25 years agoJuly 24, 2022

Exhortations

The LORD is my Shepherd

Sometimes things go wrong. Little things, like having a bad day at work or missing the bus and getting caught in the rain, or big things, like losing your job or being faced with an apparently insurmountable problem. When things go wrong there are times when we all worry about what we are going to […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 25 years agoJuly 24, 2022

Exhortations

Forgiveness

One of the difficult things I encountered in preparing my first exhortation was coming up with something to say that other, more experienced, speakers hadn’t said before. I couldn’t think of anything particularly new, so I settled for a subject I found interesting. As this is my first exhortation it will be quite short, so […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 25 years agoJuly 24, 2022