Sinclair B. Ferguson

it actually invades us.

it actually invades us.

Remember how Ecclesiastes puts it, God has set this burden upon us.

Remember how Ecclesiastes puts it, God has set this burden upon us.

He has set eternity in our hearts.

He has set eternity in our hearts.

Our hearts, as the great theologian Augustine said, are restless until they find their rest in God.

Our hearts, as the great theologian Augustine said, are restless until they find their rest in God.

I'm sure you've noticed from the opinion polls that it's really become cool and modern to say that you don't believe in God.

I'm sure you've noticed from the opinion polls that it's really become cool and modern to say that you don't believe in God.

Actually, I think it's rather like what smoking cigarettes used to be to teenagers.

Actually, I think it's rather like what smoking cigarettes used to be to teenagers.

Some of that was fueled by kicking over the traces, wasn't it?

Some of that was fueled by kicking over the traces, wasn't it?

It was cool.

It was cool.

It was what everybody else was doing.

It was what everybody else was doing.

And then ultimately it became a habit and it lasted a lifetime.

And then ultimately it became a habit and it lasted a lifetime.