Sinclair Ferguson

And that, I think, made for them, for parents, the Catechism a really helpful teaching tool because it was a start.

And I think the answer, obviously, to that question is, just to put it in biblical terms, for example, what Jeremiah 9 says, don't let the rich man boast in his riches or the strong man in his strength.

But if you're going to boast in anything, boast in this, that you know the Lord.

And Jesus says, this is eternal life.

that they might know you, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent, which in my lifetime actually has become a revolution in the evangelical world.

Because I would say until, maybe even until about the mid-1960s,

Evangelical faith was not really thought of in terms of knowing God.

It was thought of in terms of experiencing regeneration and new life.

And of course, that is genuine Christianity, but it's rooted in the knowledge of God.

And the importance of that is because unless we know God, we can't really reflect Him to the world.

And in some ways I would rather they had asked the question, who is God?

But the answer to that question would be in terms of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

And so that question, they're really saying, so what is God like?

Just if I, if somebody said to me, what is Nathan W. Bingham like?

I could say, well, he has the following attributes.

They are inseparable from him.

He has an Australian accent.

He's about nine foot tall.

He works out in the morning because I saw him this morning with a perspiration-filled T-shirt on.

And yet I could go through your characteristics.