I am beginning to get a little impatient for some 'meat'. However, I do understand that the book is written primarily for folks who are at the beginnings of their pilgrimage of faith and as such it will serve that purpose well. Rick Warren claims that "The reason we feel we should live forever is that God has wired our brains with that desire". I am beginning to wonder if God has wired my brain differently to Rick Warren's? Perhaps this is just a culture thing. The style of the shopping mall demonstrator selling the latest vegetable slicing gadget doesn't naturally appeal to me. How many different ways can you say 'you were made to last forever'?
But 'Eternity in human heart' is a great theme. We are the only creature that seems to have any interest in our past or our future; history and destiny are uniquely human preoccupations. It was worth the read to get to Matthew Henry's rather more economic expression of the truth; "It ought to be the business of every day to prepare for our final day", although Matthew Henry's gospel was much fuller than this simple aphorism.
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- Ron Bailey
- For most of my life I have been involved in the field of Bible study and teaching. I am part of a local church in the UK but spend much of my time visiting other churches at home and abroad in teaching and preaching.
