I grew up hearing about “worldliness.” If I recall correctly, worldliness was mostly a warning against abandoning traditional dress codes, playing cards, and going to bowling alleys because “they serve alcohol there.” Today I am so overwhelmed by a world full of terrible sins, that those issues of yesterday seem trivial. And so I wonder, what did Jesus mean when He said: “For God so loved THE WORLD….”
- Pastor Marlin Betts