Worldliness

Here is a review of C.J. Mahaney's new book Worldliness that I got off the Girl Talk blog site. Books that Nourish, our bookstore, just got in a shipment of these books. Email me (ilovewolfgang08@yahoo.com) if you'd like to order one!

"Most of us are vaguely familiar with the verse in 1 John 2:15—“Do not love the world or anything in the world”—but we’re often unsure how to obey this command. Confused, and perhaps a little uncomfortable, we may ignore it altogether, sweeping it under the rug (along with other similarly difficult passages in God’s inspired Word).

But the authors of a new book, Worldliness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World, want to remind us of the vital importance of this verse (and indeed all of Scripture), and help us understand how to apply this command to our hearts, our bank accounts, ipod playlists, dvd collections, and clothes—in short, every corner of our lives.

In the first chapter, Dad (editor and contributor), identifies with the confusion many Christians feel about this topic of worldliness:

“What does it mean for a Christian — what does it mean for me — not to love the world?"
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