Today’s average Christian has heard much about the devil but finds the term “flesh” uncomfortably unfamiliar. Regardless of terminology, however, all of us are unavoidably aware that we are tormented by undesirable cravings.

What we seem to know least about is what the Bible calls “the world.” I cringe from grappling with this wildly misunderstood topic that to most modern Christians seems about as trendy as chastity belts. The topic will always be most unpopular with non-Christians – a foreign concept to them, in fact – but it being a highly unfashionable topic even among today’s Christians is alarming, since it is a strongly biblical concept.

Taken from Worldliness: The Forgotten Factor in Spiritual Warfare

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