May 18, 2012 · Most Christians see those “worldly things” as being anything that would feel good or make them happy. Some would refer to those things as going to night clubs, dancing, sex (if you’re single) sex outside of marriage, finding a man or woman sexually attractive, drinking/gambling, (some Christians see those 2 things as a sin).

“Michael Kleber-Diggs’s Worldly Things gives us beautifully clear-eyed yet warmhearted poems, lamentations, and ruminations that reflect the difficult truths of the nation we’ve been living. These poems of fathers, sons, husbands, wives, daughters, mothers, and strangers show us how we could create community if we take the time and make the effort to treat each other with …

1: of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs worldly possessions/pleasures Not for wealth, in its vulgar sense, had he ever sighed; not for the enjoyment of rich things had he ever longed; but for the allotted share of worldly bliss which a wife, and children, and happy home could give him …

Names given to worldly things are very deceptive for they divert our thoughts from what is correct to what is incorrect. Thus, one who hears the word 'God' d...

Jan 04, 2022 · The dictionary definition of “worldly” is “relating to, or devoted to, the temporal world.”. Worldliness, then, is the condition of being concerned with worldly affairs, especially to the neglect of spiritual things. The Bible has a great deal to say about worldliness, none of it good. Paul equates worldliness with spiritual immaturity in 1 Corinthians 3:1-3, where he …