Worldliness

I cannot but look upon all the glory and dignity of this world, lands and lordships, crowns and kingdoms, even as on some brain-sick, beggarly fellow, that borrows fine clothes, and plays, the part of a king or lord for an hour on a stage, and then comes down, and the sport is ended, and they are beggars again. - Richard Baxter

Seek not great things for yourselves in this world, for if your garments be too long, they will make you stumble; and one staff helps a man in his journey, when many in his hands at once hinders him. - William Bridge

Nothing in Scripture indicates the church should lure people to Christ by presenting Christianity as an attractive option. The Church must realize that its mission has never been public relations or sales; we are called to live holy lives and declare God's raw truth -- lovingly but uncompromisingly -- to an unbelieving world. - John MacArthur

The only ultimate disaster that can befall us, I have come to realize, is to feel ourselves at home here on earth. - Malcolm Muggeridge