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Zak went to Nevada for the summer and was bored Lake Tahoe, Vegas, Reno.   RSS   ....we are losing our capacity to wait for things. We are not just a fast-food nation, we want everything quickly, results now. Convenience takes priority over quality,   ....it's not the depth and richness of our experiences and relationships, but the quantity and the perpetual zing we get out of it that matters.   .....We are terrified of being bored. Educational videos and lessons for children are advertised as fun, and that's a crucial criterion for everything   .....I find marriage a little boring, and raising four children, and going to work every day.   ......" If we made all of our decisions based on how highly it scored today on the fun meter, we'd never commit ourselves to relationships and processes that take a long time to see any results..... And our culture is really falling apart over this one.   LISTEN AT THE WHITEHORSE INN )     (Here)   American Christians and Worldiness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World" by C.J. Mahaney Does it mean I can't watch MTV or go to an R-rated movie? Do I have to give up my favorite TV shows?...How do I know if I'm spending too much time playing games or watching YouTube clips on my computer?...Can a Christian try to make lots of money, own a second home, drive a nice car, and enjoy the luxuries of modern life?...How do I know if I'm guilty of the sin of worldliness?   In his introduction, Mahaney defines what it is, exactly, that we are not to love: "The world we're not to love is the organized system of human civilization that is actively hostile to God and alienated from God" (26, emphasis original). More specifically, worldliness is "a love for this fallen world. It's loving the values and pursuits of the world that stand opposed to God" (27). Some specific issues that the authors address throughout the book are the media, music, stuff, and clothes.   Worldliness closes with a chapter whose title is meant to be something of an ironic surprise: "How to Love the World" (written by Jeff Purswell). Here the author insists that "to read the message of this book as a call merely to avoidance is to misunderstand it....It would be equally tragic if we defined our relationship with the world simply in terms of negation" (140). In this chapter, Purswell seeks to demonstrate how it is that a Christian should love and faithfully live in this present world.   The only other area of disappointment with this book centers on the fact that, for the authors of Worldliness, the all-important task of distinguishing ourselves from the world is pursued on an almost completely individual level. While there is little doubt that the believer needs instruction on how to combat his own worldliness and sin, no Reformed Christian should underestimate the role that the visible church plays in setting ourselves apart from the citizens of this present evil age. In fact, one may go as far as to suggest that the primary way that we distinguish ourselves from nonbelievers is by our sacred activity, which primarily occurs in worship every Lord's Day as we are ushered into glory and truly leave the world behind.