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Worldliness

 
 

All materials are by Dr Peter Masters unless otherwise indicated

Sermons

The Things in the World

The Things in the World

1 John 2.15

Surely we are moving into the last age end-phase of licence and lawlessness. Here we briefly review history since the 1960s, and then consider a gulf between church and world, then study the command to love not the world and its things. What are these?

The Things in the World (2)

The Things in the World (2)

Luke 5.11

The 'principles' contained in key Scripture texts that decide whether a pursuit is of the world; plus an examination of dancing, with special attention to David's dancing before the Lord, and the impossibility of this justifying modern dancing either in worship or in the world. 

What Exactly is Worldliness?

What Exactly is Worldliness?

1 John 2.15

'Love not the world' texts are frequently twisted to mean - be worldly as long as you don't sin. Past believers always saw the world as a complex evil campaign orchestrated by Satan. Here are passages proving this view and defining worldliness.

Articles

New Calvinism - The Merger of Calvinism with Worldliness

New Calvinism - The Merger of Calvinism with Worldliness

A new form of Calvinism took the shape of a movement from about 2005, but it differed from the original in its acceptance of ‘the world’. This critique written in 2009 was sharply attacked by new Calvinistic preachers but strongly endorsed by conservative preachers worldwide.

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Sanctifying Power - and Films, Music and Leisure in the Christian Life

Sanctifying Power - and Films, Music and Leisure in the Christian Life

Is our continuing sanctification impeded by worldliness? Has the ‘moral resurrection’ of which Paul speaks come to a halt? Here is how we may rediscover the secret power.

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