The apostle Paul has a vision for our minds: “Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things” (Phil. 4:8).
May the Lord of all beauty purify your minds so that these are our greatest delights. In the end, the sum of all beauty is Christ, and the sin of all worldliness is to diminish our capacity to see him and be satisfied in him and show him compellingly to a perishing world.
John Piper
Pastor for Preaching and Vision,
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Minneapolis, Minnesota
from the forward to Worldliness — Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World, C. J. Mahaney, Editor
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