I came across this quote from a document entitled “Half A Poison Pill Won’t Kill Me” from Covenant Life Church. The author is Iain Murray, who defines worldliness the following way:

“Worldliness is departing from God. It is a man-centered way of thinking; it proposes objectives which demand no radical breach with man’s fallen nature; it judges the importance of things by the present and material results; it weighs success by numbers; it covets human esteem and wants no unpopularity; it knows no truth for which it is worth suffering; it declines to be a ‘fool for Christ’s sake’. Worldliness is the mind-set of the unregenerate. It adopts idols and is at war with God” —Iain H. Murray, Evangelicalism Divided.

Based on this definition, are you worldly? Do you think in a man-centered or God-centered way? Do you frequently “radically breach” with your sinful nature? Are you bothered by suffering and “unpopularity”? Take some time to ask yourselves and your parents these questions to help discover where worldliness shows up in your life.