Do Not Love the World

Do not love the world or the things in the world. (1 John 2:15) My oldest daughter was three years old when we walked through Disney and her little voice rose to my ears: “Daddy, are we in Vanity Fair?” Are we in Bunyan’s famous town that detains Christian pilgrims on their journey to the Celestial City with its consumerism, comforts, and trinkets? “Yes,” I replied. “Yes, we are.” The modern world has perfected Vanity Fair. The average middle-class man would hesitate to switc