I am pleased to announce the opening of the first of four shoppes from BibleStoreBrowser.com. The Thoughtworthy Shoppe highlights fiction books and movies from ChristianBook.com, so you know it's entertainment worth thinking about. I believe you will find the Shoppes of BSB to be unlike any other online store because it's more than a store. Visit a couple of pages and you'll find out why! Then, check back every few weeks for the addition of more stores. There are plans for an apparel store, a home store, and (my favorite) a Christian book store. My sincere prayer is that these shoppes will aid others in living a life fully committed to Christ.

Do you feel like an OUTCAST? As Christians we've been chosen out of the world and are not to be conformed to the world. That means we shouldn't act the way the rest of the world acts. If we don't look like the world, the world will hate us. (John 15:19, Romans 12:1-2)

What does the world have to offer? John Wesley says of 1 John 2:16 in his Explanatory Notes on the Bible:

The desire of the flesh - Of the pleasure of the outward senses, whether of the taste, smell, or touch.
The desire of the eye - Of the pleasures of imagination, to which the eye chiefly is subservient; of that internal sense whereby we relish whatever is grand, new, or beautiful.
The pride of life - All that pomp in clothes, houses, furniture, equipage, manner of living, which generally procure honour from the bulk of mankind, and so gratify pride and vanity. It therefore directly includes the desire of praise, and, remotely, covetousness.

Meditation:
Does the world love you? (Read John 15:19)
Do you love the world? (Read 1 John 2:15)
How much of the world's ways can we embrace before we are no longer separate? (Read 2 Cor. 6:17)