"Hello again, radio friends, how in the world are you?" This was the standard greeting which Dr. Bob Cook, President of The King's College in Briarcliff Manor, New York, used to give to his radio audience at the beginning of his daily devotional broadcasts prior to his passing-on to glory! In fact, at times Dr. Cook would expand a bit on this standard greeting by saying, "I ask, 'How in the world are you?' because as Christians we are called to be IN but NOT OF the world!"

Well friends, needless to say, Dr. Cook was not the first person to ever propose such sentiment! In fact, many of us may already be familiar with the words of our Lord Jesus in His so-called High Priestly prayer recorded for us in John 17 where Jesus prays to His heavenly Father concerning His disciples, saying, "My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it." (John 17:15-16) You are cordially invited to join us for worship as we carefully and prayerfully consider the personal and practical implications of what it means for us as Christians to be "IN BUT NOT OF THE WORLD"!!