1.   In our headlong pursuit to acquire wealth and worldly pleasures, Christians have become virtually indistinguishable from the rest of the world.

2.   By JEANNE WOLF John Travolta is no angel, notoriously devoted to the good life of worldly pleasures.

3.   John Travolta is no angel, notoriously devoted to the good life of worldly pleasures.

4.   The Momoyama period was one of affluence and a focus on worldly pleasures, but a sense of philosophical, even melancholy, restraint prevails.

5.   The Philistines beat the Packers swords into plowshares and celebrated with wine and song, and other worldly pleasures, some of which constituted a felony.

6.   Buddhist monks must forego worldly pleasures and the pursuit of wealth in the hope of attaining spiritual peace.

7.   Buddhist monks must forego worldly pleasures and the pursuit of wealth in the hope of attaining spiritual peace and enlightenment.

8.   Buddhist monks must shave their heads and are supposed to live simple lives devoid of materialistic concerns, forswearing worldly pleasures such as alcohol and sex.

9.   In predominantly Catholic East Timor, Dili Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo instructed the faithful to refrain from worldly pleasures so they could concentrate on spiritual matters.