The similar phrase 'Worldly Christianity' is one used by Bonhoeffer. It's J Gresham Machen that I want to line up most closely with. See his Christianity and culture here. Having done commentaries on Proverbs (Heavenly Wisdom) and Song of Songs (Heavenly Love), a matching title for Ecclesiastes would be Heavenly Worldliness. For my stance on worldliness, see 3 posts here.

WTS Journal Fall 06

Since graduating last summer I've begun to take the Westminster Theological Journal. I've just received the second of the two journals for the year, complete with an index for this whole 68th volume. At 385 pages in total they are like two small books. Over 30 contributors have provided some 21 articles of various lengths and reviews of 17 different books.
The current journal also contains four short abstracts from recent WTS doctoral dissertations and begins with inaugural lectures by K Scott Oliphant (Apologetics) and Peter Enns (OT/Biblical Hermeneutics).
Nine more articles cover various subjects including Bavinck, Van Til, etc (Donald McCleod), geography in 1 Sam 17 (John A Beck) and Song of Songs (James M Hamilton Jr). Some of the essays are a little dry and serve only to move discussion on an inch or two but others are more stimulating. It is good to know that a Reformed institution such as Westminster can regularly produce this sort of material. Further details of the journal can be found here.

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