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.

Transformers


I meant to report on the movie that I took some of the boys to see the other day. Well, it's a real blockbuster. It takes some of the most exciting elements in modern film and somehow blends them all together in a concoction that (thanks to CGI) more or less works. Part car chase, part war, part sci-fi, part monster (with those eyes), part Bond, part disaster movie - all the different elements are packed in there. With cars and robots - what can go wrong? There are some good bits of humour too and romance (and to be honest mildly sexual elements). They even try to make it a teen movie with some swearing and an ill-judged and tasteless teenage joke. The usual Hollywood elements are there - good looking people, great sets, lots of action, pro-feminst elements, product placement, a little anti-Christian rhetoric, etc. There was also a glance at sacrificial atonement but in the dualistic world of Transformers you suddenly see how frightening that view of the universe really is. Anyway, you won't fall asleep. More here.

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