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.

Coffee and theology


The poll about coffee and theology was not quite conclusive. More people (46%) said that coffee was essential than said anything else but it was not the majority view. Some 15% were only willing to say coffee was helpful and twice that number (30%) were willing to remain neutral on the subject. Perhaps they were seeking to acknowledge coffee's relatively late arrival on the theological scene. Augustine and the church fathers and the Reformers and Puritans with their beer did some great work without coffee I guess and so these people have a point. It must have been a lone tea drinker or something similar who stuck his neck out to say that coffee was unhelpful for theology.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Seems to me that all the good work was done on beer. The coffee generation haven't contributed much worth having.