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.
Stamford Bridge
It's my third son Dewi's birthday today and so as he's a life long Chelsea fan for a treat we headed down earlier this week to Stamford Bridge. Getting a ticket for a Chelsea game is not easy and so we had never been there (although ironically my fourth son has been to Stamford Bridge twice with a friend whose grandfather has a season ticket). Anyway we really enjoyed being shown round. Dewi turned out to be the Englishman on the tour (and he's not so English in some ways). it was much the same as at Liverpool - the stadium, the press room, the changing rooms, walking on to the pitch and then the museum. As at Anfield I was struck by how close you are to the pitch and the excellent view all round as well as the perfection of the sward. The biggest difference was in the home changing rooms (although Chelsea's press room was twice the size of Liverpool's and featured a bar, etc). Liverpool's is very basic (one hair dryer and one physio bench) while at Chelsea there are beautiful fitted wooden wardrobes, a sound system and TV, etc, etc. We didn't get to touch the Chelsea shirts either. Neither do much for the visitors - it's all part of the psychology. They have the same problem with expansion, however. Their capacity is just under 42,000 (Liverpool is just over 45,000) and the same limited number of executive boxes. Man U and Arsenal can take 75,000 and 60,000 respectively and have bags of executive boxes.
It's my third son Dewi's birthday today and so as he's a life long Chelsea fan for a treat we headed down earlier this week to Stamford Bridge. Getting a ticket for a Chelsea game is not easy and so we had never been there (although ironically my fourth son has been to Stamford Bridge twice with a friend whose grandfather has a season ticket). Anyway we really enjoyed being shown round. Dewi turned out to be the Englishman on the tour (and he's not so English in some ways). it was much the same as at Liverpool - the stadium, the press room, the changing rooms, walking on to the pitch and then the museum. As at Anfield I was struck by how close you are to the pitch and the excellent view all round as well as the perfection of the sward. The biggest difference was in the home changing rooms (although Chelsea's press room was twice the size of Liverpool's and featured a bar, etc). Liverpool's is very basic (one hair dryer and one physio bench) while at Chelsea there are beautiful fitted wooden wardrobes, a sound system and TV, etc, etc. We didn't get to touch the Chelsea shirts either. Neither do much for the visitors - it's all part of the psychology. They have the same problem with expansion, however. Their capacity is just under 42,000 (Liverpool is just over 45,000) and the same limited number of executive boxes. Man U and Arsenal can take 75,000 and 60,000 respectively and have bags of executive boxes. 
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