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.

Midweek Meeting Wednesday May 23 2018

We were slightly down on numbers this week, in fact when we started there were only three of us. After six verses of The God of Abraham praise however we began to pick up and we weren't too bad in the end. As usual we read (Genesis 16) I spoke, we chatted about prayer items and then prayed. All over well before 9.30 pm. Genesis 16 is a fascinating chapter. one can really sympathise with Abram and Sarai in their frustration but the whole idea of a surrogate child was crazy - like some of our ideas too.  By the end of the chapter the focus is entirely on God, however, not man.

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