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.

Lord's Day May 20 2018


Unusually I only preached the once yesterday. One of our students, Reuben Saywell, preached in the morning - on Numbers 21. He did very well. I preached in the evening on Genesis 3:15, a great text. We had communion before the evening service when we thought of Jesus' word I thirst. Decent numbers at both services. It felt a little strange only preaching the once. Lots misisng although one missing one turned up in the evening, which was encouraging.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You were probably asked numerous times on Sunday, but what are your thoughts on Michael Curry's royal wedding sermon? One could argue it lacked balance, but was that because it was appropriate for a wedding?

Gary Brady said...

I didn't hear all that sermon. Reuben did and just picked up on the phrase redemptive love and spoke to the chidren of Christ as Redeeemer. I think preachers have been positive becasue it is nice t hear people talking about a sermon! This looks like a good article - https://ashenden.org/2018/05/19/michael-curry-the-royal-wedding-a-star-turn-offers-the-world-christianity-lite/