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.

10 OT Prophets and their marital status


1. Enoch was married. He and his wife were the parents of Methuselah
2. Elijah appears not to have had a wife
3. Elisha would be the same
4. Isaiah was a married man. He and his wife had two sons with symbolic names. His wife may have been a prophetess herself.
5. Jeremiah was commanded by God to remain single.
6. Ezekiel was married but his wife died and he was commanded not to mourn her passing
7. Daniel appears to have been single (possibly a eunuch)
8. Hosea married a woman who he was told would become a prostitute, which she did though he was able to win her back
9. Tradition says that Jonah was married
10. John the Baptist appears never to have married

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