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 December 11 2022



Last Lord's Day was an encouraging day in many ways as we begann on our "Christmas programme". My plan is to look at Natthew 1 and 2 over three Sundays, each morning looking at a passage and then singling put something from that passage in the evening. So this last Lord's Day it was Matthew 1:1-17, first more generally and then focusing on the women mentioned in verses 3-6 in the evening. The encouragements came in the morning in the return of a lady who came the week before and in the evening in the return of another lady and the first attendance of a lady who had received a Christmas invite through her door the day before. Itherwise there were several away for various reasons. After church we had a go at a new Christmas hymn written by one of our deacoons (music) and a former member of the congregation. We enjooyed that. As we came out the snow had already started. It was to carry on through the night so tha we wike ti a proper snowfall the next morning.

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