My assistant Eddie and I try and do door to door work on a Friday. Last Friday we tackled one of the three high rise blocks of flats in the area. Most of the residents of the sixty flats were out but we caught some in and chatted to one or two. It struck me again the diversity of the area. We met people whose roots are Somali, Kenyan, Indian, Bangladeshi, Portuguese, Iranian, etc (my Ghanaian friends were out). Religiously, there were those of Muslim, Hindu, Quaker, Anglican and Pentecostal persuasion (I know that some JWs also live in this block).
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.
Door to door in diverse Childs Hill
My assistant Eddie and I try and do door to door work on a Friday. Last Friday we tackled one of the three high rise blocks of flats in the area. Most of the residents of the sixty flats were out but we caught some in and chatted to one or two. It struck me again the diversity of the area. We met people whose roots are Somali, Kenyan, Indian, Bangladeshi, Portuguese, Iranian, etc (my Ghanaian friends were out). Religiously, there were those of Muslim, Hindu, Quaker, Anglican and Pentecostal persuasion (I know that some JWs also live in this block).
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