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 1 2024


We began the new month with communion. I then preached from the final verses of Ephesians 1. It was not until the hymn before the sermon that I realised I'd left my sermon notes at home. Thankfully my son was able to run home and retrieve them. We read the whole of Ephesians 1 to give us time. In the morning we said goodbye to one of our deacons, Kema, who gets married this month and moves out of the area.  In the evening I preached from 2 Chronicles 9:13-31. As usual, we were a good number in the morning, though some were sick, but down to the teens in the evening. One unusual thing was that two Iranians unable to come in the morning came in the evening proving it can be done. I also noticed this morning that we were around 10 Nigerians at communion but the Iranians took quite a while to finally assemble. There was a new Nigerian family at the morning service.

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