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.

Anchored 2


Today I was at the second Anchored day conference down in  Guildford. I think the umber were down a bit perhaps. Again, it was mainly ministers. Part of the idea is to promote the work of the magazine Reformation Today, now very much tied to the Carey Conference that comes each January. Between 10 am and 3.30 we crammed in four sessions, two from Robert Strivens on the doctrine of God in the 1689 Confession, one from Bill James on the practical side of preaching these doctrines and another from Alex Arrell, one of the pastors in Guildford, who ended the day with a nice piece on John Gill and his Trinitarianism. Plenty of time for discussion this time. It would be worth trying again. Good to meet people as ever.

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