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 Things about God Paul says in Acts 17



1. Creator of the universe.  He is the God who made the world and everything in it
2. Ruler of all creation. He is the Lord of heaven and earth
3. Self-sufficient. He does not live in temples built by human hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything.
4. Life giving. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.
5. Creator and Ruler over humankind. From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.
6.Tob esought by everyone.  God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.
7. Source of life and father of all. 'For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’
8. Not representable by an idol or image. Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone - an image made by human design and skill.
9. He commands everyine to repent In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
10. He will judge the whole world. For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed.
(Proven by the resurrection - He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.)

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