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.
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GBM Annual Meetings 2021


It was a great joy to be at the Grace Baptist Mission meetings today to hear the various missionaries and the preaching of James Muldoon at All Nations Christian College, Ware. I always enjoy the GBM meetings as it gets you looking outward. I think I particularly enjoyed it this time for several reasons - the fact there was not an in person one last year; the presence of Reuben and Cathy Saywell, new missionaries to The Philippines, the remoter setting; the smaller numbers (about 260); the fact one needed to make less choices on who to listen to; the excellent sermon on Revelation 7 from James Muldoon. Lovely day.

LTS End of Term


It was good to be at the LTS end of term today in Finchley, a little later than usual in the month as the final term has now been extended. It was good to hear the principal's report from Robert Stivens and to hear the leaving students speak. There were 11 leaving. As one of my sons pointed out, they looked like a football team the way they were set out on the programme (4-4-2 formation) with Bernard Every in goal. Mainly from the UK, there were also one from France, two from South Africa and three from East Asia (Korea, Burma, Malaysia). A former solicitor, plumber, bankworker and engineers were in the diverse group. James Muldoon from Reading spoke - a Bible Study of 1 Peter 5:1-4. It was a great joy to sing the final Charles Wesley hymn "Give me the faith which can remove". All this was followed by the traditional tea on the lawn in the lovely sunshine. Numbers semed a little down but there were well over a hundred present.