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 words useful for studying the Trinity

1. Modalism. Used to describe the blurring or erasing the real, eternal and irreducible distinctions among the three persons of the Godhead
2. Subordinationism. Used for the teaching that the Son and Holy Spirit are lesser beings or have a lesser status than the Father
3. Ontological. Used when thinking of God as he is in his being or existence
4. Economic. Used when thinking of God's activity in creation and salvation
5. Generation. Used for the unique property of the Son in relation to the Father
6. Procession. Used for the eternal relation of the Holy Spirit to the Father (and the Son in the west)
7. Person. Used for the Father, Son and Spirit when differentiated
8. Hypostasis. Greek for "something with a concrete existence" and the Greek alternative for the Latin "person"
9. Homoousios. Greek for "Of the same being". Used to say that the Son and Spirit are of the same being or essence as the Father
10. Homoiousios. Greek for "Of similar being". Used by heretics to say that the Son and Spirit are only of similar being or essence as the Father

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