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.

GBA 2013 Thursday Morning 2

Our final session at assembly was with Phil Heaps who took us to the end of Matthew's Gospel and instead of doing what we might have expected exactly encouraged us to focus on greatness. He had nine great things for us to focus on altogether - the great God himself, Christ our great Lord, the great saving event of his death, the great possibility opened up, the great standards of obedience expected, the great task, the great sphere of activity, the great promise and the great promise.
It was a fitting end to an excellent conference and assembly.

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