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.

Lord's Day October 22 2017


It's our half term this week and, as usual, the rest of the family left for Wales last Saturday. They are always strange Sundays for me when I wake alone and eat alone but preach as usual morning and evening. A graph might show a flatline with two enormous explosions! I did it for five years before I was married but I can't really remember much of that. Anyway I preached on Paul's conversion from Acts 9 in the morning and on Jesus walking on the water from Matthew 14 in the evening. Others were away for half term as well as my family but we were a decent number in the morning and only down a little in the evening. It was encouraging in the morning that a lady from mums and tots was there with her little girls. I hope we see them again. We also had a visit from an old friend from Moldova.

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