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.
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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