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.

Midweek Meeting Wednesday December 6 2017


For our midweek meetings up to Christmas I have decided to look at the incarnation in light of s series of three objects. On Wednesday we considered an ancient writing tablet with the words written on it, his name is John. We considered Zechariah and the fact he wrote these words in self-denial and in faith and in a sense prophesying what lay ahead. We were a decent number and we prayed well though I left it a bit late to start. Someone di ask me about Numbers 8:25 where it would seem priests retired at 50 raising the question of why Zechraih was still serving as a priest. It would seem that this refers ti the heavy lifting work of transporting the tabernacle, which ceased after a certain point anyway.

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