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 Evil women in the Bible


1. Lot's wife – who turned back when the family fled from Sodom
2. Potiphar's wife – who tried unsuccessfully to lure Joseph into adultery
3. Cozbi – The Midianite princess who was killed by Phinehas because her evil influence was the source of a plague among the Israelites
4. Delilah – the Philistine who betrayed her husband Samson the Judge
5. The witch of Endor – To whom Saul went in his despair to consult Samuel
6. Athaliah - Queen of Judah during the reign of King Jehoram, and later sole ruler of Judah for five years
7. Jezebel – The pagan wife of King Ahab who plotted Naboth's death
8. Herodias – Illegitimate wife of Herod who hated John the Baptist and caused his death
9. Sapphira – Conspired with her husband to lie to the Holy Spirit and was struck dead
10. Job's wife – unnamed woman who urged her husband to curse God and die

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