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.

Evangelical Library Annual Lecture 2020


Last Monday was the annual lecture of the Evangelical Library. Normally it is June but this year we held it over hoping that by now we could have had it at the Library as we would have. That proving impossible we went for the zoom option, kindly organised for us by Dr Ian Densham. The subject was Fanny Crosby and some of her contemporaries and the lecturer was Stan Evers. It was excellent. Although Stan struggled slightly with the technology as he tried to give us visuals he was very relaxed and the medium suited his calm seated style. A lot of research went into this but everything was put over very simply and clearly. Without hiding her Arminian beliefs or the problems she faced in life a warm portrait was composed of a woman who did what she could. We hope to publish the text soon in In Writing and recordings are available through the Library.

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