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 People with reduplicated names



  1. Bev Bevan, English drummer with The Move, ELO
  2. Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic journalist and TV presenter
  3. Kris Kristofferson, American country singer and composer
  4. Boutros Boutros Ghali, Egyptian former UN head
  5. M(arj)o(rie) Mowlam, English politician
  6. Jo(seph) Johnson, English politician and brother of the PM
  7. William Williams, Welsh hymn writer and preacher
  8. Jerome K Jerome, English novelist
  9. Ford Maddox Ford, English novelist
  10. Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer

1 comment:

Jean- Marc Alter said...

Sirhan Bishara Sirhan