We had two services as usual on the Lord's Day. Attendance was down, however, especially ion the evening. We again sang a capella and were okay in the morning but by the evening a small number and the unfamiliar tunes combined with the appearance of a cat that lives next to the church in the second hymn finished us. We recovered for the other two hymns. By December 26 Christmas is officially over but I thought the texts I chose were about right for the occasion - Revelation 12:1-5 and Galatians 4:4 where I pointed out eight ways in which the set time had come.
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.
Lord's Day December 26 2021
We had two services as usual on the Lord's Day. Attendance was down, however, especially ion the evening. We again sang a capella and were okay in the morning but by the evening a small number and the unfamiliar tunes combined with the appearance of a cat that lives next to the church in the second hymn finished us. We recovered for the other two hymns. By December 26 Christmas is officially over but I thought the texts I chose were about right for the occasion - Revelation 12:1-5 and Galatians 4:4 where I pointed out eight ways in which the set time had come.
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