We were back in Childs Hill for Easter Sunday. Stacks of people were away but we had decent congregations morning and evening - about 25 am and 11 pm. I preached on the resurrection, of course, and we sang the Easter hymns. In the morning I was mainly speaking on the implications of the resurrection. We had a visitor in the morning, a Brazilian and also in the evening a lady came who got in touch with us the other week wanting to come. Once again I was struck by the number of former Muslims and the diversity of the ethnic origins of those present - people from Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Afghanistan. Jamaica, Brazil, The Philippines, New Zealand, Ghana.
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 April 17 2020
We were back in Childs Hill for Easter Sunday. Stacks of people were away but we had decent congregations morning and evening - about 25 am and 11 pm. I preached on the resurrection, of course, and we sang the Easter hymns. In the morning I was mainly speaking on the implications of the resurrection. We had a visitor in the morning, a Brazilian and also in the evening a lady came who got in touch with us the other week wanting to come. Once again I was struck by the number of former Muslims and the diversity of the ethnic origins of those present - people from Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Afghanistan. Jamaica, Brazil, The Philippines, New Zealand, Ghana.
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