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.

Funeral of our oldest member



Having said goodbye to our longest serving members, as they move house, last Sunday, on Monday we said an even more permanent goodbye to our oldest member Mike Smith (95) who died last month. It was a small funeral - just family, friends a few church members. It was a burial which I'm sure is the best way to do things. We had a bite to eat back at the chapel. Mike has three sons but none of them have embraced the faith in the way he did all those years in Bangalore. We have not had much contact with him during the pandemic but we will miss him still.

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