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 Things you can live without


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  1. Comedian Matt Lucas has no hair (Cf TV presenter Gail Porter)
  2. Singer Shane MacGowan lost most of his teeth and then had the remaining ones removed and false teeth inserted(Cf George Washington)
  3. Beatles Ringo Starr and George Harrison had their tonsils removed in 1964 and 1969 (King Charles III had his tonsils and adenoids removed in 1957)
  4. Footballer Pele had only one kidney from the seventies on (Cf Singer Natalie Cole)
  5. Footballer Bobby Moore lost a testicle in 1964* (Cf Cyclist Lance Armstrong)
  6. Marilyn Monroe had her appendix removed in 1962 (Cf Elton John, also without tonsils, adenoids and prostate)
  7. Sammy Davis Jr lost his left eye in 1954 (Cf Actor Peter Falk)**
  8. Nelson lost his right arm in 17974 (also his right eye 1794) (Cf Stonewall Jackson and left arm Rick Allen, Def Leppard drummer)
  9. Ted Kennedy Jr had his leg amputated in 1973 (Cf Frida Kahlo)
  10. Actor John Wayne had most of his left lung removed in 1964 (Cf Singer Al Jolson)
*Women survive well with none and so would a man with none but they could not reproduce
**Of course, people like Stevie Wonder have no use of either eye
(pop star Pink had her gall bladder removed in 2012 cf singer Kacey Musgraves; Django Reinhardt, Tony Iommi and Jerru Garcia all had bits of their fingers missing; actor Ben Stiller and golfer Armold Palmer had their prostate removed))

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