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.

Westminster Conference 2007

The truth shall make you free
The details of this year's Westminster Conference have just come through my letter box - ah, the letter box. Remeber the halcyon days of two posts and everything by letter?

For those of you not on the mailing list, the details are as follows.

It’s on Tuesday/Wednesday 11th-12th December at Friend’s House, 173 Euston Rd, London, opposite Euston Station. The cost is £35 (£20 for full-time students).

The programme is:

Tuesday 11th December

11.00 The Clapham Sect and the Abolition of Slavery - Roger Fay
14.00 Charles Wesley and his Hymns - Graham Harrison (I'm chairing this one)
16.45 Preaching - “ex opere operato” - Robert Strivens

Wednesday 12th December

11.00 Turretin [see pic] and the place of Systematic Theology - Maurice Roberts
14.00 Stephen Charnock and the Knowledge of God in Christ - Jeremy Walker
16.45 The Preaching of John Newton - John Harris

Further information and booking forms available from John Harris, 8 Back Knowl Rd, Mirfield, W. Yorks, WF14 9SA
The night before an evening with John Newton has been arranged with Brian Edwards and George Curry speaking. The event, appropriately, is at St Mary Woolnoth, EC3 (Bank).

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