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.

Calvin on the BBC

The BBC are not exactly celebrating the approaching Calvin 500 anniversary but there was a fairly good piece on Radio Ulster, which can be downloaded from here until 8:02pm Thursday 25th June 2009. Much less satisfactory was a discussion on Radio 4 available here until 12:00am Thursday 1st January 2099 Beyond Belief. At least Steve Jeffery, a Calvinist who met for the first time recently, was there to argue against the other two. There was also a nice interview with a young woman from Inverness in the middle.

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